National University of Singapore Graduate School of Integrative Sciences & Engineering MixedReality PhD Research Scholar
Singapore
- Current
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- Researcher at National University of Singapore - Mixed Reality Lab
- Past
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- KK OUTLET Creative Office Manager & Curator at KesselsKramer
- Grad Student at Central Saint Martins
- Exhibition Designer at Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA/AMO
- Network Administrator at V2 Institute for Unstable Media
- Network Architect at Sankt Oberholz, Berlin, Germany
- Lab Project Tutor - Sneak; The Media Artists WiFi Survival Workshop at The AKi Academy of Art and Design, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Education
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- National University of Singapore
- University of the Arts London
- ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
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Jef Koh’s Summary
J.T.K.V. Koh has spent most of his life so far in Toronto, Canada but has managed to live, work and study in London, Berlin, Singapore and Rotterdam. He has studied Semiotics and Fashion Photography, and was awarded his BA in Monumental Kunst / Media Kunst from the Aki Academy of Art and Design in Enschede, the Netherlands. He is currently enrolled at Central Saint Martins Creative Practice for Narrative Environments MA program and is a multi-talented, trans-disciplinary new media installation artist and designer, and has worked in fashion, film, fine art, advertising, architecture and many other fields. Incidentally, his wide and diverse skill sets make him a perfect project manager, generative designer and creative consultant. - MIA/VIE/YYZ
Jef Koh’s Experience
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Researcher
National University of Singapore - Mixed Reality Lab
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Currently an NGS School of Integrated Sciences & Engineering NGSS scholar working towards my PhD in Mixed Reality. I will receive funding for the next 4 years to research human computer interaction and mixed reality applications using interactive digital media. My focus is on the playfulness of everyday objects.
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KK OUTLET Creative Office Manager & Curator
KesselsKramer
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)
KK OUTLET is a multifunctional office combining a communications agency with a shop and gallery space.
Currently working with a colleague as the Creative Office Manager and Curator of KK Outlet. Tasks include organization and solicitation of exhibitions and artists, and buying and selling design products and publications.
Working closely with my partner, we also facilitate administrative rolls to insure a smooth functioning work, store and gallery environment.
We also participate in the conceptualization and development of communication, advertising and brand identity for clients of the company, working with creatives, strategists, planners and producers from KK OUTLET and KesselsKramer Amsterdam. -
Grad Student
Central Saint Martins
(Design industry)
September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Recently graduated with an MA degree in Creative Practice for Narrative Environments from Central Saint Martins in London, UK.
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Exhibition Designer
Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA/AMO
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)
Collaboratively developed exhibitions for AMO including the AMO Standard Exposition, the PRADA Women Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show Milan, the Miu Miu Women Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show Paris, and conceptualized the PRADA.com eShop.
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Network Administrator
V2 Institute for Unstable Media
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fine Art industry)
March 2007 — April 2007 (2 months)
Part of a small team that was hired specifically for the DEAF New Media Festival and V2's 25th Anniversary, i participated in the conceptualization, planning and deployment of various networks both wired and wireless, public and private, for artists, staff and visitors to V2 during the event in Rotterdam. Later on i also deployed and operated media streaming servers in order to facilitate live broadcast onto the web of lectures and events during the festival.
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Network Architect
Sankt Oberholz, Berlin, Germany
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Restaurants industry)
November 2005 — February 2006 (4 months)
Designed and implemented a free, secure, wireless network for patrons of Sankt Oberholz, cafe and bar in Mitte, Berlin, Germany. production included the building and deployment of a new gateway server / media streamer with wireless access points for two floors. on the soft side, my team also developed a chillspot / social networking front-end based on php, that was later used as prototype to the current Sankt Oberholz online presence.
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Lab Project Tutor - Sneak; The Media Artists WiFi Survival Workshop
The AKi Academy of Art and Design, Enschede, The Netherlands
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — October 2004 (2 months)
The Media Artists WiFi Survival Workshop was a special project tutored by The Masterpiece Cleaners media artists group. Twenty 2nd year Media Arts students from the AKi Academy of Art and Design, Enschede, The Netherlands were taken to the wild dutch countryside of Sneak.
The students were taught to locate wireless networks and test network penetration techniques. They were then instructed in hands-on workshops about optimizing the efficiency of consumer wireless devices through hardware hacking. The hardware was deployed into pre-surveyed locations in order to connect two locations 3km away from each other.
The purpose of this workshop was to teach the necessity of the internet as a means of research, communication and medium for media and computer arts expression. In almost any, even sparsely urbanized environment, it is still possible to locate and access gateways to the internet, which should not bar the media artist from working in any environment.
Jef Koh’s Education
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National University of Singapore
PhD , Integrative Sciences & Engineering , 2009 — 2012 (expected)
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University of the Arts London
MA , Creative Practice for Narrative Environments , 2006 — 2008
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ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
BA , Monumental Kunst , 2002 — 2005
