MFA in Electronic and Time-Based Art at Purdue University

Through interdisciplinary art practice and research, ETB students explore the creative, critical and expressive potential of electronic and time-based media such as digital video and sound, real-time computer graphics, interactive digital systems, virtual reality, electronic circuitry and robotics. Our international faculty promotes an environment of innovative and imaginative thinking that connects artistic production to the campus body at Purdue and the communities of Lafayette/West Lafayette. Through their art practice, students make unique contributions to contemporary culture in various forms: public interventions and exhibitions, websites, radio shows, films and videos, interactive environments, computer games, performances, zines and DIY manuals. Experiences both inside and outside the classroom, the ETB program challenge students to pair aesthetic sensibility with critical thinking, artistic freedom with practical application and technological experimentation with cultural awareness. Coursework in ETB is enhanced by exhibitions, visiting artist lectures, guest workshops and open studio events.

The three year MFA program in Electronic and Time-Based Art focuses on each student’s personal development in the context of Electronic and Time-Based Art, following the structure of the graduate degree in Studio Arts in the Department of Art and Design. Graduate students in ETB come from many different backgrounds, including visual and performing arts, film-making, design and engineering. The interdisciplinary nature of our graduate cohorts allows students to easily collaborate on projects, view their work through the perspective of another discipline and actively engage with the larger research environment at Purdue University.