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ARTS CULTURES</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Erasmus
Mundus Joint Master Degree</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Erasmus+
funded - European Master of Excellence</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">KREMS
/ AALBORG / LODZ / SINGAPORE</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Call
for 2019 applications open soon</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">www.mediaartscultures.eu
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><font size="3"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;'>With support extended to 3.7 million Euro, the
European master of excellence program “Media Arts Cultures – Media AC” will
broaden in 2019-2024. </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'>This
distinctive award is based on offering high-quality international learning
opportunities for students in an emerging field and also affirms the importance
of </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;'>Media Art research and practice</span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'> for the cultural and educational
future of Europe.</span></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Media
Arts Cultures is organized jointly by </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Danube
University Krems (Austria, lead)</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Aalborg
University (Denmark)</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">University
of Lodz (Poland) and</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Lasalle
College of the Arts (Singapore).</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></i></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Associated
partners: <span style="background: white; color: black;">Archive of Digital Art</span><span style="color: black;">, <span style="background: white;">Ars Electronica Linz</span>,
<span style="background: white;">DAM</span>, <span style="background: white;">Europeana</span>,
<span style="background: white;">FACT, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Instrument
Inventors Initiative</span>, <span style="background: white;">imai</span>, <span style="background: white;">Impakt Festival</span>, <span style="background: white;">MOCAK</span>,
<span style="background: white;">monochrome</span>, <span style="background: white;">Neural
Magazine</span>, <span style="background: white;">SPEKTRUM</span>, <span style="background: white;">WRO Art Center</span>, <span style="background: white;">ZKM</span></span></font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">The
language of instruction is English and includes taught semesters, internship a
master's thesis supervised by lecturers from the partner universities. <br>MediaAC
faculty include:</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><font size="3"><span style='background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'>Andreas Broeckmann</span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'>, <span style="background: white;">Wendy
Coones </span>, <span style="background: white;">Palle Dahlstedt</span>, <span style="background: white;">Steven Dixon</span>, <span style="background: white;">Oliver
Grau, Jens Hauser</span>, <span style="background: white;">Elizabeth Jochum</span>,
<span style="background: white;">Ryszard W. Kluszczyński</span>, <span style="background: white;">Wolfgang Muench</span>, <span style="background: white;">Maciej
Ożóg, Christiane Paul</span>, <span style="background: white;">Ana Peraica</span>,
<span style="background: white;">Katarzyna Prajzner, Jeffrey Shaw</span>, <span style="background: white;">Morten Søndergaard</span>, <span style="background: white;">Audrey Wong</span></span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'>
and many others.</span></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">MediaAC is one of the few culture-centered
Erasmus Mundus programs, and the only program connecting culture to the digital
arts. Digital media art plays a major role at international festivals and in
contemporary culture. But, in part due to the obsolescence of presentation
equipment and storage formats, media art has not yet fully arrived in archives
and museums. The collection, exhibition and conservation strategies of digital
art, as well as their mediation, are necessary for the modernization of art
institutions.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><font size="3"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;'>T</span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'>he joint Master of Arts MediaAC aims
to generate a better understanding of the image revolution. It addresses the
needs of the evolving fields related to the futures and histories of Media Art.
MediaAC provides education and training for future specialists in Media Arts
Cultures and prepare them for emerging careers in the creative and cultural
sectors, research and academia. </span></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Selected
topics like Media Cultural Histories & Heritage, Archiving, Experience
Design, Media Arts Theory, New Media Aesthetics, Curating & Arts Management,
or Media Arts Futures provides students both internationally-advanced
theoretical as well as practical knowledge in the Media Arts, through a
singular combination of pedagogical foci, trans-disciplinary approaches, and
critical thinking in connection to the needs of both academic and non-academic
stakeholders.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Media
Arts Cultures is a 2-year mobility program, enabling students to study across
Europe and in Asia. Students spend three semesters at different universities
and write a Master Thesis at the best-suited partner during the final semester.
Upon completion, students receive a 120 ECTS joint master degree in Media Arts
Cultures from three universities allowing graduates to further pursue a PhD
within Europe or other international higher education regions.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3"> </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Each
year, 19 of the best EU and non-EU candidates will be offered Erasmus+
fully-funded scholarships for the duration of the program. Other funding from
the MediaAC Consortium and external-sources are also available.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">The
MediaAC Consortium invites dedicated and energetic applicants from all
countries and all relevant fields to apply.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Contact:</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Media
Arts Culture Consortium Coordination</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Department
for Image Science</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><font size="3">Danube
University, Austria</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><a href="http://www.mediaartscultures.eu/consortium"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">www.mediaartscultures.eu</font></a></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;'><a href="http://www.digitalartarchive.at/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">www.digitalartarchive.at</font></a></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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