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FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES
(Low residency; English language, open for applications now)

The postgraduate program MediaArtHistories at the 
Department for Image Science offers a two-year 
low residency course of study leading to an M.A. 
degree. It conveys the most important 
developments of contemporary art through a 
network of renowned international theorists, 
artists, curators and
many others.

Artists and programmers give new insights into 
the latest and most controversial software, 
interface developments and their 
interdisciplinary and intercultural praxis. 
Keywords are: Strategies of Interaction & 
Interface Design, Social Software, Immersion & 
Emotion and 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 based on the 
international praxis and expertise in Curation, 
Collecting, Preserving and Archiving and 
Researching in the Media Arts. What are the 
conditions necessary for a wider consideration of 
media art works and of new media in these 
collections of 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?

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FACULTY

Prof. ERKKI HUHTAMO, UCLA / Ass. Professor of 
Media History and Theory Department Design, Media
Arts, FIN
Prof. Dr. LEV MANOVICH, University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr. CHRISTIANE PAUL, Whitney Museum, New York / Curator for New Media, USA
Dr. JENS HAUSER, Paris, FRA
Dr. GERFRIED STOCKER, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz
Prof. Dr. CHRISTA SOMMERER & LAURENT MIGNONNEAU, Art University Linz, AT
Prof. Dr. PAUL SERMON, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
Dr. JASDAN JOERGES, Micromovie, Berlin, GER
Dr. STEVE DIETZ, Curator for New Media and Director of ISEA 2006, USA
Prof. Dr. OLIVER GRAU, Donau-Universität Krems / 
Head Department for Image Science, GER/AT
Prof. Dr. EDWARD SHANKEN, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Prof. CHRISTIAN HÜBLER, KNOWBOTIC RESEARCH, 
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich HGKZ, 
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Prof. Dr. FRIEDER NAKE, University Bremen / 
Professor for Computergraphics and interactive
systems, GER
Prof. MACHIKO KUSAHARA, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, JAP
Prof. MONIKA FLEISCHMANN, Fraunhofer Institute, Bremen, GER
MARGIT ROSEN, MA, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, GER
Prof. Dr. MIKLOS PÉTÉRNAK, Intermedia/Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, HUN
Dr. Sylvia GRACE BORDA, University of British Columbia, CAN
Dr. Martina LEEKER, University Bayreuth, GER


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. 
Students come twice a year for 2 week blocks to 
Monastery Göttweig in Austria.

With its new modular courses the DEPARTMENT FOR 
IMAGE SCIENCE at Danube University offers an 
educational program internationally unique. 
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.

APPLICATIONS for the next course start will be 
accepted until May 1, 2008 (rolling admissions).

Module dates:
May 17 - May 27, 2008
MediaArtHistories & Media Archaeology
Media Theory and Theory of multimedia-based systems
Theory of perception
Visualization
Art & Science - History of Science
Spaces of interaction and their planning
Social Software

November 24 - December 7, 2008
Introduction to Interfacedesign
Locative Media: Augmented Space
Digital Tools and their programming
From Telematic Images to Micromovies
Immersion & Emotion
Design & Function of Knowledge Space
Medial performance, theater und opera

May 4 - May 15, 2009
Strategy of networks
Ambient Intelligence
Planning festivals
Exhibiting & Curating
Media Art Exhibiting, Curation and Collection
Digital Art Archiving and Preservation
interdisciplinary and intercultural work

November 2 - November 12, 2009
Law and Copyright
Market of Media Art / -Management
Important Media Art Institutions
Videoediting
Preservation of Digital Art


The Center in Monastery Göttweig, where most 
MediaArtHistories courses take place, is housed 
in a 14th century building, remodeled to fit the 
needs of modern research in singular 
surroundings. 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 the Department 
for Image Science is reinforced by 
praxis-oriented study.

Contact:
Sabine Weber, MSc
Department for Image Science
Danube University
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, A-3500 Krems
Tel: +43(0)2732 893-2569
sabine.weber at donau-uni.ac.at
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