Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module ”Art in Context II” examines media art works and their cultural,
aesthetic, social, and technological positions in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Together with Art in Context I, the module introduces the students to the academic and theoretical contexts of the mixed field of Art and Technology. Through different teaching formats such as lectures, workshops, study-trips, and seminars, the students will get acquainted with the methodologies of analyzing media art and digital design artifacts.

In connection with the module, courses may be offered within the following area:

• Media Art Theory & Analysis

Learning objectives

Knowledge

During this module, students should acquire basic knowledge about

• media art theories and concepts with special focus on cross-disciplinarity and synergy between art and media technology
• various methods of analysis of media art product and projects in regard to their cultural, personal, aesthetic and epistemological significance
• audience and user concepts of media art and the related behavioral and aesthetic preferences

Skills

During this module, students should acquire skills in

• using and applying basic theories and methods in regard to analyses of media art works
• describing artistic challenges and aesthetic formats of media art
• identifying target groups and their behavior and aesthetic preferences in relation to experience potentials of media art works

Competences

During this module, students should acquire competencies in

• applying theories and methodologies of media art
• analyzing and discussing media art works as cultural and aesthetic phenomena
• applying knowledge about user groups and user behavior in analysis and concept design of media art works.

Type of instruction

Method of working: Individual work in relation to course activities

Exam

Exams