[rohrpost] Post-Graduate Exhibition Development – Call for Applications, Deadline Sept 4, 2017

[Image Science]

Start Nov 4, 2017 - Certified Program “Exhibition Development” (
http://mediacultures.net/exhibitionstrategies/ ) (low residency,
parallel to employment, international faculty, in the UNESCO World
Cultural Landscape Wachau in Austria) 
 
This modularized and low-residency certified program taught in English
imparts the core skills of contemporary exhibition practice. In addition
to individual study and project work at your home location, students
gather twice for intense two-week seminars with internationally active
practitioners in November 2017 and February 2018.
 
International experts like Prof. Jorge WAGENSBERG (scientific director;
Fundacio ‘la Caixa’ & Hermitage Barcelona), Frank den OUDSTEN (designer,
teacher, writer, performer), Pat MUNRO (exhibition evaluator),
Christiane PAUL (curator; Whitney Museum of Art), Stefan IGLHAUT + Gesa
von GROTE (exhibition designers & museum planners), Brigitte FELDERER
(freelance author and exhibition developer) Dr. Dieter BOGNER (museum
planner), Christopher LINDINGER (Director of Research & Innovation; Ars
Electronica), Becky GILBERT (board member; European Fundraising
Association), Enrique GUITART (freelance curator and exhibit developer)
and others are brought together through this singular program – a
network that combines historic vision with the latest knowledge about
current developments and trends. 

The exhibition medium is one of the most innovative areas of modern
culture and economy. Globalization and digitization are revolutionizing
forms and strategies of exhibition development, their interpretation,
reception and international expansion. The definition of exhibition is
expanding to virtual, public, private and hitherto philosophical spaces.
ExDev covers competencies for the professional assessment of chances and
risks in contemporary exhibition planning and shows how to apply these
skills in concrete projects.  At the end of the course, participants
will be better equipped to undertake the project organization of
designing and managing exhibitions and experiential worlds. 
 
After the certified program (30 ECTS), the students can continue with a
Master of Arts in Image Science (120 ECTS).
 
==> STUDENTS - Staff in museums, collections and similar institutions,
promoters and curators of science and art/culture, staff in tourist,
fair or theme park establishments and anyone who need new skills for
handling the realization of exhibition projects across Europe and
beyond. 


==> DANUBE UNIVERSITY - located 70 km from Vienna in the UNESCO world
heritage Wachau region, Danube University is the only public university
in Europe specializing in advanced continuing education by offering
low-residency degree programs for working professionals and life-long
learners. Portions of the modules are held at DanubeU’s Center for Image
Science, housed in the Göttweig Monastery, a 14th century building
remodeled to fit the needs of modern research in singular surroundings.
 
==> APPLICATION (digital) - application form, a letter of motivation,
copies of previous degree(s), copy of passport and a Europass CV.
Contact: Department for Image Science, Mag.a Stefanie Bierbaumer,
stefanie.bierbaumer at donau-uni.ac.at, +43 (0)2732 893-2569 (
tel://027328932569/ ) 
 
www.donau-uni.ac.at/exhibit  
www.mediacultures.net/exhibitionstrategies 
 
 
==> Duration: 2 semesters ~~ 30 ECTS ~~ Language of Instruction:
English
1st semester includes low-residency presence modules Nov 4-11, 2017 and
Feb 3-11, 2018. 
2nd semester includes research and project work from home. 
Application deadline: September 4, 2017
 
 
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION:
 
Museum and Archive on the Move: Changing Cultural Institutions in the
Digital Era
Edited by Oliver Grau together with Wendy Coones and Viola Rühse
De Gruyter, Munich, September 2017 (
https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/480930?result=3&rskey=IX91UP )
 
The digital revolution fundamentally changed how cultural heritage is
created, documented, analyzed, and preserved. The book focuses on this
transformation’s impact. How must museums and archives meet the
challenges of digitally generated cultures and how does the digital
revolution influence traditional object collection, research, and
education? How do digital technologies and digital art and culture
affect our interaction with images? Leading international experts from
various disciplines (Lev Manovich, Okwui Enwezor, Christiane Paul,
Dieter Bogner, Jeffrey Shaw, Sean Cubitt, Sarah Kenderdine, Oliver Grau,
Lutz Engelke et al.) break new ground. Pioneering interdisciplinary
research results collected in this book are relevant to education,
curators and archivists in the arts and culture sector and in the
digital humanities.