Program Overview

Art and Technology (ArT), Aalborg

Art and Technology is a cross-disciplinary study, where you work creatively, constructing your own projects, using different types of technology, using theories and reflecting upon your findings in an academic setting.

Studying at ArT

The study will challenge you to express your artistic creativity, in project-based group work. You will learn how to program and use these skills to create experimental and artistic designs. You will also learn to work with modern materials, light, sound and physical design and combine these with technology and new media. The goal is to give you an education that functions as a basis for master programs within experience design, interactive, and digital media etc. Art and Technology aims towards the job market within the creative industries.

About ArT

Art and Technology is an interdisciplinary study that combines the artistic and the technological, the theoretical and the practical. You work with the construction of your own art projects, use different types of technology, apply theory, and reflect upon your results in an academic framework. Each semester you are challenged to express your artistic creativity in project-based group works developing an artistic artifact that combines technology with aesthetic and artistic values and takes part in a public exhibition.

Semester

4. semester

• Interaction spaces in Art and technology: 15 ECTS, Project module
  • The module will be conducted as a series of experiments with interactive installations aimed at specific user groups or audiences in specific spatial contexts.
• Art in Context II: 5 ECTS, Written 7-day assignment
  • The module "Art in Context II" examines media art works and their cultural, aesthetic, social, and technological positions in the 20th and 21st centuries.
• International Collaboration: 5 ECTS, Active participation/written assignment
  • The module "International Collaboration" is a theoretical and practical introduction to methods of collaboration with international art institutions and/or art and design companies, and its possibilities and challenges.
• Elective Course: 5 ECTS, Active participation/written assignment
  • Here, the students can choose between a number of courses.

5. semester

• Narratives and interaction: 20 ECTS, Project module
  • The main module of the semester introduces to the production and creation of narrative artefacts and narrative universes with special emphasis on the integration of interactive narratives and physical stages.
• Mixed Reality Technologies: 5 ECTS, Active participation/written assignment
  • This module introduces the students to theories and methods of mixed reality technologies in relation to the creation of interactive or re-active narratives and performances that merge virtual and material spaces.
• Multimedia Programming: 5 ECTS, Active participation/written assignment
  • The goal of this module is to strengthen the student's capacity to develop advanced multimedia applications.

Application and requirements

• For further information regarding deadlines and requirements please see How to apply.
• Official English language requirements:
  • IELTS (academic test): 6.5 overall band score
  • TOEFL (internet-based): Minimum score: 85
  • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency (CPE): 180 / level C1
  • Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): 180 / grade C
  • ECPE: Passed test including certificate
• Programming skills: The student must have knowledge and skills in basic programming concepts and object-oriented programming in languages comparable to Processing, Java, P5.js, JavaScript, C# or comparable.
• Study regulation: Study regulation for Art and Technology (ArT), Bachelor (BA) of Arts, Aalborg

Contact

• Fredrik Bajers Vej 7K
• 9220 Aalborg East - Denmark
• Tel.: (+45) 9940
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