Education Archives • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture

The Art of the VJ Hits NYU Tisch School of the Arts

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts has announced The Art of the VJ, a hands-on workshop providing a full introduction to the artform and dynamic world of the Video Jockey. Participants will learn how to create and design a live VJ performance using VJ software, behind-the-scenes techniques, and collaborate with other industry professionals.... READ MORE...

Seminar at RUFA Roman University of Fine Arts: Art and Future

Marco Mancuso is invited from 05 to 08 March 2018 as guest professor to lead the seminar "Art and Future. The technological cosmology of contemporary art and design", focused on the impact of technologies and sciences on our society and culture. At RUFA Roman University of Fine Arts... READ MORE...

Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: talk with Gionatan Quintini

The second talk within the Academic Year 2017-2018 of the Publishing for the Arts class, will be thursday 14 December 2017, with Gionatan Quintini: software artist, activist, part of the artistic group, Les Liens Invisibles, he will lecture on art, net, code and print.... READ MORE...

Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: talk with Irene Fenara

The first talk within the Academic Year 2017-2018 of the Publishing for the Arts class, will be thursday 7 December 2017 with the artist Irene Fenara and with Cristina Rota, project manager at The Blank to introduce the book "Who Needs Eyes When You Have Sapphire Crystal Lenses?"... READ MORE...

Digicult at 8208 Lightining Design Festival 2017

Next Saturday 18 November 2017 Federica Fontana will be special guest at 8208 Lighting Design Festival, at Accademia di Belle Arti Aldo Galli - IED Como to talk about Digicult, the philosophy behind the project, its networking strategies from 2005, its open and free culture production activities within interdisciplinary fields of international contemporary Media Art.... READ MORE...

Digicult at FRID 2017: Italian Forum of design doctoral research

On 16 and 17 November 2017, the Digicult project will be introduced within the program of FRID 2017: Fare ricerca in design Forum, at Scuola di dottorato Iuav of Università Iuav in Venice, as a platform on which contributions and future perspectives on research converge. Thanks to the invitation from Raimonda Riccini... READ MORE...

Seminar on “Art and Future”: NABA New Academy of Fine Arts

Art Industries workshop, lead by Marco Mancuso, is run the weekend of 11-12 November. Built through a critical understanding of the most important media art projects, crossing fields of design, fashion and science scienza, the workshop comes to design of a complex artwork able to talk with the new hybrid contemporary art markets... READ MORE...

Art Printing. Seminar for Carrara Academy of Fine Art in Bergamo

"Art Printing. Craft proceedings between traditional tecniques and new technologies" is a seminar conceived and realized for Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Bergamo, with the partecipation of A14 press company and Fablab Bergamo. Curated by Marco Mancuso together with Cinzia Benigni, next 15-22-29 November.... READ MORE...

Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing, by Martin Erwig

Martin Erwig is Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. In his recent text, “Once upon an Algorithm”, published for MIT Press, the author proposes an innovative and original approach for introducing computational thinking concepts to general public, while going beyond the strict technical domain.... READ MORE...

New Classes at IED, Bauer, Academy of Fine Arts Bergamo: I° Semester 2017-2018

A new semester of classes at IED, Bauer and Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Bergamo is going to start: courses in Phenomenology of Contemporary Art, Media Management and Digital Publishing for the Arts... READ MORE...

Job Opening: Lecturer in Animation at University of Salford, Manchester | DEADLINE 22/10/2017

The School of Arts & Media of the University of Salford, Manchester, is looking for a Lecturer in Animation who has a strong professional profile and recent experience in animation production and teaching, to join a team of industry professionals in delivering a fresh and stimulating learning experience to the animation makers and craft specialists of tomorrow. Deadline 22/10/2017... READ MORE...

11th Audiovisual Arts Festival

The 11th Audiovisual Arts Festival of the Ionian University, depts. of Music Studies and Audio & Visual Arts, is extended in space and time: the festival will last for a total of 23 days, from May 20th to June 11th, and will be held at both Corfu and Athens.... READ MORE...

Spring Attitude Festival

Il più raffinato e innovativo sound contemporaneo unito all’arte digitale, schegge di elettronica che incontrano il pop d’avanguardia, il folk a braccetto con il rap. La primavera di Roma fiorisce di suoni contaminati e sperimentali, nel nome della ricerca internazionale e della qualità artistica. Questa la cifra stilistica dell’VIII edizione di Spring Attitude - Festival internazionale di musica elettronica e cultura contemporanea - che torna nella Capitale dal 25 al 27 maggio forte delle 12.000 presenza dello scorso anno.... READ MORE...

Waag Society. Trust me, I’m an Artist

Waag Society and Zone2Source are proud to announce the final performance and exhibition of Trust me I’m an artist, which explores how art can help us understand... READ MORE...

Open Call – Piet Zwart Institute Media Design & Communication | DEADLINE 15/05/2017

The Piet Zwart Insitute Master Media Design & Communication is a research orientated master programme, with a strong emphasis on the connection between practice and theory. The course focus on practice-led research through project-based work will equip you to create a distinctive voice as an artist/designer in the contemporary media landscape. Choose between two study paths: Lens-based Media or Experimental Publishing. Application Deadline for EU students only: 15/05/2017... READ MORE...

MatchPoint: the artistic research as a collaborative practice in the contemporary city

L'oggetto di indagine è costituito da un organismo sociale che, con la sua presenza nei quartieri popolari della città di Napoli, fa tutela attiva del suo patrimonio culturale materiale e immateriale, sia rivitalizzando e manutenendo intere aree cittadine dalla conformazione pre-moderna, sia partecipando alla definizione dell'effetto città (confronto, scambio, contaminazione).... READ MORE...

Digimag 75 / Spring 2017: Digital Identities, Self Narratives – Call for Papers

Identity is becoming a fluid concept, encompassing different domains of the self. How are identities affected by technology and digital tools? What is the role of art in shaping this notion? The Digimag Journal is back with a new international call for papers from its independent publishing house Digicult Editions... READ MORE...

Media and Emotions: The New Frontiers of Affect in Digital Culture – Deadline 30/03/2017

Open Cultural Studies, the new peer-reviewed journal by De Gruyter Open, calls for papers investigating the issue of affect faced to current increasing digitalism. Emotional interactions, feelings and affective experiences with the new media, technologies of emotions, the commodification and governance of feelings and much more. Send your abstract until 30/03/2017.... READ MORE...