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Sent: 12 October 2006 16:52
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Subject: :: THREE SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES
:: THREE SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES
The Center for Image Science at the Danube University Krems is pleased to
announce three scholarships covering half-tuition for the new Master of Arts
course MediaArtHistories. Applications for the following scholarships are
being accepted until October 23rd, 2006.
:: UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Scholarship
:: Rudolf-Arnheim-Media-Art-History Scholarship
:: Interface Design and Future Applications Scholarship
Potential applicants should have, in addition to commitment in enrolment for
the 2 year Master of Arts course, enthusiasm for the scholarship's theme and
an interest in the further development of research in the theme for which
they apply. Selected applicants will be required to complete research on
their scholarship theme, possibly, but not limited to: focus of master's
thesis on theme, realization of internship or project related to theme, or a
similar research method agreed upon between the student and course leader.
:: UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Scholarship The UNESCO World Heritage
Preservation Scholarship supports further research in preservation of media
art and its histories through the example set by UNESCO's World Heritage
initiative. Successful applicants should be committed to issues in
documenting and preserving all forms of international media art, from a
theoretical or practical approach.
:: Rudolf-Arnheim-Media-Art-History Scholarship Rudolf Arnheim himself
expressed the motto of this scholarship in 2000 better than anyone else:
"The technology of the modern media has produced new possibilities of
interaction... What is needed is a wider view encompassing the coming
rewards in the context of the treasures left us by the past experiences,
possessions, and insights."
The successful applicant proposes a Master Theses or a Project related to
Arnheim's plea.
:: Interface Design and Future Applications Scholarship This scholarship
supports applicants interested in research within the field of Interface
Design. Approaches are considered focusing on conceptual and aesthetic
aspects possibly connected with the phenomena of interaction as it relates
to media art and its histories.
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories
Awarding of a scholarship is dependent on acceptance and enrolment in the MA
course.
:: PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Danube University's Department for Applied Cultural Studies, Center for
Image Science is now accepting applications for the 2006/07 class of their
MA Program in MediaArtHistories starting mid-November. This two year
low-residency degree provides students with deeper understanding of the most
important developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned
international theorists, artists and curators like Steve DIETZ, Erkki
HUHTAMO, Lev MANOVICH, Christiane PAUL, Paul SERMON, Oliver GRAU, Edward
Shanken, Gregor LECHNER, Jens HAUSER and many others.
Artists and programmers give new insights into the latest and most
controversial software, interface developments and their interdisciplinary
and intercultural praxis. Keywords are: Strategies of Interaction &
Interface Design, Social Software, Immersion & Emotion, and Artistic
Invention. Using online databases and other modern aids, knowledge of
computer animation, net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well
as the most recent reflections on bio & nano art, CAVE installations,
augmented reality and locative media are introduced.
Historical derivations that go far back into art and media history are tied
in intriguing ways to digital art. Key approaches and methods from Image
Science, Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology will be
discussed.
Media Art History offers a basis for understanding evolutionary history of
audiovisual media, from the Laterna Magica to the Panorama, Phantasmagoria,
Film, and the Virtual Art of recent decades.
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