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MediaArtHistories Practice low residency Course open for enrolment www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahpractice The new unique program combines a practice-oriented introduction to artistic forms of digital culture with its theory and history. Students are being provided with the possibility for gaining valuable practical experiences and discuss new developments in the field with experts such as Christiane PAUL (Whitney Museum), Prof. Paul SERMON, Monika FLEISCHMANN & Wolfgang STRAUSS (www.netzspannung.org), Christa SOMMERER, Steve DIETZ (Curator of ISEA 2006), Margit ROSEN (ZKM), Edward SHANKEN, Lev MANOVICH or Oliver GRAU. Participants are invited to start on May 18th 2007 with MediaArtHistories Practice. This course consists of two modules of 13 and 11 days suplemented by online training activities. 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. A core theme will be the latest knowledge of Curation, Collection, Documentation and Archiving of Media Art. Experts present their new tools for collective web archives. Excursions to the ZKM and the re:place conference in Berlin are integrated into the curriculum. An internationally unique asset of the program is access to originals from a variety of historical and contemporary image forms. The program offers maximum flexibility in designing education. Should you combine the MediaArtHistories Practice - program with two more theory modules you attain the MASTER OF ARTS. Setting, Location and Technical Facilities The Center for Image Science (CIS) is situated in the beautiful landscape of the Wachau, Austria a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1000 year old Goettweig Monastary. The idyllic surroundings, home to first-class wines and food, with a rich and wide variety of cultural events, plus facilities for a wide range of sports, all offer students the highest quality of life. Additional resources for students use: - The Goettweig Monastery's collection of 30,000 prints (15th-20th century). - The Database for Virtual Art (www.virtualart.at), the large pioneering archive of digital art. - The library for European Art History containing 24,000 volumes. - The new Text and Video Database on media art history (www.mediaarthistory.org). - The slide collection with 130,000 original records of European art history, including lost works. Applications for admission are possible NOW! For further information, and application please refer to Sabine Lindner Department for Image Science, Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems Tel: +43(0)2732.893.2569 Fax: +43(0)2732.893.4550 [log in to unmask] www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis MediaArtHistories Practice www.donau-uni.ac.at/mahpractice