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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'><STRONG>MEDIA ARTS:</STRONG> <SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA'><STRONG>Histories and Futures</STRONG><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>International - low-residency – Master of Arts – Starts May 2019<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Deepening praxis and critical comprehension of the digital developments in contemporary art</SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>An interdisciplinary field at the intersection of art, science, technology and the humanities, MediaArtHistories examines scientific discovery and technological innovation emerging in art praxis, as well as the genealogies of their historical development and context. At a time when digital technologies are fundamentally revolutionizing the very ways in which we communicate, interact, and perceive images, the MediaArtHistories program trains students from diverse backgrounds to critically analyze the plethora of visual media cultures of today.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>CONTENT</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><BR>Courses cover Media Art genres such as Net, Telematic and Genetic Art as well as the most recent reflections on Nano, Bio and Transgenic Art, Video Games, Computer Graphics and Animation, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Intelligent Environments, Hacktivism and Tactical Media, Performance, Glitch Art, Hybrid Art and Robotics. MediaArtHistories offers a basis for understanding the evolutionary history of media, from historic examples such as the Laterna Magica and Mechanical Automaton of the 17th century, to computer art at the earliest stages of the Internet in the mid-Twentieth Century and the algorithmic art of today. Special attention is given to the challenges of documentation and preservation of these born-digital, ephemeral and multifarious works. Explored in depth are key methods and theory from Digital Humanities, Image Science, Media Archaeology, Sound Studies, the Intellectual History of Science & Technology, and Digital Gender Theory. Excursions, and on site faculty seminars, introduce students to the main cultural heritage institutions in the field, such as Ars Electronica and ZKM, archives such as the Archive of Digital Art (ADA </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="http://x7w9.mj.am/link/x7w9/xxs9t2hh/a4/XuIk1Vlz0Xc0IrHulm0Row/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kaWdpdGFsYXJ0YXJjaGl2ZS5hdC8"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>www.digitalartarchive.at</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>), festivals such as Transmediale, and the Media Art market.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>The program is a two-year low-residency, either 90 or 120 ECTS Master degree offered in English. In addition to individual study and project work at your home location, students gather 2-3 times a year for intense seminar modules with internationally renowned media artists and scholars. These enriching sessions take place at Danube University or another European location relevant to the community of media art, such as Linz, Austria as well as Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>BRAIN TRUST</SPAN></B><SPAN><BR><FONT face="Segoe UI"><FONT size=2>MediaArtHistories program faculty include</FONT>: <FONT size=2>Irina<B> ARISTARKHOVA, </B>Andreas <B>BROECKMANN, </B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Andres<B> BURBANO, </B></SPAN>Sean<B> CUBITT, </B>Oliver<B> GRAU, </B>Monika<B> FLEISCHMANN, </B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Francesca <B>FRANCO, </B></SPAN>Darko<B> FRITZ, </B>Jens<B> HAUSER, </B>Kathy Rae<B> HUFFMAN, </B>Erkki<B> HUHTAMO, </B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Ryszard <STRONG>KLUSZCZYNSKI</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>, </STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Andreas<B> LANGE, </B>Martina<B> LEEKER, </B>Christopher<B> LINDINGER, </B>Wolf<B> LIESER, </B>Roger <B>MALINA, </B>Lev<B> MANOVICH, </B>Nat<B> MULLER, </B>Gunalan<B> NADARAJAN, </B>Frieder<B> NAKE, </B>Jussi<B> PARIKKA, </B>Christiane<B> PAUL, </B>Ana<B> PERAICA, </B>Margit<B> ROSEN, </B>Christopher<B> SALTER, </B>Paul<B> SERMON, </B>Edward<B> SHANKEN, </B>Jeffrey<B> SHAW,</B> Christa<B> SOMMERER, </B>Morten<B> SONDERGAARD, UBERMORGEN, </B>and others.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Since its beginnings in 2006, Danube University’s prestigious MediaArtHistories MA has offered its students both a deeper critical comprehension and a practical orientation regarding the most important developments of this most contemporary art, by building on its faculty network of renowned international theorists, artists, and curators. These faculty come from across the globe to give seminars during the modules held at Danube University, and from their home universities maintain through online network and project collaboration individualized instruction with students throughout the program. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>www.mediacultures.net/mah</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>STUDY in EUROPE</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><BR>the low-residency modularized teaching system allows working professionals to maintain their usual employment, and gives students entering directly after a Bachelor degree the opportunity to gain valuable career experience while they study. Modules take place on the main campus and at the Center for Image Science housed at the Göttweig Abbey. The Danube University is located in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage “WACHAU” and offers a spectacular backdrop for learning and living.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>The Department for Image Science holds important resources of the field like the largest international Archive of Digital Art: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="https://www.digitalartarchive.at/"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>www.digitalartarchive.at</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> and the MediaArtHistories Conference Archive </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> and integrates its cutting-edge research projects into teaching.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>STUDENTS</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><BR>International students to our program have come from locations including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and USA. Alumni of the program are employed not only as freelance curators, creative designers or working artists, but also at renowned cultural sector institutions like: Austrian National Library, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Chicago Art Institute, Deutsche Kinemathek, ETH Zürich, Ars Electronica, ITAU Cultural, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Pinchuk Art Centre, Hive Advertising, imai, Polytechnic Museum – Moscow, Smithsonian, Techne, and more. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="http://x7w9.mj.am/link/x7w9/xxs9t2hh/a7/J2AEWVc7KeWrJvIqcehI7Q/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kb25hdS11bmkuYWMuYXQvbWFoc3R1ZGVudHM"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahstudents</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>MODULES</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>: May 13-17, 2019 / Sept 9-18, 2019/ Dec 2-11, 2019 / May 4-8, 2020 / Sept 21-30, 2020<BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">INTERNSHIP</B>: (MAH-Advanced only) between May -Dec 2020<BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">MASTER THESIS</B>: Nov 2020 – April 2021<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15.6pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>APPLICATION</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> (digital) and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">FUNDING POSSIBILITIES</B><BR>Acceptance into the program requires either a Bachelor degree (or higher), or equivalent relevant work experience. Requirements: application form, letter of motivation, copies of previous degree(s) or employment validation, copy of passport and Europass CV. An application interview is required, which may be conducted in person or through internet videoconferencing. Resources for funding possibilities and estimated costs: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studium/medienkunstgeschichte/06219/index.php"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Application Form</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><A href="http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/fees_fundung/"><SPAN style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Resources for funding possibilities and estimated costs:</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Wendy Jo Coones, M.Ed.<BR>Head of Teaching & Coordination : MediaArtHistories / Media Arts Cultures / Exhibition Development<BR>Department for Image Science ~ Danube University Krems<BR>Telefon +43 <A href="tel://027328932543/"><FONT color=#0000ff>(0)2732 893-2543</FONT></A> ~ skype: wcoones<BR>Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria<BR>wendy.coones(at)donau-uni.ac.at<BR><A href="http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis</FONT></A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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