Department for Arts and Management

Invitation to the international DOCAM conference

Three alumni of the Danube University gave lectures at the DOCAM conference in Canada.

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Prof. Grau invited at the opening of the International Media Art Biennale Seoul

More than 300 auditors took part in the debate between Professor Oliver Grau and Prof. Dr. Douglas Kellner (UCLA) at the Seoul Museum of History. Afterwards the 5th Biennale where works of more than 100 international artists are exposed in the Korean capital, has been inaugurated in the presence of the mayor of Seoul.

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Prof. Dr. IRINA ARISTARKHOVA (Penn State University, USA / National University Singapore)

In May and June 2008 Prof. Dr. Irina ARISTARKHOVA from Penn State University, USA, was guest at the Department for Image Science for reasons of research and lectures.

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Music Management study program students in the recording studio

Prospective music managers spent one day in the Sunshine Music Viennese recording studio on 10 April 2008. Result of a productive day: the recording of a self-composed song.

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News from the Department of Arts and Management is available as RSS feeds

You can now subscribe to selected Danube University Krems news as a RSS feed. Newly published information from the Department for Arts and Management, current productions and events via RSS automatically downloaded to your PC, mobile telephone or PDA.

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Winner is the Slovakian Germanist Katharina Heger

After interviewing the four leading applicants for participation in the new Department of Arts and Management's "Literature, Management and Communication" study program the standard-expert advisory council decided in favor of Katharina Heger a native of Slovakia.

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The university course Digital Collection Management started successfully on March 29th 2008 with 15 scholars from several countries.

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Director of the Viennese State Opera lectures at the Center for Contemporary Music

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1st Austrian Mobile Music Day took place on the 7th of February

Even if, according to the Federation of Austrian Music Industry, the Austrian download market grew in 2007 by 50 percent in relation to the previous year, music lovers show a lot of restraint when it comes to downloads to mobile phones. This was reflected in the initial evaluation of the “1st Austrian Mobile Music Day” which took place on the 7th of February 2008 at Danube University Krems.

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On November 15th Professor Grau opened the second international conference re:place on the Histories of Media Art in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin with a keynote. Grau is the conference´s founding director who in 2005 brought together 19 disciplines in Banff, Canada, from art history through media science up to film studies and musicology.

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First common academic celebration together with TV & Film Production held on the 14th of December

Premiere at Danube University Krems: After a four semester postgraduate course, the first academically trained music managers in the German-speaking countries graduated as “Master of Music Management” on the 14th of December 2007 in Danube University Krems' Audimax.

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Thirteen students from the Music Management 01 and 02 study programs were guests at the University of Miami

For a week in November 2007 thirteen students from the Music Management 01 and 02 study programs were observers along with their study program coordinator, Dr. Eva Maria Stoeckler, at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

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5 years Department for Image Science

The Department for Image Science & the Goettweig Monastery invite you to the opening of the Graphic-Collection-Online / 5 years Department for Image Science.

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On November 15th Professor Grau opens the second international conference re:place on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.

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GAZING INTO THE 21st CENTURY : CONFRONTING IMAGE NAIVETÉ

Second international conference on Image Science in Goettweig Monastery
24.-26. April 2008

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Worldwide reviews of Prof. Oliver Grau´s recent book MediaArtHistories are published.

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The Department for Image Science adds the Live-Streaming of the event with Christiane Paul and Paul Sermon to its Danube TeleLecture archive.

Recorded under a skilled stage direction with professional team and equipment the event has been broadcasted on the internet in best studio quality. The recording of the lectures as well as the following discussion are available on the web with immediate effect.

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The literary scientist from Angers (France) visits Krems

The literary scientist Univ.-Prof. Klaus Zeyringer, Ph.D. from the Université Catholique de l´Ouest in Angers (France) visited the Department for Arts and Management. He attended meetings with Prof. Gerhard Gensch, Ph.D. and Christine Grond, Ph.D. and they spoke about projected continuing education programs in the areas of literary management and literary facilitating.

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Krenek Symposium Linz, April 19-22, 2007

Eva Maria Stöckler, Ph.D., a scientific employee and coordinator of studies at the Center for Contemporary Music, was one of the speakers at the Krenek Symposium in Linz, in April.

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Prof. Gerhard Gensch, Ph.D. has been Appointed to the „Music Jury“ of the „ImpulsProgram CreativeBusiness“.

The head of the Center for Contemporary Music, Prof. Gerhard Gensch, Ph.D, has been appointed to the “Music Jury“ of the „ImpulsProgram CreativeBusiness“ by the Austrian Commercial Service.

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What do the curator of the Albertina´s the great exhibition about the Mozart year, the head of Media Art of the Withney Museum, New York and the head of the British Museum in common? They all will join the new, international, certificated program “Exhibit Design and Management” which starts in May in Goettweig.

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Image-Memory theatre as didactic tool

Gerhard Dirmoser impressed in his course “Diagrams in Sciences” - a combination of a performance with a novel didactic method. Together with the students of the course “Visual Competencies” he laid out a visual experimental world of images.

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For the second time, the graduate of the TV & Film Production program has been awarded the acclaimed Carl-Mayer-Prize for Best Screenplay.

Ulla Neuwirther, M.A., graduate of the TV & Film Production program, received the ORF award in the course of the competition for the Carl-Mayer-Prize for Best Screenplay 2007, for her treatment entitled “Running Sushi“.

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Oliver Grau gives a lecture on the future of digital archiving

From 10 through 29 April 2007, the eighth Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) will take place in Rotterdam, where the head of the Department for Image Science, Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau, will give a lecture about the future of Digital Archiving.

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The head of the Department for Image Science comments on the current situation of contemporary art

The German-French broadcast station arte published an interview about the topic Culture Digital with Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau who was interviewed by the art curator and media theoretician Jens Hauser.

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New Publication - Department for Image Science

For the first time famous international scientists tell the history of media art from the 60ies to the latest present. The aim of the book edited by Oliver Grau is to cross the predominantly artificially drawn border between the passed down varieties of art, traditional art forms and media art.

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Manfred Mohr awarded in Koeln

On the occasion of the European trade fair for Information and Documentation management DMS EXPO in Koeln, the worldwide largest of this sort, the d d a a, the d.velop digital art award 2006 has been awarded to the German-American artist Manfed Mohr for his pioneering spirit and his lifework.

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The Department for Image Sciences awarded the Rudolf Arnheim scholarship for the participation in the university course MediaArtHistories, MA, to the Nigerian artist Reginald Njemanze for the first time.

The Nigerian sculptor Reginald Njemanze received the Rudolf Arnheim MediaArtHistories Scholarship, which was advertised by the Department for Image Science in tribute to the scientific merits of the famous art historian and cognitive psychologist, Rudolf Arnheim.

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On the occasion of the Chinese publication of his book “Virtual Art,” Prof. Grau gave a number of lectures at Chinese universities and museums that were attended by large audiences.

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This week the first international master’s course in Media Art Histories started at the Department for Image Science with students from Europe and other continents.

The program is in English and part of the new international orientation of the Department for Image Science, which is directed by Univ. Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau. The students participate from Hungary, USA, Switzerland, Nigeria and Austria.

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Department for Image Science makes Live Streamings of scientific lectures available.

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On the occasion of the Chinese publication of his book “Virtual Art,” Prof. Grau gave a number of lectures in Asia

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d.velop digital art award [ddaa] 2006

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On her visit Prof. Diana Domingues talked with Prof. Grau about potential co-operations

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Center emphasizes its international profile

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Lecture at the conference "After the Digital Divide?" in St. Louis

On March 31st 2006 Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau, head of the Center for Image Science opened the international two-day-conference "After the Digital Divide?" in St. Louis with a talk on early forms of media art.

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Prof. Gerhard Gensch visits Makerere University in Kampala

At the East African Makerere University, in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gensch, the Head of the Centre for Contemporary Music, sought to strengthen contacts in talks with the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Dr. Hannington Sengendo.

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Azerbaijani composer is first "Composer in Residence" at Danube University Krems

On Friday, December 2, the Centre for Contemporary of Danube University invited the composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh to a workshop talk. The composer and pianist from Azerbaijan, currently the "Composer in Residence" at Danube University Krems, performed selected compositions.

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Funds to build the music library

Over the next three years, the Academic Social Consortium of Austria (ASAG) will lend provide funds to the Centre for Contemporary Music to help build the music library.

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Guest composer at Danube University Krems from Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh is the first Composer in Residence of Danube University Krems. In the autumn of 2005, she will not only compose and play concerts but also offer courses. Ali-Zadeh is a world-famous contemporary music composer.

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Prof. Gensch visited the new Vice Chancellor at the Riga Music Academy

In late September, the Head of the Centre for Contemporary Music, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gensch, presented the new Music Management course at the Riga Music Academy.

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16 Studierende aus 5 Ländern beteiligt

Das Zentrum für Bildwissenschaften begrüßte am 20. November 16 Studierende des neuen Lehrgangs "Bildmanagement – Bildwissenschaft (MA)". Zwei LehrgangsteilnehmerInnen konnten sich über Teilstipendien der Imaging & Printing Group von Hewlett-Packard Österreich in der Höhe von je 4.300 Euro freuen.

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Winter 2005/06

Articles not published elsewhere, are requested on all aspects of the History of Photography, especially European (in its widest sense) from members and non-members of the ESHPh throughout the world.

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A Sound Map of the Danube, Baltic Music and a Symposium on African Music

In 2005 the Center for Contemporary Music will be offering a range of concerts, performances and symposia – including the world premiere of a new sound installation by the New York artist Annea Lockwood.

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8th European Stroke Summer School

At the 8th European Stroke Summer School held from 18-24 September 2004 at the Danube University Krems, Professor Gerhard Gensch presented the Center for Contemporary Music and its main activities.

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Publication of the ESHPh

The Photoresearcher of the ESHPH, founded in 1990, is dedicated to the research of the history of photography.

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Infopoint and "Forum of artistic photography"

The Center for Visual Studies presents itself from Oct. 7th-10th in collaboration with the ESHPh (European Society for the History of Photography) at the "Kunst Wien" in Vienna

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Symposium “Im Zwischenreich – Musik und Trance” 29 - 31 July 2004

Musicologists, ethnologists, psychotherapists, and music lovers discussed the topic of “Music und Trance” at a symposium held in the context of the “Glatt&Verkehrt” music festival, from 29 to 31 July 2004 at the Center for Contemporary Music at Danube University Krems.

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International Conference 17/18th March 2005

The possibility of a worldwide free trading of music via the Internet has encouraged new developments with as much an effect on people who make music as on the music industry itself, and which bring about serious changes. At this conference, new forms of communication between those who make and those who produce music will be presented and current musical and artistic forms of presentation and dissemination will be held up for discussion.

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Meeting on the 5th of Oct 04

All members and future members welcome.

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Come and learn about the work of the center!

You wil have the possibility to visit the DigitisationCenter and the Graphic Collection and learn more about courses and seminars offered by the Center for Visual Studies.
An exciting day full of lectures and workshops awaits you!

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Mag. Andrea Domanig and Edgar Knaack to join ZBW

The Center for Visual Studies is pleased to welcome two new members in the team

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Lecture at the international Conference in Budapest, Hungary

The role of design and pictorial material in mobile communication was highlighted by Mag. Jeanna Nikolov-Ramírez Gaviria in her talk.

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The Center for Visual Studies hosts the Website of the ESHPh - European Society for the History of Photography

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Posterexhibition in collaboration with "Grafische"

The Center for Visual Studies showed 25 digital prints of historical posters at the fair Publica 03 in Vienna.

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Working with Originals

The seminar was held from 26-28th of March 2004 at the Center for Visula Studies.

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The Center for Contemporary Music in Danube University Krems set to work on 1 March 2004. It focuses on selected aspects of the overall spectrum of contemporary music. The goal is to make it a competence center for modern music and cross-border art forms. The Center will cooperate very closely with the Ernst Krenek Institute which recently shifted to the Danube University Krems.

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Bildtage Göttweig 2004

Abstracts jetzt einreichen!

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