Hey Thanks a lot ! That is a great help for me that live quite remote from any good institution!
Good luck with the courses ! I am sure it will be a riot! On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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