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| Company: |
P.S. 122 |
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| Job Title: |
House Monitor/s |
| Job category: |
Creative Arts/Media |
| Job Location: |
New York - NY New York - USA |
| Job Description: |
Tasks:
1) Informing visitors about the nature of the work and asking about preexisting conditions that may cause a health conflict for an individual when entering ZEE, without causing them unwarranted anxiety. In some cases the warnings themselves will cause people to develop anxiety. In these cases, these people should not be encouraged to enter. Instead, extra effort must be made to ensure that they are comfortable and relaxed before being allowed entry.
2) Guiding people through ZEE is an essential challenge. Visitors will have to be escorted into ZEE and the monitor has the initial task of communicating with them until it seems that everyone will be comfortable inside the space. Guests are encouraged to hold on to the ropes until this time, move along them into the space and to not let go unless they are completely confident. At this point in time it is the task of the monitor to find a realistic balance between allowing the individuals to experience ZEE for themselves, but also continue to monitor them and the environment for their safety. Monitors are required to stay inside of ZEE for the duration of each showing, in order to assist guests if necessary. Finally, once the show ends, it is the task of the monitor to make sure that each individual is accounted for and has safely exited ZEE.
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Skills Required:: |
Prerequisites:
House Monitors for ZEE must be comfortable interacting and communicating with people on a practical, informative and preventative level. They must be able to maintain their composure under unusual conditions. Monitors must be comfortable working in an environment where there will be virtually zero visibility as well as be able to carry out their duties within such disorienting environment. Monitors will be exposed to intense sound and a thick, dense artificial fog. Neither the sound level nor fog level poses any health risk though. Maneuvering inside the fog, physical contact, e.g. bumping into somebody, might be experienced.
General Warning for everybody before entering ZEE:
To attend or participate in ZEE it is not advised and can be dangerous for anybody with a history of epilepsy, respectively so called photosensitive epilepsy. Due to the immersive nature of ZEE several phenomena linked to photosensitivity, like a feeling of seasickness or motion sickness, as well as trance like states and blackouts can be experienced in various degrees. Further, in regards to the fog, people suffering from asthma, breathing and heart problems, abnormal blood pressure, migraine & headaches, eye & ear diseases, people suffering from claustrophobia or anxiety should absolutely not attend the installation. Pregnant women and children are also advised to refrain from attending.
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Language Requirements: |
English-Very Good |
| Employment Type: |
Internship |
| Yearly Salary: |
Unspecified |
| Posting Date: |
2009-08-27 |
| Level of Education: |
Unspecified |
| Years of Work Experience: |
No experience |
| Company: |
P.S. 122 |
| Contact Name: |
P.S. 122 |
| Contact Phone: |
(212) 477-5829 |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
E-mail |
| Preferred Language of Resume/Application: |
English |
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