geoffroy tremblay said : > 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)
Nice to hear :) > I know that nothing like that could be offered online ~ but is there > something similar somewhere online ? I don't know ... but we started to put quite some stuff online (course outlines, bits of codes, bibliography, ...). It won't replace the course obviously but should give some pointers and inspiration hopefully. http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/networked-media a. > 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 > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
