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MediaArtHistories Practice low residency Course open for enrollment
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahpractice

The new unique program combines a practice-oriented introduction to
artistic forms of digital culture with its theory and history.
Students are being provided with the possibility for gaining valuable
practical experiences and discuss new developments in the field with
experts such as Christiane PAUL (Whitney Museum), Prof. Paul SERMON,
Monika FLEISCHMANN & Wolfgang STRAUSS (http://www.netzspannung.org),
Christa SOMMERER, Steve DIETZ (Curator of ISEA 2006), Margit ROSEN
(ZKM), Edward SHANKEN, Lev MANOVICH or Oliver GRAU.

Participants are invited to start on May 18th 2007 with
MediaArtHistories Practice. This course consists of two modules of 13
and 11 days supplemented by online training activities. Artists and
programmers give new insights into the latest and most controversial
software, interface developments and their interdisciplinary and
intercultural praxis. Keywords are: Strategies of Interaction &
Interface Design, Social Software, Immersion & Emotion, and Artistic
Invention. A core theme will be the latest knowledge of Curation,
Collection, Documentation and Archiving of Media Art. Experts present
their new tools for collective web archives. Excursions to the ZKM
and the re:place conference in Berlin are integrated into the
curriculum. An internationally unique asset of the program is access
to originals from a variety of historical and contemporary image
forms. The program offers maximum flexibility in designing education.
Should you combine the MediaArtHistories Practice - program with
two more theory modules you attain the MASTER OF ARTS.

Setting, Location and Technical Facilities The Center for Image
Science (CIS) is situated in the beautiful landscape of the Wachau,
Austria a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1000 year old Goettweig
Monastary. The idyllic surroundings, home to first-class wines and
food, with a rich and wide variety of cultural events, plus
facilities for a wide range of sports, all offer students the highest
quality of life.

Additional resources for students use:
- The Goettweig Monastery s collection of 30,000 prints (15th-20th
century).
- The Database for Virtual Art (http://www.virtualart.at), the large
pioneering archive of digital art.
- The library for European Art History containing 24,000 volumes.
- The new Text and Video Database on media art history (http://
www.mediaarthistory.org).
- The slide collection with 130,000 original records of European art
history, including lost works.

Applications for admission are possible NOW! For further information,
and application please refer to

Sabine Lindner
Department for Image Science, Danube University Krems
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems
Tel: +43(0)2732.893.2569
Fax: +43(0)2732.893.4550
sabine.lindner@donau-uni.ac.at
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis
MediaArtHistories Practice http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahpractice