13 Aug 2009

Call for Applications: First International Master of Media.Art.Histories

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES
(Low residency; English language, international faculty)

The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories at the Department for Image Science offers a two-year low residency course of study leading to an M.A. degree. It opens a passageway into the most important developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned international theorists, artists, curators and many others.

Using online databases and other modern analysis instruments, 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 examined. Historical derivations that go far back into art and media history are researched in intriguing ways with media art. Important approaches and methods from Image Science, Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology are extensively integrated into the program.

MediaArtHistories MA is based on the international practice and expertise in Curation, Collecting, Preserving and Archiving and Researching in the Media Arts. Thus setting the conditions necessary for a wider consideration of media art works and the integration of new media into the international contemporary art scene. New databases and other scientific tools structuring and visualizing data provide the contexts to enhance and develop new understanding in the histories of media art.

Further Information:
www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories
www.virtualart.at
www.mediaarthistory.org/pub/mediaarthistories.html
www.donau-uni.ac.at/telelectures

FACULTY

Erkki HUHTAMO, UCLA
Lev MANOVICH, UC, San Diego
Christiane PAUL, Whitney Museum
Jens HAUSER, Paris,
Gerfried STOCKER, Ars Electronica Linz
Christa SOMMERER & Laurent MIGNONNEAU, Art University Linz
Paul SERMON, Manchester, UK
Jasdan JOERGES, Micromovie, Berlin
Steve DIETZ, Director of ISEA 2006
Oliver GRAU, Danube University
Edward SHANKEN, UCLA
KNOWBOTIC RESEARCH, HGKZ, Zuerich
Frieder NAKE, University Bremen
Machiko KUSAHARA, Waseda University
Monika FLEISCHMANN, Fraunhofer Institute
Margit ROSEN, MA, ZKM
Miklos PÉTÉRNAK, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
Sylvia GRACE BORDA, University of British Columbia
Martina LEEKER, University Bayreuth
Slavko KACUNKO, University Osnabrueck
Irina ARISTARKHOVA, Penn State University / Singapore
Sean CUBITT, University of Melbourne
Michael CENTURY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N.Y.
Alain DEPOCAS, Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, Montreal
Christian HUEBLER, University of Art and Design, Zurich
Christiane SCHOEPF, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz
Andreas LANGE, University of Potsdam
Ana PERAICA, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Fritz DARKO, independent curator and researcher
Dietmar OFFENHUBER, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Media Art Research, Linz
Nat MULLER, independent curator and critic, Rotterdam
Katja KWASTEK, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Media Art Research, Linz
Anne HAMKER

DANUBE UNIVERSITY - 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 twice a year for 2 week blocks to Monastery Gőttweig in Austria.

APPLICATIONS for the next course start will be accepted until October 26th, 2009 (rolling admissions).

Module dates:
November 2 - November 12, 2009
May 1 - May 11, 2010
November 22 - December 5, 2010
May 1 - May 13, 2011

The Center in Monastery Göttweig, where most MediaArtHistories courses take place, is housed in a 14th century building, remodeled to fit the needs of modern research in singular surroundings. 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:
Andrea Haberson
Department for Image Science
Danube University
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems
Tel: +43(0)2732 893-2569
andrea.haberson@donau-uni.ac.at
www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis