<div dir="ltr"><div>Always so interesting dear Oliver and still no French in the BRAIN TRUST team.</div><div>It's better to be a psychoanalyst in Paris than to try to teach the art of the media.</div><div><br></div><div>All my best,<br></div>Franck Ancel<br>psychanalyste, le lundi 8h00-21h00<br>6, rue Marie et Louise, 75010 Paris<br><div>06 52 28 39 39 fixe 09 54 64 32 88</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 12 juin 2019 à 17:48, Oliver Grau <<a href="mailto:Oliver.Grau@donau-uni.ac.at">Oliver.Grau@donau-uni.ac.at</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues, <br>
Please share with interested persons.<br>
<br>
MEDIA ARTS: Histories and Futures<br>
International - low-residency – Master of Arts – Starts September<br>
2019<br>
<br>
Deepening praxis and critical comprehension of the digital<br>
developments<br>
in contemporary art<br>
An interdisciplinary field at the intersection of art, science,<br>
technology and the humanities, MediaArtHistories examines scientific<br>
discovery and technological innovation emerging in art praxis, as well<br>
as the genealogies of their historical development and context. At a<br>
time when digital technologies are fundamentally revolutionizing the<br>
very ways in which we communicate, interact, and perceive images, the<br>
MediaArtHistories program trains students from diverse backgrounds to<br>
critically analyze the plethora of visual media cultures of today.<br>
<br>
CONTENT<br>
Courses cover Media Art genres such as Net, Telematic and Genetic Art<br>
as well as the most recent reflections on Nano, Bio and Transgenic<br>
Art,<br>
Video Games, Computer Graphics and Animation, Virtual Reality,<br>
Augmented<br>
Reality, and Intelligent Environments, Hacktivism and Tactical Media,<br>
Performance, Glitch Art, Hybrid Art and Robotics. MediaArtHistories<br>
offers a basis for understanding the evolutionary history of media,<br>
from<br>
historic examples such as the Laterna Magica and Mechanical Automaton<br>
of<br>
the 17th century, to computer art at the earliest stages of the<br>
Internet<br>
in the mid-Twentieth Century and the algorithmic art of today. Special<br>
attention is given to the challenges of documentation and preservation<br>
of these born-digital, ephemeral and multifarious works. Explored in<br>
depth are key methods and theory from Digital Humanities, Image<br>
Science,<br>
Media Archaeology, Sound Studies, the Intellectual History of Science<br>
&<br>
Technology, and Digital Gender Theory. Excursions, and on site faculty<br>
seminars, introduce students to the main cultural heritage<br>
institutions<br>
in the field, such as Ars Electronica and ZKM, archives such as the<br>
Archive of Digital Art (ADA <a href="http://www.digitalartarchive.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.digitalartarchive.at</a>), festivals such<br>
as<br>
Transmediale, and the Media Art market.<br>
<br>
The program is a two-year low-residency, either 90 or 120 ECTS Master<br>
degree offered in English. In addition to individual study and project<br>
work at your home location, students gather 2-3 times a year for<br>
intense<br>
seminar modules with internationally renowned media artists and<br>
scholars. These enriching sessions take place at Danube University or<br>
another European location relevant to the community of media art, such<br>
as Linz, Austria as well as Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.<br>
<br>
BRAIN TRUST<br>
MediaArtHistories program faculty include: Irina ARISTARKHOVA, Andreas<br>
BROECKMANN, Andres BURBANO, Sean CUBITT, Oliver GRAU, Monika<br>
FLEISCHMANN, Francesca FRANCO, Darko FRITZ, Jens HAUSER, Kathy Rae<br>
HUFFMAN, Erkki HUHTAMO, Ryszard KLUSZCZYNSKI, Andreas LANGE, Martina<br>
LEEKER, Christopher LINDINGER, Wolf LIESER, Roger MALINA, Lev<br>
MANOVICH,<br>
Nat MULLER, Gunalan NADARAJAN, Frieder NAKE, Jussi PARIKKA, Christiane<br>
PAUL, Ana PERAICA, Margit ROSEN, Christopher SALTER, Paul SERMON,<br>
Edward SHANKEN, Jeffrey SHAW, Christa SOMMERER, Morten SONDERGAARD,<br>
UBERMORGEN, and others.<br>
<br>
Since its beginnings in 2006, Danube University’s prestigious<br>
MediaArtHistories MA has offered its students both a deeper critical<br>
comprehension and a practical orientation regarding the most important<br>
developments of this most contemporary art, by building on its faculty<br>
network of renowned international theorists, artists, and curators.<br>
These faculty come from across the globe to give seminars during the<br>
modules held at Danube University, and from their home universities<br>
maintain through online network and project collaboration<br>
individualized<br>
instruction with students throughout the program.<br>
<a href="http://www.mediacultures.net/mah" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.mediacultures.net/mah</a> <br>
<br>
STUDY in EUROPE<br>
The low-residency modularized teaching system allows working<br>
professionals to maintain their usual employment, and gives students<br>
entering directly after a Bachelor degree the opportunity to gain<br>
valuable career experience while they study. Modules take place on the<br>
main campus and at the Center for Image Science housed at the Göttweig<br>
Abbey. The Danube University is located in the UNESCO World Cultural<br>
Heritage “WACHAU” and offers a spectacular backdrop for learning<br>
and<br>
living.<br>
<br>
The Department for Image Science holds important resources of the<br>
field<br>
like the largest international Archive of Digital Art:<br>
<a href="http://www.digitalartarchive.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.digitalartarchive.at</a> and the MediaArtHistories Conference Archive<br>
<a href="http://www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive</a> and integrates its cutting-edge<br>
research projects into teaching.<br>
<br>
STUDENTS<br>
International students to our program have come from locations<br>
including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany,<br>
Iceland, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and<br>
USA.<br>
Alumni of the program are employed not only as freelance curators,<br>
creative designers or working artists, but also at renowned cultural<br>
sector institutions like: Austrian National Library, Süddeutsche<br>
Zeitung, Chicago Art Institute, Deutsche Kinemathek, ETH Zürich, Ars<br>
Electronica, ITAU Cultural, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Pinchuk<br>
Art<br>
Centre, Hive Advertising, imai, Polytechnic Museum – Moscow,<br>
Smithsonian, Techne, and more. <a href="http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahstudents" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahstudents</a> <br>
<br>
MODULES: Sept 6-18, 2019/ Dec 2-11, 2019 / May 4-13, 2020 / Sept<br>
21-30,<br>
2020<br>
<br>
INTERNSHIP: (MAH-Advanced only) some time between May 2020 - May 2021<br>
<br>
MASTER THESIS: Jan 2021 – April 2022<br>
<br>
APPLICATION (digital) and FUNDING POSSIBILITIES<br>
Acceptance into the program requires either a Bachelor degree (or<br>
higher), or equivalent relevant work experience. Requirements:<br>
application form, letter of motivation, copies of previous degree(s)<br>
or<br>
employment validation, copy of passport and Europass CV. An<br>
application<br>
interview is required, which may be conducted in person or through<br>
internet videoconferencing. Resources for funding possibilities and<br>
estimated costs: Application Form<br>
( <a href="http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/application/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/application/</a>) , Resources for<br>
funding possibilities and estimated costs<br>
( <a href="http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/fees_fundung/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mediacultures.net/mah/fees_fundung/</a>) <br>
<br>
MediaArtHistoriesResearch on Facebook<br>
( <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/377264145713664/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/377264145713664/</a>) <br>
<br>
Primary contact:<br>
Wendy Jo Coones, M.Ed.<br>
Head of Teaching & Coordination : MediaArtHistories / Media Arts<br>
Cultures / Exhibition Development<br>
Department for Image Science ~ Danube University Krems<br>
Telefon +43 (0)2732 893-2543 ~ skype: wcoones<br>
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria<br>
wendy.coones(at)<a href="http://donau-uni.ac.at" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">donau-uni.ac.at</a> <a href="http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis</a> <br>
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