wooo !! I think it's the first time in a long time that I see a program that makes me want to go to school ~ (in the last 12 years that is)
I know that nothing like that could be offered online ~ but is there something similar somewhere online ? On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > might be interesting for you or someone you know :) > feel free to forward! > (we have an open day this coming saturday). > > a. > > /// > > Piet Zwart Institute > Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research > Willem de Kooning Academy / Rotterdam University > Netherlands > > Master of Media Design and Communication : Networked Media > Call for Applications > > Application Deadline: May 1, 2010 > http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media > > > The programme is internationally known as the new media study programme > at the Piet Zwart Institute. > > Summary > > We offer a Master programme focused on a critical engagement with the > culture of the Internet and computer media, their artistic design, > technology and theory; a small (20 students in total), English-taught, > two-year full-time Master course with a multidisciplinary community of > students and teachers, and a strong emphasis on personal contact and > collaboration. Our students, faculty members and guests come, among > others, from the USA, France, Serbia, Italy, Austria, Pakistan, Turkey, > and our 24/7 studio facilities allow you to make our school your > workplace. We offer a challenging programme with trimestrial thematic > projects, theory sessions and a technical course. Students receive > strong tutorial support with weekly individual meetings with both staff > and guests. > > Multidisciplinarity > > Whether you are a graphic designer wanting to develop your digital media > practice more thoroughly, an audiovisual artist interested in a more > informed and self-made media practice, an architect interested in media > as systems that impose social possibilities and constraints, a media > activist wanting to develop both practical and theoretical tools of > intervention, a computer and electronics experimenter wanting to sharpen > her or his artistic concepts, a media artist/designer looking for > research-oriented study in an international community of peers - this is > what our programme makes possible. > > Programme > > The study programme consists of a mix of theme-based projects lead by > international media artists and designers, researchers and activists, > theory sessions on arts, culture and media, a continuous technical > introduction into media-oriented computer programming, personal > tutorials and independent study. (For more details, visit our web site > http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media .) Next to practical media work, > there is a strong element of critical writing for which you receive > tutorial support and feedback. > > Subjects > > Some exemplary themes of our trimestrial projects are: What are open > media, on- and offline? What is publishing in the digital media age? > Can one build media in hardware? Can we compare urban planning to > programming and map it? Can we collectively design media according to > game rules? > > Philosophy > > In short, media design in this Master program strives for the creation > of media, instead of creating with off-the-shelf and out-of-the-box > technology. This is why Free Software and Open Source are an important > element of our course, philosophically and technologically. Artistic > work, theoretical study and technological learning are the three core > aspects of the course that often overlap and lead to each other. > > > Faculty > > Our faculty members and guests are practitioners and theoreticians in > digital media, art and design. This year, the faculty members include > Aymeric Mansoux (core tutor, member of the GOTO10 collective, PureDyne > developer), Michael Murtaugh (interaction design, computer science > graduate MIT Media Lab), Stock (hardware guru, former chief developer > V2_Lab), Florian Cramer (course director and research professor for art, > media and communication). Regular tutors include Renee Turner and Femke > Snelting (Geuzen collective), Gordan Savicic (MODDR_Labs), Roel Wouters > and Luna Maurer (graphic and media designers, co-authors of the > Conditional Design Manifesto), . The group of faculty members and guests > varies every year, and we regularly invite external media practitioners, > theoreticians and artists as guest tutors. For further information, > please see > http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media/category/study-programme/staff/ > > > Research Opportunities > > The Master course is affiliated to the international research programme > Communication in a Digital Age at the Piet Zwart Institute. This project > investigates the future of communication design in relation to the most > current technological and social developments of media and > communication. As a Masters student, you can attend all its conferences, > lectures and workshops, have visiting research fellows as personal > tutors, and contribute your own projects to its published research. Our > past research publications include the anthologies "Software Studies" > (ed. Matthew Fuller, The MIT Press) and "FLOSS+Art" (ed. Aymeric > Mansoux, Marloes de Valk, OpenMUTE). > > > Information > > Students who will receive their Bachelor degrees in summer 2010 can > already apply now. > > For application forms, application criteria and further information on > our curriculum or public programme, please see > http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media/category/apply/application/ and > contact Leslie Robbins: l.j.drost-robbins -at- hro.nl > > > Piet Zwart Institute > Postgraduate Studies and Research > Networked Media > Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University > attn. Leslie Robbins > P.O. Box 1272 > 3000 BG Rotterdam > The Netherlands > > > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >
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