The Interface Cultures program has a strong international network of universities and institutions. Students are encouraged to spend time at one of Interface Culture’s partner universities in Europe, South America, Asia or Australia. Over the years the network has grown and many international guests from Japan, Europe and South America come to the Interface Cultures department at the Arts University Linz to carry out research and stay for anything from a month up to a whole year.

Lecturers from all over the world

The Network Talks feature lectures by professors from the international partner universities of the Interface Cultures program, who promote and provoke reflection on past and future trends in interactive art, interface design and education.

Lectures

Istek Cihangir(Istanbul Bilgi University / TR)
Philip Dean (Aalto University Helsinki /FI)
Masahiro Miwa (IAMAS Institute of Media Arts and Sciences, Ogaki Gifu / JP)
Maria José Martinez de Pison (Valencia Polytechnical University / ES)
Stahl Stenslie (Aalborg University / DK)
Marie Hélène Tramus (Université Paris 8 /FR)
Ying-Qing Xu (Tshinghua University Bejing / CN)

Program

2 PM-2:05 PM
Welcome address
by Univ. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kannonier, Head of the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria

2:05 PM-2:25 PM
“10 years of Interface Cultures – development, trends and outlook”
Prof. Dr. Christa Sommerer, Head of the Interface Culture program, University of Art and design Linz, Austria

2:25 PM-2:45 PM
“20 years of new media at the Media Lab in Helsinki”
Prof. Philip Dean, Head of the Department of Media, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland

2:45 PM-3:05 PM
“A brief survey of light lab projects and interactive artworks of AVM master students”
Prof. Maria José Martinez de Pison, Director of Máster Artes Visuales y Multimedia UPV Program at Departamento de Escultura, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Valencia Polytechnical University, Spain

3:05 PM-3:25 PM
“IAMAS 2014 to the next stage”
Prof. Masahiro Miwa, Professor of IAMAS Institute of Media Arts and Sciences, Ogaki Gifu, Japan

3:25 PM-3:40 PM
Coffee Break

3:40 PM-4 PM
“The interdisciplinary design program at Tsinghua University”
Prof. Ying-Qing Xu, Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor, Head of Information Art & Design Department, Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

4 PM-4:20 PM
“Education and research in the arts and technologies of the virtual image”
Prof. Dr. Hélène Tramus, Professeure en Arts et Technologie, Image Numérique et Réalité Virtuelle (INREV), Dép. Arts & Technologies de l’Image, Université Paris 8, France

4:20 PM-4:40 PM
“Abject Aesthetics”
Prof. Dr. Stahl Stenslie, Head of the Art and Technology Program at Aalborg University, Denmark

4:40 PM-5 PM
“Insights into the visual communication design program of Bilgi University in Istanbul”
Prof. Dr. Istek Cihangir, Chair and Director of the Visual Communication Design Graduate Program, Bilgi University, Instanbul, Turkey

5 PM-5:30 PM
Discussion

5:30 PM-6:15 PM
Buffet and Networking

ARTS² is an art academy in the city of Mons, Belgium, the 2015 European Capital of Culture. The school provides training in the visual arts, music and theater. Its multidisciplinary structure makes it the ideal place for collaborative projects by students in different majors. In Mons, particular emphasis is placed on access to the media industry, from which students obtain technical knowhow, master various forms of expression and acquire software skills. Learning to program is a key element of training at ARTS².

Self-Realization

High on the educational agenda is teaching students to use a wide variety of tools and encouraging them to go their own way. The Department of Electroacoustic Music is the only one of its kind in Europe. Among its offerings is a master’s program in acousmatic composition including courses on aesthetics, music culture and technology in the field of electro-acoustics.

Works

Anesidora
Cédric Lambot (Digital Arts Department)
Video and sound box

Arsène Lone (A. Lone)
Gaël Maistriau (Digital Arts Department)
Flash game

BioActivity
Cédric Dewez, Steve Van Essche (Digital Arts Department)
Game installation controlled by a tablet

Blended Harmony
Erwan Charlie Dodson (Electroacoustic Music Department), Gaël Maistriau, Laura Maugeri (Digital Arts Department)
The theme of this multiplayer game is the global eco-balance

Blind Path
Phoebe PenninckInteractive (Digital Arts Department)
A jacket for blind people

Confidences sur canapé
Gil Van Cayseele (Digital Arts Department)
Confessions of human passions

Daguerreotype
Jefta Hoekendijk, Julien Leroy & François Rocca (Numediart) (Digital Arts Department)
Installation and print on the subject of facial recognition

Data Po-easy
Gil Van Cayseele (Digital Arts Department)
Sound poetry

Data Snif Data 
Gil Van Cayseele (Digital Arts Department)
Data visualization

Delay Canvas 
Jefta Hoekendijk (Digital Arts Department)
Interactive video installation

Ephemeral
Delphine Van Laere (Digital Arts Department)
Installation

Faceless
Jefta Hoekendijk (Digital Arts Department)
Installation and print on the subject of facial recognition

Floating Island
Sophie Delafontaine (Electroacoustic Music Department), Allison Godry, Cédric Lambot (Digital Arts Department)
Installation

Hänsel & Gretel
Laura Maugeri (Digital Arts Department)
Flash game about Grimms’ fairy tales

Human Sculptures
Jefta Hoekendijk (Digital Arts Department)
Prints that show the body’s path through a programmed process

Obsolescence Factory
Gaël Maistriau (Digital Arts Department)
A game about the artificially reduced useful life of game industry products

Pixtray
Gaël Maistriau (Digital Arts Department)
Processing game with a 3-D structure

Teddy Fear
Allison Godry (Digital Arts Department)
A teddy bear in an interactive space

Umbra
Laura Maugeri (Digital Arts Department)
Animation starring a shy but imaginative little protagonist

Vampires
Laura Maugeri (Digital Arts Department)
Flash game featuring vampires battling zombies

WebSites
François Martin (Digital Arts Department)
Web design

Curators: Roald Baudoux, Michel Cleempoel, Drita Kotaji, Martin Waroux, François Zajéga

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