Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This course will introduce Media Art Histories (MAH) as the background informing current cultural practice and Media Cultural Heritage (MCH) as the starting point of cultural basics and reforms in the arts and media sector, addressing the methodologies to approach Media Arts Cultures research. Courses cover subjects such as computer animation, net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well as the most recent reflections on nano art, bio art, video games as art, and digital gender theory.

Learning Goals will include the ability to:

1. Advanced ability to operationalize state of the art research methods and in-depth reflection and the ability to use both in research as well as in professional dissemination practices in the field of media culture and media art

2. Expand competence to research and develop new ideas, questions and directions in: the field of Media Art Histories and Media Cultural Heritage

3. Understanding evolutionary history of audiovisual media, from historic examples such as the Laterna Magica of the 17th century to the algorithmic art of recent decades.

4. Use key approaches and methods from Image Science, Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology

Exam

Exams