DASH Archives - August 2006

Subject: Announcing Two New MAs: Art Museum & Gallery Education / Heritage 
Management


Dear Colleagues, 

The International Centre for Cultural & Heritage Studies at Newcastle 
University welcomes applications for its two exciting new MA Programmes: 
Art Museum & Gallery Education / Heritage Management, both commencing in 
September 2006.  

On-line Application Forms can be found at 
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applicationforms.phtml. 

 


MA in Art Museum & Gallery Education 


This innovative new programme has been created specifically to meet the 
growing national and international need for qualified visual arts 
educators. It offers an exciting opportunity for those wishing to pursue 
graduate-level professional training as gallery, art museum and freelance 
art educators. It combines cutting edge research with the chance to learn 
directly from the practical experience of professionals from Tate Modern, 
BALTIC and others operating in the field.

For further information about Art Museum & Gallery Education, please see 
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/subjects/culturalheritage/courses/
462 
 .  Prospective students can also contact Dr Bernadette Buckley on 
bernadette.buckley@ncl.ac.uk   or 
tel. + 44 (0) 191 222 3940.


MA in Heritage Management

This programme is designed to provide students with a good understanding 
and working knowledge of the management of heritage resources and sites 
which will enable them to gain employment in the sector or to conduct 
further research. Modules are delivered intensively in weekly teaching 
blocks making access to the programme easier for part time students and 
heritage professionals.

For further information about Heritage Management, please  see 
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/subjects/culturalheritage/courses/
462 
 .  Prospective students can also contact Dr Aron Mazel on 
a.d.mazel@ncl.ac.uk or tel. + 44 (0) 191 222 7845.

Best Regards

Bernadette.Buckley & Aron Mazel

 
Dr. Bernadette Buckley

Lecturer in Art Gallery and Museum Studies

ICCHS

Bruce Building 

International Centre for Cultural & Heritage Studies 

University of Newcastle

NE1 7RU

Tel: +44 191 222 3940

Bernadette.Buckley@ncl.ac.uk

:: Inauguration of the DANUBE TELE LECTURES at Danube University Krems ::

The Center for Image Science at Danube University Krems starts a new international lecture series in early September with prominent scientists of our time. The lectures will be presented by live online streaming technology. The series is realized in co-operation with the Österreichische Filmgalerie and the ORF Niederösterreich (Austrian Broadcast Corporation), and will be held in the Filmgalerie Cinema at Danube University Krems. For the inaugural Tele Lecture, internationally renowned scholars deal with key topics of Image Science and Media Art:

www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis 


:: Lecture / Debate Topics ::

September 5, 2006  19:30-22:00 
"DOES THE WEST STILL EXIST? Are There Boundaries of West, East and Far-East in the World of Images Now?"
Lectures and debate with Sarat MAHARAJ and Machiko KUSAHARA 

Hollywood, computer games, net and media art, micromovies, new devices* images are undergoing a new internationalization never known before, and are increasingly being charged as a vehicle of ideologies and worldview. Seemingly bygone clashes between image opponents and image believers are reanimated in contemporary media to include all areas of art, science, politics and economy - now on a global scale. Can we still speak of images of the west today? Do we witness the arousal of a global visual language enriched universally by the various cultures, or are we at the brink of an ‘image war’, representing extremes between the old and new economic powers and their visual culture?  


September 6, 2006 19:30-22:00  
“PYGMALION TENDENCIES: Bioart and Its Precursors”
Lectures and debate with Gunalan NADARAJAN and Jens HAUSER  

Art and the natural sciences are forming a new interconnection that is closer than in past centuries. Recent developments in art such as Bioart, Techno-art, Genetic or Transgenic Art bring artists into the scientific laboratories and carry their visions to the general public. Not only do artists work cross-pollinated, they also create new creatures, frequently revealing spectacular spaces of reflection on new possibilities. International experts discuss these tensions oscillating between body and nature on one hand and artificial life and illusion on the other - none the least, in their historical contexts.



:: International Discussion over the Net - Innovative Image Direction ::

The DANUBE TELE LECTURES is a continuation and extension of the first international conference on MediaArtHistories Refresh!, which was held under the direction of Oliver Grau in Banff/Canada last fall und will see a remake called re:place in Berlin next year. Two cameras innovatively echo the studio character and seek a virtual intimacy with the lecturers and their audience. Internet viewers from all over the world have the possibility to pose email questions, broadening the international debate character of this event. 
Videos of the Danube Tele Lectures will be available in an online archive. 

:: More at http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis ::

You can join us live in Krems or watch online and participate in the discussion via email. 


The CENTER FOR IMAGE SCIENCE at Danube University Krems is an institution for inovative research and teaching on the complete range of image forms. The Center is situated in the beautiful Wachau, Austria - a UNESCO world heritage site - in the Goettweig Monastery and is housed in a fourteenth century castle. It is the base of the public documentation platforms www.virtualart.at and www.mediaarthistory.org. The Center's new low residency postgraduate master's programs in MEDIAARTHISTORIES, PHOTOGRAPHY, and IMAGE MANAGEMENT are internationally unique.


:: contact for information on :: 

wendy.coones@donau-uni.ac.at 
+43 (0)2732 893-2543 

directions to Krems - 60km west of Vienna towards Linz - www.donau-uni.ac.at/route 
shuttle Krems-Vienna offered,
reserve your seat at the Filmgalerie Cinema (entrance is free),
future Danube Tele-Lecture series 

Course is filling up, but still open for applications:


=> FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER  MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES. 
(Low residency; English language)


The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories conveys the most important 
developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned
international 
theorists, artists and curators like:
 

Steve DIETZ, Erkki HUHTAMO, Lev MANOVICH, Christiane PAUL, Paul SERMON,

Edward SHANKEN; Jens HAUSER, Oliver GRAU and many others..
 

Artists and programers give new insights into the latest and most
controversal software, 
interface developments and their interdisciplinary and intercultural
praxis. Keywords are: 
Strategies of Interaction & Interface Design, Social Software,
Immersion & Emotion, 
Artistic Invention.

Using online databases and other modern aids, knowledge of computer
animation, 
net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well as the most
recent reflections 
on nano art, CAVE installations, augmented reality and wearables are
introduced. 

Historical derivations that go far back into art and media history are
tied in intriguing 
ways to digital art.  Important approaches and methods from Image
Science, 
Media Archaeology and the History of Science & Technology will be
discussed. 

MediaArtHistories MA is also based on the international praxis and
expertise in Curation, 
Collecting, Preserving and Archiving and Researching in the Media Arts.
What are, 
for example, the conditions necessary for a wider consideration of
media art works 
and of new media in these collectionsof the international contemporary
art scene? 
And in which way can new Databases and other scientific tools of
structuring and 
visualizing data provide new contexts and enhance our understanding of
semantics?

www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis 
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories 
www.virtualart.at 

Application Deadline: Sept. 15th 2006


DANUBE UNIVERSITY  --  located in the UNESCO world heritage WACHAU 
is the first public university in Europe which specializes in advanced
continuing 
education offering low-residency degree programs for working
professionals 
and lifelong learners. 

The CENTER FOR IMAGE SCIENCE, where most MediaArtHistories courses take

place, is housed in a 14th century Monastary, remodeled to fit the
needs of modern
research in singular surroundings.

With its new modular courses starting in November 2006 the Center for
Image 
Science (CIS) at Danube University offers an educational program unique
in Europe.

Without interrupting the career students have the opportunity to learn
through 
direct, hands-on experience, social learning in small groups and
contacts with 
labs and industry. They gain key qualifications for the contemporary
art and 
media marketplace.

International experts analyze the image worlds of art, science,
politics and economy 
and elucidate how they originated, became established and how they have
stood the 
test of time. The innovative approach at CIS is reinforced by
praxis-oriented study.

contact: 
Mag. Petra Gratzl
Tel: +43(0)2732 893-2542
petra.gratzl@donau-uni.ac.at