e-artnow: 17.11.2008
Call for Applications: MIT Visual Arts Program - Masters of Science
in Visual Arts (SMVisS)
Visual Arts Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
265 Massachusetts Avenue,?N51-328
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Phone: +1 (617) 253-5229
Contact: Ed Halligan
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://visualarts.mit.edu>visualarts.mit.edu
Application Deadline: December 15, 2008
Supporting materials due January 2, 2009
The MIT Visual Arts Program (VAP) seeks committed, curious and
creative students for the 2009-2010 academic year. This selective
two-year program grants successful participants a Master of Science
in Visual Studies (SMVisS) degree. Positioned within the MIT School
of Architecture and Planning, the VAP offers a wealth of exploration
and research opportunities in transdisciplinary relationships with
programs and labs in the MIT community.
The Program
The MIT Visual Arts Program operates as a critical production- and
education-based laboratory within the context of an advanced
technological community. The program explores the role of art in
society and considers artistic practice as knowledge production,
thus promoting an approach that challenges traditional genres and
the limits of the gallery/museum context. Studio investigations and
artistic research are realized through performance, sound and video,
photography, interrogative design, as well as through experimental
media and new genres. The program also emphasizes art that engages
public spheres, the production of space, networked cultures, and
questions relating to the environment, gender, and social
stratification. Students are encouraged to work individually or
collectively to develop their own vision of artistic practice.
Extra-curricular activities include a cross-disciplinary lecture
series, field trips, workshops, studio visits, and public
presentations.
VAP Faculty
Instructors are world-renowned, with active, international careers
and a strong interest in cross-disciplinary debate, research, and
modes of production. VAP Director and Associate Professor Ute Meta
Bauer directed SITAC VI 2008 in Mexico City, co-curated Documenta11
and was Artistic Director of the 3rd Berlin Biennial. Professor Joan
Jonas participated in this year's Biennales in Sidney and Sao Paulo,
and the Yokohama Triennale. VAP Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko is the
Director of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. In 2008 he
completed a major public projection for the city of Warsaw to
commemorate the 1968 student uprising, and the War Veteran
Projection Vehicle for the city of Denver, during the Democratic
National Convention. Newly appointed Associate Professor Gediminas
Urbonas and his partner Nomeda Urbonas were awarded Honorable
Mention for the Lithuanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2007.
Visiting Professor Antoni Muntadas represented Spain at the Venice
Biennale 2005. Lecturers Andrea Frank (Photography), Amber
Frid-Jimenez (Participatory Media), Joe Gibbons (Video), Wendy Jacob
(Autism Studio), Jae Rhim Lee (Environmental Studies), and Joe Zane
(Mixed Media) are prominent practitioners in their fields.
Apply
Artists/cultural producers with diverse backgrounds and experience
interested in innovative transdisciplinary artistic practice and
research at the intersection of art, culture, and technology are
encouraged to apply. The application deadline is December 15, 2008.
Supporting materials will be accepted until January 2, 2009.
Applicants are encouraged to seek
<http://sap.mit.edu/about/diversity/>diversity resources and funding
or contact Robbin Chapman, Manager of Diversity Recruitment, at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more information:
<http://visualarts.mit.edu/flash.html>About the program
<http://urbanutopias.mit.edu/>About the VAP lecture series
<http://architecture.mit.edu/masters-smviss-admissions.html>Admission
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