Emergent Digital Media

Information for Students

Content: Candidates | Faculty | Guests | Who is the pro­gram aimed at | Study struc­ture

Candidates

We are look­ing for can­di­dates with:

  • a seri­ous inter­est in dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy, i.e. pro­gram­ming knowl­edge or at least advanced knowl­edge of 3D, sound or video tech­nolo­gies through the lense of visu­al art.
  • eager­ness to deal with the­o­ry (i.e. read books!)
  • a strong social inter­est and the will­ing­ness to active­ly con­tribute to the class’s joint research work and com­mu­ni­ty
  • pref­er­ence is giv­en to can­di­dates with pre­vi­ous engage­ment with nat­ur­al or social sci­ences and/or pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence (of any kind)
  • manda­to­ry artistic/craft intern­ship (The pre-study intern­ship con­sists of prac­ti­cal work for at least 8 weeks. To meet our pro­file, this includes com­put­er pro­gram­ming or media-relat­ed intern­ships. If you have already com­plet­ed a craft or artis­tic appren­tice­ship, the pre-study intern­ship is not need­ed.)

Applications direct­ly after grad­u­at­ing from high school are pos­si­ble, but not active­ly rec­om­mend­ed.

Who is the program aimed at?

The pro­gram is aimed at stu­dents in all their diver­si­ty: artists, pro­gram­mers, tin­ker­ers, com­mu­ni­ty builders and researchers inter­est­ed in the most recent media prac­tices.

Together with you we’ll devel­op a broad area of prac­tices, con­nect­ed to an inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty of artists and researchers in the field of emerg­ing and tra­di­tion­al media prac­tices and dis­cours­es. The pro­gramme will also dis­cuss basics sur­vival hacks for becom­ing a work­ing artist or cul­tur­al work­er.

This includes per­ma­nent research and fig­ur­ing out on prac­ti­cal, the­o­ret­i­cal and psy­cho­log­i­cal lev­els.

The pro­gramme is not aimed at self­ob­sessed geniuss­es, and peo­ple unable to main­tain a func­tion­al com­mu­nal stu­dio space. We will not click, sor­ry.

Main pro­gram lan­guage in our class is inter­na­tion­al English, and depend­ing on the con­text, German. However, most cours­es out­side of our class are held in German, for instance art his­to­ry and phi­los­o­phy cours­es and study work­shops.

What the class offers

  • Common shared stu­dio space
  • biweek­ly class meet­ings (sem­i­nar) with Hito and Francis
  • group con­sul­ta­tions with Hito
  • tech-stack sem­i­nar for explor­ing new skills
  • indi­vid­ual con­sul­ta­tions with Francis
  • biweek­ly the­o­ry read­ing and writ­ing sem­i­nar with Francis
  • exhi­bi­tion vis­its, artis­tic devel­op­ment ses­sions
  • con­fer­ences and evening lec­tures
  • student’s self-orga­nized exhi­bi­tions (depends on the stu­dents)
  • col­lab­o­ra­tion with Volker Moellenhoff/AdBK media work­shop
  • teach­ers are research active
  • stu­dents are asked to fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tion

Study Structure

The pro­gramme is direct­ed towards a diplo­ma in “Freie Kunst”, and takes 9 Semesters (Wintersemester October–April, Summersemester May–September).

The first year is a tri­al year con­clud­ing with an inter­nal pre­sen­ta­tion.

The sec­ond year works towards a pre-diplo­ma (an exhi­bi­tion or pre­sen­ta­tion of a work, in front of an aca­d­e­m­ic com­mit­tee).

Main stud­ies include the 3rd and 4th year. The 9th semes­ter is ded­i­cat­ed to prepar­ing the diplo­ma pre­sen­ta­tion, to be accept­ed by an aca­d­e­m­ic com­mit­tee.

SemesterSectionCoursesExamination
1 WSTrial peri­od- Participation in class

     		Introduction Art History or Philosophy/ Aesthetic Theory I * Introduction to the Study Workshop 
2 SoSeTrial peri­odSpecialisation Art History or Philosophy/ Aesthetic Theory II * Study Workshop *    Presentation of artis­tic work
3 WSBasic stud­ies 
4 SoSeBasic stud­iesPre-Diploma **
5 WSMain stud­ies- Participation in class
- Seminar or Lecture in Art History *
- Seminar or Lecture in Philosophy/ Aesthetic Theory *
- Study
Workshop *
- Student exchange semes­ter		  
6 SoSeMain stud­iesPresentation Colloquium or Annual Exhibition * 
7 WSMain stud­ies  
8 SoSeMain stud­iesPresentation Colloquium or Annual Exhibition * 
9 WSMain stud­ies Diploma **(only pos­si­ble at the end of the win­ter semes­ter)
* Proof is pro­vid­ed by sig­na­ture in the study book­let
** Students apply for admis­sion to the exam­i­na­tions inde­pen­dent­ly at the Examinations Office and present the evi­dence there

Admission for Intermediate Diploma

  • Proof of artis­tic work in the class signed by super­vis­ing pro­fes­sor
  • Proof of par­tic­i­pa­tion in the study work­shop in the study book­let + proof of 1 the­sis that was pro­duced in the study work­shop
  • Proof of the­o­ry: Introductory course in the aes­thet­ic, his­tor­i­cal and philo­soph­i­cal reflec­tion of art in the 1st semes­ter
  • Proof of Theory II: com­bined spe­cial­iza­tion (sem­i­nar or lec­ture) in Art History or Philosophy/Aesthetic Theory in semes­ters 2–4

Admission for Diploma

  • Proof of 2 pre­sen­ta­tions in the main course of study (col­lo­qui­um or annu­al exhi­bi­tion)
  • Proof  of 1 sem­i­nar or lec­ture in art his­to­ry in the main course of study
  • Proof of 1 sem­i­nar or lec­ture in Philosophy/Aesthetic Theory in the main course of study

Proof of 1 study work­shop in the main course

Questions? Contact Francis Hunger francis.hunger@adbk.mhn.de

How to apply