[spectre] David Carson, Siddiq Barmak et al. give summer workshops

[dr. klaus knoll]

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Transart Institute New Media Summer Academy Workshops
August 20 - September 10, 2004

The Transart Institute will open to the public a Summer Academy  
featuring intensive five and ten day new media workshops offered by the  
school's MFA faculty and visiting artists. Through a full range of  
workshops new media artists receive fresh input and support from a  
variety of sources both technical and artistic.

This summer's workshops will include such diverse courses as "Self  
Indulgent Design” with DAVID CARSON, "Robot Making" with N.A. BAGINSKY,  
"Sound Visualization" with Venice Biennale participant ULF LANGHEINRICH  
of Granular Synthesis, “Instrument Body Electric (with wearable  
computers)”, Dr. JÜRG GUTKNECHT, Professor of Computer Systems at ETH  
Zürich, and Noh dancer IRENE KULKA, "Experimental Animation" with  
CLAUDIA ROHRMOSER, "Narrative Filmmaking" with "Osama" Golden Globe  
winner SIDDIQ BARMAK, and "Time-based Art and Cross-Over Projects" with  
Art Clay.

For workshops geared towards MFA students, including "Photography  
Master Workshops" with NICK WAPLINGTON, "Editing/Compositing for Video  
Installations: 2D Imagery in 3D space" with CASPAR STRACKE, "Graphical  
Programming for Sound, Video and Multimedia using Max/MSP & Jitter"  
with ART CLAY, and "Interjecting Performance Art into an  
Interdisciplinary Praxis" with CHRISTOPHER HEWITT, a limited number of  
spaces will be made available to the public (with approval by faculty).

Enhancing the workshop series for participants will be invitations to  
select Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program artist talks and lectures  
including guest artists and speakers from this year's Ars Electronica  
2004: "TIMESHIFT - The World in Twenty-Five Years"  
(www.aec.at/timeshift). The workshops will occur before and after the  
Ars Electronica festival and Transart Institute faculty will contribute  
a segment to the Ars Electronica symposium.

Fresh input and access to new ideas and resources is vital for new  
media artists to stay inspired, excited and informed and to see  
themselves and their work in a wider context. The Transart Institute  
Summer Academy offers artists an opportunity to get this kind of  
creative surge. For art school graduates it can be a real boost.

Workshops: a tentative list with working titles can be found at:
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Pages/Program.html#Anchor-Workshops 
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(Please note: workshop spaces and Linz accommodations are limited).

Biographies: a list of faculty bios can be found at:
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Pages/Members.html

For more information, we would be happy to hear from you.

Klaus Knoll, Dr.phil.
Director, Transart Institute

WWW.TRANSARTINSTITUTE.ORG

+43 (699) 1077 2684 (mobile), +43 (1) 270 0023 (phone/fax)
Mailing address MFA: Transart Institute Master of Fine Arts in New  
Media, Donau Universität Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500,  
Krems, Austria
Mailing address Workshops: Transart Institute Summer Academy: Prager  
Strasse 10/1/3, 1210, Vienna, Austria
Mailing address USA: 332 Bleeker Street, #H27, New York, New York 10014

Transart Institute, Master of Fine Arts Program in New Media This  
international low-residency two-year graduate art program leads to an  
MFA in New Media. Students are free to pursue work in any media  
art-related genre and to create their own course of study, working  
independently and with the support of self-chosen faculty and artist  
mentors. Three intensive residencies permit students to continue with  
their professional life while participating in the program. Genres  
include: Animation, Cyber Art, Experimental Art, Film/Video, Graphic  
Design, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art,  
Performance Art, Photography, and Sound/Music.

Transart Institute Summer Academy For three weeks of intensive new  
media workshops, the Summer Academy is open to the public (by  
portfolio). Students are also invited to selected MFA artist talks and  
lectures.

MFA Residency: August 20 - September 5, 2004 on location at University  
of Art and Design Linz
Summer Academy workshops: Session 1: August 21 - 25, 2004 Session 2:  
August 26 - 30, 2004
Symposium: September 2 - 5, 2004 in conjunction with Ars Electronica:  
www.aec.at
Accreditation: Cooperation with Donau University Krems:  
www.donau-uni.ac (July 16, 2004)
Deadline for receipt of summer 2004 applications: August 1, 2004