Media, Arts Philosophy and Practice

This programme aims to provide a unique laboratory environment of research, practice, experiment and exchange in the media-arts and communications for artists, philosophers, social scientists, media-journalists, web-arts scientists and designers.

The programme links theory with practice especially as it relates to the interlacing of contemporary theory with digital arts, visual/sonic/electronic and fine arts practices. At the same time, the programme will give you a strong foundation in non-representational, modern and postmodern philosophy and practices of the arts, culture and sciences. Media-Arts includes research into the art of noise, music, web-based art and design; video/filmmaking, creative writing, screen narrative, advertising, documentary film making, studio practice, poetics, e-Gaming, moving image, photography and graphic design, digital, electronic, radio and electromagnetic arts, acoustic composition, performance/theatre.The New Sciences include critical spatialities, new materialisms, nano-technologies, meta-mathematics, Einsteinian theories of relativity and the re-staging time, timing, speed, distance and dimension it impacts on the theory and practice of media-arts.

The programme links with other schools at the University (e.g. The School of Computing Mathematical Sciences - where you may engage also link into their new MA in Cinematography and Post-Production) as well as with local institutions such as The Laban Centre for Dance, The Trinity School of Music. These connections enable you to study abroad via our independent study/research project option. As each student will be associated with a Supervisory team, the Programme also aims to give one-to-one tutoring, with the view to enabling you to work both individually and collaboratively. You will have access to cutting edge studio facilities, secure research labs, and live-stream Research seminar/workshops and roundtables of the world renowned artists, philosophers, composers, web-scientists and designers.

Content

• Critical Spatialities The New Cartography and Out of the Spirit of Music
• Untimely Meditations: Fractal Philosophy, Art, Noise and Electronic Arts Performance
• Research Practice Method
• Dissertation (15,000 words OR 7,500 plus artwork/research project)

Two options from:

• City Lab - City Studio
• Creative Writing: The Subject Of/In Writing
• Writing Screen Narratives
• Image Manipulation
• Postcolonialism & the Coming Community
• Independent Research Project
• Independent Research Study
• Digital Poetics
• Digital Culture and Industry
• Informations Method and Culture (CMS)
• Film Making (CMS)
• Cinematic Exploration (CMS)
• Media Work Placement
• Post Production (CMS)
• Intellectual Property in the Creative Industries