The Department for Image Science at the Danube University Krems is pleased to announce two scholarships covering half-tuition for the new Master of Arts course MediaArtHistories.
Because of the EU expansion the media art scene of Eastern Europe is getting closer to the centre of Europe and paves its way into the visual field of international critics and collectors.
Art and culture are gaining more importance for tourism and as an economic factor. Furthermore countries like Hungary, Estonia and Bulgaria show attempts to document treasures of art and culture in a digital way in order to offer access to their national heritage for a wide audience. New media allow the integration and presentation of historic treasures spanning to contemporary art installations and show exemplary ways of international co-operation in order to open new insights for scientists.
With the scholarship offering 50% of the tuition fee, artists and scientists from the new European member states will get easier access to knowledge and are offered the opportunity to develop and discuss innovative projects and initiatives in the field of art and culture and to work towards their realization assisted by some of the most renowned experts in the field.
The Department for Image Science considers the scholarship, besides the support, as a possibility to intensify the quality of the study through the formation of a transnational and interdisciplinary network.
The scholarship should help artists and researchers from the eastern countries working in the field of conservation, documentation and presentation of media arts or for persons interested in researching this field.
Applications for the scholarship should contain a letter of motivation and may be submitted in German or English.
Time for applications will end on the 15th of March 2007.
Interface Design and Future Applications Scholarship
This scholarship supports applicants interested in research within the field of Interface Design. Approaches are considered focusing on conceptual and aesthetic aspects possibly connected with the phenomena of interaction as it relates to media art and its histories.
Potential applicants should have, in addition to commitment in enrolment for the 2 year Master of Arts course, enthusiasm for the scholarship's theme and an interest in the further development of research in the theme for which they apply. Selected applicants will be required to complete research on their scholarship theme, possibly, but not limited to: focus of master's thesis on theme, realization of internship or project related to theme, or a similar research method agreed upon between the student and course leader.
Applications for this scholarship are being accepted until end of February 2007.
Awarding of a scholarship is dependent on acceptance and enrolment in the MA course which starts on May 18, 2007.
Information and Application
Sabine Lindner
Phone: +43 (0)2732 893-2569
Fax: +43 (0)2732 893-4551
E-Mail: sabine.lindner@donau-uni.ac.at
Address:
Donau-Universität Krems
Department für Bildwissenschaften
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
A-3500 Krems
