Semester: October 2014 to December 2015
University Master in Digital Arts
UPF-IDEC
Balmes, 132-134
08008 Barcelona
Spain
Calendar: October 2014 to December 2015
Language: Spanish
Credits: 90 ECTS
Our Interdisciplinary Arts Master’s program is designed for graduate students, engineers and working adults to explore questions about digital audiovisual practice and culture within the intersection of the Arts, Humanities, Science and Technology.The Master’s Degree in Digital Arts aims to contribute to the formation of audio-visual professionals in different aspects of creative production in the field of interactive audiovisual communication.
General goals
– To approach, both theoretically and experimentally, the creative and technical aspects of digital media and their role in cultural production.
– To promote expression through information and communication technologies which lead to new visual, musical and interactive art forms.
– To provide analytic models and tools to explore specific languages induced by digital media and, particularly, interactive audiovisual communication and networking.
– Master the techniques for generating, processing and editing of images and sounds, and various software environments for authoring visual, musical and interactive compositions.
– To understand and to experiment with code especially as applied to generative, algorithmic and procedural aspects of computer programming as a form of creative writing,
– Encourage the use of digital media for the production of innovative and significant works.
– To train students in fundamental change at the formal, conceptual, contextual, relational and narrative levels of audiovisual culture that occur with the introduction of electronic and digital media.
– Encourage and promote new forms of human-computer interaction, and the creation of physical, tangible, embedded and embodied interfaces.
– To promote contemporary artistic practices using digital technologies to express aesthetic and critical forms of discourse. The emphasis is on the arts, beyond the hegemonic discourse on media and digital culture.Teaching methodology includes lectures, seminars and practical work under the supervision of a tutor. Being an intensive face-to-face program, attendance is strongly recommended as it constitutes a fundamental part of our university education.
Students are assessed for the first term (core modules, 286 hours) through final examinations in February; and for the second term (optional modules, 200 hours) in June. In some cases, professors may choose to set various activities (workshops, projects, mockups, hands-on discussions, etc.) throughout the year which, if successfully completed, can complement or replace the final examination.
As part of the curriculum, each student must complete 200 hours work in our professional practice program. For this purpose, our partners include some of the most relevant institutions and creative arts organizations and innovative industrial companies in Barcelona such as MACBA, Hangar.org, Barcelona Media, Mediaestruch, CCCB, Phonos Foundation, Voctro Labs or Reactable Systems.
The Final Master’s Project (16 ECTS) is coordinated and supervised by a tutor chosen by the student from the academic staff. It consists of an original piece of creative work with which the students demonstrate they have effectively acquired the creative and technical knowledge and skills taught throughout the course.
University Pompeu Fabra has held 17 editions of the Masters’ program in Digital Arts over the years. This constitutes a solid background. Throughout these years, over three hundred students have successfully completed the program, which has allowed them to improve, in most cases, their capabilities and skills in order to meet the new challenges of their careers.
For more information in English please visit digitalmedia.idec.upf.edu or contact [email protected].
