[spectre] Leonardo@ARS Electronica 2010

[Elinor Nina Czegledy]

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Please join us:


Leonardo @ ARS ELECTRONICA:
A public event for media and art educators, teachers and researchers
September 6, 2010
Venue:  A&B Rooms, University of Art and Industrial Design Hauptplatz  
8, 4020  Linz

Coordinated by Nina Czegledy (Leonardo/ISAST) and Daniela Reimann  
(KIT) in collaboration with Angelika Plank  (University of Art and  
Industrial Design, Linz) and in conjunction with Ars Electronica

Concept: The symposium is focused on the dual issues of  
interdisciplinary research in art, design, science and technology as  
well as relevant models of PhD degree studies

Program/Schedule
10.00	Welcome. Professor Dr. Angelika Plank, Head Departments of Art  
Education and interim of Media Design /Teacher Training Program,  
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz

10.10   Greetings: Representative of the Federal Ministry of  
Education, Arts and Culture

10.20	Welcome: Nina Czegledy and Daniela Reimann on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST

10.30	Introduction: Educational research and new models of knowledge transfer.
	Nina Czegledy, KMDI University of Toronto, Concordia University Montreal

11.00	DI Christopher Lindinger, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Visiting  
Professor Media Design/ Teacher Training Program, University of Art  
and Industrial Design, Linz Future Elevation

11.30	Dr. Daniela Reimann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT,  
Institute of Vocational and General Education; research consultant  
Media Design /Teacher Training Program, University of Art and  
Industrial Design Crossing the borders of arts, science and technology  
in education

12/00	Professor Dr. Jillian Scott, Head, Karmen Franinovic, The Zürich Node of
	Plymouth University in the Institute of Cultural Studies, Zürich  
University of the Arts
	- www.z-node.net

12.30   Lunch Break

13.30    Dr. Lanfranco Aceti, Associate Professor, Contemporary Art &  
Digital Culture
    	  Sabanci University, Istanbul, Artistic Director and Lead  
Curator ISEA2011, Istanbul
	Transmediation of content and people across disciplines: The challenges of
  	hybrid teaching and Hybrid Students

14.00     Karen Lancel, artist and educator, HKU Utrecht, Academy  
Minerva, Groningen
	currently developing a policy paper on practice based PhD studies.  
New parameters
              for an online practice based PhD. Case study: TELE TRUST

14.30	  Michael John Gorman, Director of Science Gallery, Trinity  
College Dublin
	"The Art-Science Interface and the public face of the research  
university: Lessons
	 from the first two years of Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin"
15.00	  Open discussion.
15.30 	  Closing Remarks


Symposium Abstract
An increasing need is manifested to develop new curricula informing  
innovative qualifications, new job profiles for media design research  
and education. Working towards a sustainable convergence between  
educational research in design, science and technology remains a  
burning issue. The introduction of new forms of art practice and  
design at the intersection of media, arts, science and technology  
requires the introduction and application of distinguished  
qualification for educators. Yet in several European countries PhD  
degrees are not yet available in media arts and interdisciplinary  
studies.

What kind of new art genres are being developed by artists? creative  
use of mixed media technologies, visual culture and communities and  
what is their impact on education? How is design research and  
education being embedded in the new modular curricula structures? What  
are the most effective elements of curricula to educate artists as  
well as art teachers for the future?  Media design today is not only a  
means for research, but also an overall approach towards research  
shaping new possibilities opening up through design, design research  
(Laurel, 2004) as well as learning through (game) design (Kafai). The  
artistic aspects of interaction have been gradually explored and  
implemented within the framework of Interface Culture by Sommerer and  
Mignonneau (2008). An emerging tendency towards research orientation  
can be also observed as a broader trend in the field of arts and  
design. Interactive media art is blurring disciplines and has been  
reflected as a means to trigger and inspire creative processes in  
education? (Reimann) The tool of design as social intervention is also  
becoming a hot topic for scholarly research as well as applied studies.

The changing media and art education institutions require an  
interactive debate on the conditions and evaluation criteria for  
developing new models for institutional networks and qualifications  
that allow implementing the media arts across curricula structures.  
Thus the symposium investigates through international presenters and  
open discussion the increasingly important issues of interdisciplinary  
research and higher teaching qualifications, including the initial art  
and design teacher training programs.

Aims and objectives:
To inspire an open discussion by educators and the public on burning  
issues towards developing an international dialogue.
Outcome:

Outcome: Leonardo @ ARS ELECTRONICA follows the tradition of  
presentations and open discussions in 2008 and 2009 on burning  
educational issues, creating a global dialogue among experts and the  
interested public. Follow up plans include the publication (print,  
online) of a summary document.

APPENDIX

Nina Czegledy, artist, curator and edicator works internationally on  
collaborative art&science&technology projects. Her practice is  
centered on the changing perception of the environment and the human  
body She has exhibited widely, won awards for her artwork and has lead  
and participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide. She  
curated and presented numerous international touring projects and  
published extensively. Recent projects include The Visual Collider  
with Marcus Neustetter, Aura/Aurora with Bettine Schuelke and others.  
Recent curatorial projects: The Pleasure of Light, Ludwig Museum  
Budapest, co-curator 3rd Quadrilateral Biennial, organizing team  
member for Eco Sapiens2011 New Zealand. Senior Fellow at KMDI,  
University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor Concordia University  
Montreal, Honorary Fellow, Moholy Nagy University, Budapest, she is a  
Board member of Leonardo/ISAST, contributing editor Leonardo  
Electronic Almanac and member of the OLATS/Leonardo Scientific  
Committee.


Dr. Daniela Reimann, researcher and media art educator, since 2005  
Visiting Professor and lecturer and research Consultant of the Teacher  
Training Media Design study program at the Department of Art Education  
at the University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, Austria. From  
2007-09 professorship for media pedagogy at the University of  
Education in Freiburg, Germany. PhD- thesis on integrated arts and  
computer science in education (Oberhausen, 2006). She holds an M.A. in  
visual arts, art education and literature as well as a diploma of  
Pedagogy for Media Technology (1997). 2004-06 researcher in the  
projects MediaArtLab at School, and 2001-2003  "Theory and Practice of  
Integrated Art and Computer Science in Education" (ArtDeCom), funded  
under the Cultural Education in the Media Age programme (KuBiM) of the  
German Bund-Länder-Commission (BLK) at the Forum for Interdisciplinary  
Studies at the Muthesius-Academy of Arts, Kiel, Germany. Blog: Media  
Arts Education: www.daniela-reimann.de/media-arts-education,  
Web:www.daniela-reimann.de