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<nettime-ann> MediaArtHistories Master 2017-2019 – Call for Applications


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"Teaching at Danube University Krems was a real treat for me.

I had extreemly stimulating discussions with the students.."

                                      Lev MANOVICH, CityU, New York

 

"Many of the Students in the MediaArtHistories Master are already established

Curators, art historians and Scholars of the international Mediaszene."

                                    Christiane PAUL, Whitney Museum

 

"The scientific importance of the Department for Image Science (..) for

the international community can't be estimated high enough."

                                    Peter WEIBEL, ZKM

 

 

 

=> MEDIA ART HISTORIES, MA (4/5 Semester)  *low residency* *world renowned faculty*

*international network* *world heritage Wachau*

> Start: May/Sept 2017  www.mediacultures.net/mah

 

The MediaArtHistories MA at Danube University is the only international

Master of Arts program focused on preparing art professionals and

researchers through a deep exploration of the diverse histories of Media

Art, Science and Technology. An interdisciplinary field at the

intersection of digital technology and humanities disciplines,

MediaArtHistories examines the knowledge frontiers of new media,

digital, and electronic art. It addresses the scientific discovery and

technological innovation that emerge as part of these art practices and

productions, as well as the genealogies of their historical development

and context. At a time when digital technologies are fundamentally

revolutionizing the very ways in which we communicate, interact, and

perceive images, the MediaArtHistories program trains students from

diverse backgrounds to critically analyze the visual media cultures of

today.

 

==> BRAIN TRUST Faculty:

Lev MANOVICH, Christiane PAUL, Roger MALINA, Andreas BROECKMANN, Jens

HAUSER, Jeffrey SHAW, Jussi PARIKKA, Sean CUBITT, Paul SERMON, Oliver

GRAU, Christa SOMMERER, Edward SHANKEN, Frieder NAKE, Ana PERAICA, Nat

MULLER, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Monika FLEISCHMANN, Margit ROSEN, Martina

LEEKER, Christopher LINDINGER, Kathy Rae HUFFMAN, KNOWBOTIC RESEARCH,

Wolf LIESER, UBERMORGEN, Andreas LANGE, Christopher SALTER, Darko FRITZ,

Morten SONDERGAARD, Irina ARISTARKHOVA, and others.

 

 

The program is a two-year low-residency, either 90 or 120 ECTS Masters

degree offered in English. In addition to individual study and project

work at your home location, students gather 2-3 times a year for intense

seminar modules with internationally renowned media artists and

scholars. These enriching sessions take place at Danube University or

another European location relevant to the community of media art, such

as Linz, Austria as well as Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.

 

 

Since its beginnings in 2006, Danube Universitys prestigious

MediaArtHistories MA has offered its students both a deeper critical

comprehension and a practical orientation regarding the most important

developments of this most contemporary art, by building on its faculty

network of renowned international theorists, artists, and curators.

These faculty come from across the globe to give seminars during the

modules held at Danube University, and from their home universities

maintain through online network and project collaboration individualized

instruction with students throughout the program.

www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah

 

 

==> CONTENT - Courses cover Media Art genres such as Net, Telematic and

Genetic Art as well as the most recent reflections on Nano, Bio and

Transgenic Art, Video Games, Computer Graphics and Animation, Virtual

Reality, Augmented Reality, and Intelligent Environments, Hacktivism and

Tactical Media, Performance, Glitch Art, hybrid art and Robotics.

MediaArtHistories offers a basis for understanding the evolutionary

history of media, from historic examples such as the Laterna Magica and

Mechanical Automaton of the 17th century, to computer art at the

earliest stages of the Internet in the mid-Twentieth Century and the

algorithmic art of today. Explored in depth are key methods and theory

from Digital Humanities, Image Science, Media Archaeology, Sound

Studies, the Intellectual History of Science & Technology, and Digital

Gender Theory. Excursions, and on site faculty seminars, introduce

students to the main cultural heritage institutions in the field, such

as Ars Electronica and ZKM, archives such as the Archive of Digital Art

(ADA www.digitalartarchive.at), festivals such as Transmediale, and the

Media Art market.

 

 

==> AUSTRIA - the low-residency modules allow working professionals to

maintain their usual employment, and students entering directly after a

Bachelors degree will have opportunity to gain valuable career

experience while they study. Students are eligible for student visas for

year-round residency, enabling parallel pursuit of a research project

with the Archive of Digital Art or digitized Graphic Art Collection of

nearby Göttweig Abbey, both developed by Danube University, or other

opportunities for internships within the MediaArtHistories network.

Portions of the Modules take place at the Center for Image Science

housed at the Göttweig Abbey. The Danube University is located in the

UNESCO World Cultural Hertiage "WACHAU" and offers a spectacular

backdrop for learning and living.

http://www.donau.com/en/wachau-nibelungengau-kremstal/ National

Geographic:

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/pdf/destination-scorecard.pdf

 

==> STUDENTS - International students to our program have come from

locations including Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Nigeria, China,

Egypt, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, and

USA...

www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahstudents

==> ALUMNI of the program are employed at renowned cultural

institutions like: Austrian National Library, Süddeutsche Zeitung,

Chicago Art Institute, Deutsche Kinemathek, ETH Zürich, Ars Electronica,

ITAU Cultural Sao Paulo, Nicolaus Copernicus Universtiy, Auckland Art

Gallery, Pinchuk Art Centre, Hive Advertising, imai, Polytechnic Museum

Moscow, and more.

 

 

MODULES: Sept 15-25, 2017/ Nov 20-30, 2017 / May 2-6, 2018 / October 1-10, 2018

INTERNSHIP: (MAH-Advanced only) between May -Dec 2018

MASTER THESIS: Nov 2018 April 2019

 

==> APPLICATION (digital) and FUNDING POSSIBILITIES - Acceptance into

the program requires either a Bachelors degree (or higher), or

equivalent relevant work experience. Requirements: application form,

letter of motivation, copies of previous degree(s) or employment

validation, copy of passport and Europass CV. An application interview

is required, which may be conducted in person or through internet

videoconferencing. Resources for funding possibilities and estimated

costs:

www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah

www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah/funding

www.mediacultures.net/mah

MediaArtHistories on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/groups/377264145713664/

 

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Department for Image Science

Danube-University Krems

Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30

3500 Krems

AUSTRIA

Wendy Coones, M.Ed.

wendy.coones@donau-uni.ac.at

www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis

 

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