>> International Course - Master of Arts in MediaArtHistories
>> (Low residency; International faculty, English language)
>>
>> Following the inaugual launch of the course that brought students
>> from 4 continents to the Wachau, the program MediaArtHistories
>> starts this November for the second time and is currently
>> accepting applications.
>> MAH conveys the most important developments of contemporary art
>> through a network of renowned international theorists, artists and
>> curators like: Steve DIETZ, Erkki HUHTAMO, Lev MANOVICH,
>> Christiane PAUL, Paul SERMON, Edward SHANKEN, Jens HAUSER, Christa
>> SOMMERER; Gerfried STOCKER, Knowbotic Research, Charlie GERE,
>> Oliver GRAU and many others.
>>
>> 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. Using online
>> databases and other modern aids, knowledge of computer animation,
>> net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well as the
>> most recent
>> reflections on nano art, CAVE installations, augmented reality and
>> wearables are introduced. Historical derivations that go far back
>> into art and media history are tied in intriguing ways to digital
>> art. Important approaches and methods from Image Science, Media
>> Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology will be
>> discussed.
>>
>> MediaArtHistories MA is also based on the international praxis and
>> expertise in Curation, Collecting, Preserving and Archiving and
>> Researching in the Media Arts. What are, for example, the
>> conditions necessary for a wider consideration of media art works
>> and of new media in these collections of the international
>> contemporary art scene?
>> And in which way can new Databases and other scientific tools of
>> structuring and visualizing data provide new contexts and enhance
>> our understanding of semantics?
>>
>> Further Information:
>> http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
>> http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories
>> http://www.virtualart.at
>> http://www.mediaarthistories.org/pub/mediaarthistories.html
>>
>> DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS - located in the UNESCO world heritage
>> Wachau is the first public university in Europe which specializes
>> in advanced continuing education offering low-residency degree
>> programs for working professionals and lifelong learners. Students
>> come for 4 x 2 week blocks to Monastery Goettweig in Austria.
>>
>> With its new modular courses starting in November 2007 the
>> DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE at Danube University Krems offers an
>> educational program internationally unique. Without interrupting
>> the career working professionals have the opportunity to further
>> their career through direct, individualized hands-on experience,
>> social learning in small groups and contacts with labs and
>> industry. They gain key qualifications for the contemporary art
>> and media marketplace.
>>
>> The Center in Monastery Goettweig, where most MediaArtHistories
>> courses take place, is housed in a 14th century building,
>> remodeled to fit the needs of modern research in singular
>> surroundings. The Goettweig Collection holds more than 30.000
>> prints and 2000 incunabla and manuscripts dating from the Middle
>> Ages, Renaissance and Baroque era until today. International
>> experts analyze the image worlds of art, science, politics and
>> economy and elucidate how they originated, became established and
>> how they have
>> stood the test of time. The innovative approach at the Department
>> for Image Science is reinforced by praxis-oriented study.
>>
>> Contact:
>> Sabine Lindner
>> Department for Image Science
>> Danube University Krems
>> Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems
>> Tel: +43(0)2732 893-2569
>> sabine.lindner@donau-uni.ac.at
>> http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
>>
>>
>> For more information go to: www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
>>