www.dieangewandte.at Index A B C 5 6 9 10 12 14 16 Preface History The Angewandte Today Events Edition Angewandte Studying at the Angewandte Postgraduate Programmes 23 25 27 29 30 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 Architecture Architectural Design 1 (Studio Zaha Hadid) Architectural Design 2 (Studio Greg Lynn) Architectural Design 3 (Studio Hani Rashid) Integrated Design Integrated Design / Building Design Integrated Design / Energy Design Integrated Design / Structural Design Theory and History of Architecture Digital Fabrication Special Topics in Architecture [applied] Foreign Affairs 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 58 Fine Arts and Media Art Art & Science Stage and Film Design Digital Art Photography Graphics and Printmaking Landscape Art Painting Painting and Animated Film Sculpture and Space TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art Transmedia Art Media Theory 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 74 Design Applied Photgraphy and Time-Based Media Industrial Design 1 (Paolo Piva) Industrial Design 2 (Fiona Raby) Graphic Design Graphics and Advertising Fashion Theory and History of Design 74 75 Computer Studio Video Studio D 77 Conservation and Restoration E 79 81 83 Arts and Society Art and Knowledge Transfer Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation F 85 86 86 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 91 Art and Technology Life Drawing Archaeometry Conservation Sciences Book Art Geometry Ceramics Studio Wood Technology Metal Technology Technical Chemistry and Science Visualisation Textile Technology G 93 95 97 99 100 101 101 102 102 Art Sciences and Art Education Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education Art and Communication Practices Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design Art, Design, Textile Didactics Art History Art Theory Cultural Studies Philosophy H 103 Gender Art Lab I 105 Language Arts J 107 Collection and Archive 110 111 116 118 121 123 University Library Strategy, Service and Administration Organisational Chart Organisational Units Picture Credits Imprint Preface Preface The University of Applied Arts Vienna is home to nearly 2.000 students, many of whom come from other countries, both within Europe and abroad. The broad spectrum of artistic disciplines, complemented by a large number of scientific subjects, certainly enriches the special atmosphere that prevails at the »Angewandte«. The concept of the university as a place for critical reflection upon one’s personal thought and action, a place where questions are more important than patent solutions – this idea flourishes at the Angewandte. Studies are not limited to the mere conveyance of artistic techniques and skills. Rather, the development of individual artistic creativity and critical reflection upon one’s work on the basis of theories and concepts are our foremost priorities. Students learn and experience art not just as an end in itself, but fundamentally as a departure point and medium for communication, where the analysis of the significance and effects art has in society play an important role. Encouraging the development of creative visions and facilitating artistic experiments, in tandem with a commitment to technical excellence and conceptual brilliance, are the basic elements of the quality standard the Angewandte sets for both teachers and students alike. The Angewandte sees itself as a place for free artistic and academic expression, as a forum for open debate, and as a labo ratory for artistic visions, which unfold their potentials in the society of the future. Our goal to remain one of the best art schools in the world is inextricably linked to the consistent effort invested into continually increasing our quality standards, the ongoing renewal of creative potential, and our uncompromising advocacy of artistic and academic freedom. Gerald Bast, Rector 4 — 5 History From the Imperial Royal Arts and Crafts School to the »Angewandte« of Today In the heart of Vienna, the capital of the Danube monarchy, the predecessor institution of the current University of Applied Arts, the Imperial Royal Arts and Crafts School, was founded in 1867. It was closely affiliated with the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry (today the MAK), the first Arts and Crafts museum on the European continent. It was established in 1863 following the example of the South Kensington Museum in London, now the Victoria & Albert Museum, and was to serve as a collection of models for artists, industrialists, and the general public. At the time, earlyindustrialised England played a pioneer role in supporting a reformed Arts and Crafts movement in order to prevent its decline in the »Machine Age«. In the spirit of Historicism, the aim was to make it possible, also in Vienna, to study the great styles of the past by example of Arts and Crafts objects in the museum and to set up a place of advanced education for designers and craftsmen with the Arts and Crafts School in Vienna. It should train artists and teachers in equal measure to serve the demands of the »art industry«. Heinrich von Ferstel, the architect of the museum building, was commissioned with the design for a separate building for the school. In 1877, the main building of our university, still in use to the day, was festively opened at its prominent location on the Ringstraße. In contrast to the Academy of Fine Arts, female students were allowed to study there from the very beginning. Gustav Klimt was but one of the numerous graduates from this era. Along with the artistic development towards nature observation and free design, a break with work on the basis of historical precedents also took place at the Arts and Crafts School around the end of the nineteenth century. In 1899, Felician von Myrbach, a member of the newly-formed Viennese artists society Secession, was appointed as the director of the school, which was liberated from the administration of the museum in the following year. In Myrbach’s term as director, there were numerous reforms and teacher appointments that made the Arts and Crafts School into one of the birthplaces of Austrian Jugendstil and founded its reputation as an institution committed to the modern. As a member of the curatorial History board, Otto Wagner played a significant role in the implementation of the reforms. The teaching staff at that time reads like a Who’sWho of the today highly regarded »Vienna around 1900« with names such as Kolo Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Alfred Roller – who began his highly influential term as director in 1909 – and students with the like of Oskar Kokoschka. The end of the monarchy also meant the end of the »Imperial Royal« Arts and Crafts School, although Roller’s long term in office (until 1934) ensured the continuity of the high standard of artistic quality. Franz Cizek realised an educational reform programme with his highly regarded youth art courses. From Cizek’s course for theories of ornamental form emerged »Viennese Kinetism«, which only recently has (again) attained its international art historical recognition, where female artists – such as Erika Giovanna Klien – set the tone for the first time. Architects like Josef Frank, Oskar Strnad, and Oswald Haerdtl continued the tradition of »Wiener Raumkunst« (Viennese Spatial Art) and transformed it. Margarete SchütteLihotzky, graduate of the Arts and Crafts School, went on to invent the first serially-produced so-called »Frankfurt Kitchen«, which had a sustainable effect in social housing. During the National Socialist regime, the Vienna Arts and Crafts School was under the direct supervision of the »Reichskammer der bildenden Künste« (Reich Chamber of Visual Arts), numerous teachers and students were banned from studies, threatened and persecuted, the teaching activities brought into line. The graphics class, in particular, under the direction of Paul Kirnig, delivered visual propaganda for the purposes of the »Third Reich«, which contributed to the Arts and Crafts School’s elevation to the »Reichshochschule für angewandte Kunst in Wien« (Reich College of Applied Arts in Vienna). After 1945, the now »College of Applied Arts« had a difficult start under the direction of Maximilian Fellerer. Its orientation along the lines of an art academy was also reflected in the name »Academy of Applied Arts« (between 1948 and 1971, thereafter »College« again). The broadened scope of the educational programme, the increasing number of students, and an extension to the school along the Vienna Canal following the plans of Karl Schwanzer (1965) were signs of expansion in a new age of economic upswing. 6 — 7 The Angewandte Today Between 1979 and 1995 the »Angewandte« transformed into a progressive institution under the direction of Oswald Oberhuber and Rudolf Burger, who (briefly) guided the academy from 1995 to 1999. Amongst the teachers in the fields of architecture, design, fine art, and theory in these decades were personalities such as Friedrich Achleitner, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Carl Auböck, Wander Bertoni, Joseph Beuys (as guest lecturer), Rudolf Burger, JeanCharles de Castelbajac, Tino Erben, Adolf Frohner, Peter Gorsen, Hans Hollein, Wilhelm Holzbauer, Alfred Hrdlicka, Wolfgang Hutter, Karl Lagerfeld, Maria Lassnig, Bernhard Leitner, Walter Lürzer, Axel Manthey, Paolo Piva, Wolf D. Prix, Christian Reder, Jil Sander, Sigbert Schenk, Kurt Schwarz, Johannes Spalt, Mario Terzic, Peter Weibel, Manfred Wagner – to name but a few. Rector Gerald Bast has been guiding the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2000 – one year after a new legislative regulation transformed Austrian art colleges into universities. Gerald Bast’s ambitious plan for an art university with flourishing content and a growing number of students keeps stride with this age of globalisation, a fact reflected by new study programmes and changing professorships. Patrick Werkner The Angewandte Today Today the Angewandte is regarded as a dynamic, nationally and internationally recognised competence centre for architecture, fine arts and media art, design, conservation and restoration, art education and sciences, and language arts, with a special focus on interlinking artistic and scientific disciplines. This is particularly apparent in the new fields of study Art & Science, TransArts, Landscape and Public Space, Social Design, and Sculpture and Space. The teachers, students, and graduates make a significant contribution to the development of the artistic and scientific dis ciplines represented at the Angewandte. In a world of continuous and accelerated professional and intellectual specialisation and fragmentation, art, architecture, and design form a counter model that draws its efficacy and innovative potential from a strategy characterised by multidisciplinarity, interconnectivity, networking, and the transcendence and expansion of disciplines. These disciplines must also serve as a societal communication tool in order to be effective as a newly defined and contemporary understanding of applied arts. Through the exploration of novel practices in teaching, research, and the development of art, the Angewandte faces the challenges society presents. The individual disciplines form the basis of its actions. They not only provide a very broad spectrum of refined content; the developments triggered in recent years have also generated an internal project culture, where interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary working methods have become a constituent principle. The aim is to investigate societally relevant developments not only from an academic perspective but also by working together with the social groups involved, contributing to the emergence of international peer communities, and acting as a hub between diverse partners in the academic realm, the artistic community and cultural industry, business, the creative industries, and other areas of society. The Angewandte has always benefited from such strategic and longterm collaborations; they are an essential prerequisite for external impact and thereby participation in the shaping of society. Its guiding principle is openness and flexibility, with a view to effectively make use of opportunities, as well as quality and reliability in the safeguarding of existing partnerships in the long term. 8 — 9 Events Open House For all those interested in the university of the arts, especially potential applicants, the Open House provides insights into life in the studios, workshops, and labs of the Angewandte. The departments of the Institute of Architecture, Fine Arts and Media Art, Design, Conservation and Restoration, Artistic Sciences, Art Education and Communication, Art and Technology, Language Art and the Centre for Art and Knowledge Transfer offer expert talks, guided tours, and presentations of projects, theses, and films. Students and teachers are available for questions and talks, and can give information about the entrance examinations, the study programmes, and the curricula. Also the University Library and the Collection and Archive are open for visitation. The Essence The highlight of an academic year at the Angewandte is the annual exhibition The Essence. The Essence showcases the origins and development processes of selected individual and group projects by students and graduates from the preceding winter and summer semesters. They represent the various art departments as extra ordinary idea workshops with their own unique profiles, in exemplary fashion. In collaboration curators organise together with lecturers and students an exhibtion of the most intriguing projects from the study programmes Architecture, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, Stage Design, Design, Conservation and Restoration, Media Art, and Language Art, staging them in a prominent museum context in Vienna. The works exhibited are arranged within the setting of the Angewandte: art as a seismograph of a changing society, as a form-giver of society, as an institution that provokes change. Events Show Angewandte The Show Angewandte – the fashion department’s fashion show – has become one of the highlights of the Viennese fashion scene in recent years. Each June, students present their creative collections in their own fashion show. It displays around 200 of the outfits designed and sewn the previous winter and current summer semester under the artistic guidance of the fashion instructor. Witty or experimental, clean lines or purism – originality is a must. Not least because of the continuous high quality of presented works and numerous successful graduates, including Bless, house of the very island’s, Petar Petrov, Ute Ploier and Wendy&Jim, the Show Angewandte has become internationally renowned. 10 — 11 Edition Angewandte Edition Angewandte The University of Applied Arts Vienna, in cooperation with Springer Verlag Wien/New York has been publishing Edition Angewandte since autumn 2007 and since 2013 in cooperation with Birkhauser. The series consists of anthologies, dissertations, documentaries, and monographs in the areas of architecture, fine and media arts, design, conservation and restoration, and aesthetics and art history, pedagogy, and communication. Complete Overview about all published books: www.dieangewandte.at/editionangewandte Jan Svenungsson (Ed.): Ein Künstler-Text-Buch, 2012 Sabine B. Vogl (Ed.): Biennalen – Kunst im Weltformat, 2010 Florian Bettel, Julia Mourão Permoser, Sieglinde Rosen berger (Eds.): living rooms – Politik der Zugehörigkeiten im Wiener Gemeindebau, 2012 Alison Clarke (Ed.): Design Anthropology. Object Culture in the 21st Century, 2011 Franz Schuh (Ed.): Nita Tandon. Dimensions of the Surface / Dimensionen der Oberfläche, 2014 Petra Maitz: Visualisation of Evolution molecule/ calculus, 2014 Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber (Eds.): What is the architect doing in the jungle? Biornametics, 2013 Georg Glaeser: Nature and Numbers. A Mathematical Photo Shooting, 2013 Esther Dischereit: Groß gesichtiges Kind / The Child With the Big Face, 2014 Patrick Werkner (Eds.), Anita Kern, Bernadette Reinhold : Grafikdesign von der Wiener Moderne bis heute, 2010 Klaus Bollinger, Florian Medicus (Eds.): Unbuildable Tatlin?!, 2012 Wolf D. Prix: IOA Studios. Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn, Wolf D. Prix. Selected Student Works 2009, 2011 Mathias Fuchs, Ernst Strouhal (Eds.): Das Spiel und seine Grenzen. 2011 Gerald Bast, Agnes Husslein-Arco, Patrick Werkner (Eds.): Wiener Kinetismus, 2011 12 — 13 Stephan Hilge, Roman Pfeffer, Nita Tandon (Eds.) TransArts, 2013 Sabine Scholl (Ed.): lautschrift 2011. angewandte literatur Bernadette Reinhold, Patrick Werkner (Eds.): Oskar Kokoschka – ein Künstlerleben in Lichtbildern / An Artist‘s Life in Photographs, 2013 Gerald Bast, Brigitte Felderer (Eds.): ART AND NOW, 2010 Janet Ritterman, Gerald Bast, Jürgen Mittelstraß (Eds.) Kunst und Forschung. Jan Svenungsson (Ed.): Thought Machines, 2013 Jacques Carrio (Ed.): Roman Pfeffer. Umordnung. Rearrangement, 2012 Franziska Bruckner: Malerei in Bewegung, 2011 Wolf D. Prix (Ed.): The Mexican Roof Revisited (Techo en Mexico 2), 2011 Gloria Withalm, Anna Spohn, Gerald Bast (Eds): Kunst/Kontext/Kultur, 2012 Peter Sellars, Gerald Bast, Christian Reder, Willi Resetarits: Kosmopolitische Impulse, 2010 Michael Ehn, Ernst Strouhal (Eds.): EN PASSANT – ruf & ehns Enzyklopädie des Schachspiels, 2010 Studio Zaha Hadid (Ed.): Total Fluidity. Projects 2000–2010, 2011. JENNY II, Jahresanthologie des Instituts für Sprachkunst, 2014 Gerald Bast (Ed.): Josip Kaiser: Segmente / Segments, 2009 Georg Russegger, Matthias Tarasiewicz, Michal Wlodkowski (Eds.): Coded Cultures, 2011 Studying at the Angewandte Over the last years the study programmes offered at the Angewandte have not only been enhanced and updated in their content; they have also been complemented with new formats. Prospective students can now choose from a broad spectrum according to their interests and skills: be it traditionally structured programmes completed with a diploma degree or ones that formally correspond to the Bologna system (bachelor and master degrees) yet represent an antithesis to classroom-style teaching and fragmentation in their structure. The increasing cross-linking of content from different dis ciplines and the wide range of courses provide students with diverse opportunities to shape an individual path of studies, while being intensively supported and supervised by a teaching staff from various fields in art and science. Besides conveying specific artistic and scientific competences, all study programmes offered at the Angewandte aim to stimulate critical reflexivity and self-determination so that the graduates are able to make a significant contribution to the further development of our society. In post-graduate studies the Angewandte offers the opportunity for further immersion and qualification in the framework of doctoral degree programmes. The Angewandte’s content scope and international network provide excellent supervision capabilities and lead to a wide variety of possible topics. Three post-graduate programmes complement the offered studies: Art & Economy, ecm – educating/curating/managing, and Urban Strategies. Studying at the Angewandte Diploma Programmes Conservation and Restoration (10 semesters) Design (8 semesters) Majors: Applied Photography and Time-based Media Fashion Design Graphic Design Graphics and Advertising Fine Arts (8 semesters) Main Artistic Subjects: Graphics Landscape Art Painting Painting and Animated Film Photography Sculpture and Space Industrial Design (10 semesters) Media Arts (8 semesters) Majors: Digital Arts Transmedia Arts Stage Design (8 semesters) Master Programmes Architecture (6 semesters) Art & Science (4 semesters) TransArts (4 semesters) Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation (4 semesters) Bachelor Programmes Language Arts (Creative Writing) (6 semesters) Teacher Training (8 semesters) Subjects: kkp: Art and Communication Practices (Teacher Training in Fine Arts) dae: Design, Architecture and Environment (Teacher Training in Design and Technology) tex: Textiles - Free and Contextual Artistic Practice and Material Culture (Teacher Training in Textile Design) TransArts (6 semesters) Doctoral Programmes Natural Science Philosophy Technical Sciences 14 — 15 Postgraduate Programmes In addition to the degree programmes, the Angewandte currently offers three post-graduate programmes oriented towards different target groups: Art and Economy (Master of Advanced Studies/MAS, 4 semesters) The increasing pressure on artists and cultural workers to professio nalise on the one hand, and the desire of many creative persons to become established in the private sector economy on the other, triggered the development of transdisciplinary educational programmes with direct practical relevance. With the art & economy postgraduate programme, the Angewandte has met the demands for a course that combines artistic and economic aspects. Management between creative and economic skills links artistic sensitivity and originality with fundamental competencies in the fields of business, law, self-organisation, management, and marketing and paves the way for the advancement of future-oriented professional fields. Extraordinary ideas and visionary projects with high standards in terms of content and economics represent a sustainable and valuable contribution to the economy. This postgraduate study programme is intended for all those who are interested in the field of art and cultural management as well as artists and cultural workers who are planning to become self-employed or wish to work with cultural enterprises and gain practical know-how in management. www.art-economy.net www.kunst-kultur-management.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Silke Vollenhofer T: +43-1-71133-2790, [email protected] Contact: Viktoria Prokschi, T: +43-1-71133-2791, [email protected] Studying at the Angewandte ecm − educating/curating/managing (Master of Advanced Studies/MAS, 4 semesters) ecm is a 4-semester postgraduate master programme in exhibition theory and practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. ecm stands for educating: reflexive knowledge transfer; curating: exhibiting and curatorial strategies; managing: efficient tools in the field of exhibition. ecm focuses on the development, the presentation, and the transfer of knowledge in the fields of art and cultural history, contemporary art, technology, nature, and science. In the experimental field of »applied exhibition«, the perpetual interconnection of theory and practice is ecm’s guiding principle. Local and international experts mediate challenging teaching and learning objectives in innovative formats. The elaboration of methods for spatially visualising content is an important aspect. The diverse approaches of the programme team, the involvement of participants’ personal profiles, and the continuity of the collective work throughout the course ensure topicality, quality, and transdisciplinary knowledge production. It culminates in a curatorial project that is presented to the public by the participants in collaboration with the Collections Department of the Angewandte. In-depth reflection on contemporary discourse, as well as excursions and collaborations with programmes in Germany, Poland and Slovenia, substantiate the international network character of the ecm programme. Its comprehensive theoretical and practical orientation qualifies ecm graduates for sophisticated tasks in the fields of art and culture. www.ecm.ac.at Head: Mag.phil. Beatrice Jaschke, [email protected] Contact: Frank Müller, T: +43-1-71133-2752, [email protected] 16 — 17 Urban Strategies (Master of Science/MSc, 3 semesters) Urban Strategies is a post-professional design studies addressing the city as the central field of action in today‘s production of architecture. Strategies in this regard refer to the synthesis of research, speculative design and implementation. The program investigates the conditions of the future of urbanity using state of the art data modeling as well as generative and representational techniques for developing strategies of spatial interventions. Teaching in the design studio is combined with education in the fields of computing and digital production. The curriculum is designed to offer guidance toward independence through an open and intensive discourse that puts every thing up for discussion. To facilitate a wide-ranging dialogue between teachers and participants, workshops are held by cutting-edge architects and theorists from well-known international institutions. During three semesters recent graduates in architecture, urban design and related professions as well as young professionals are encouraged to push the envelope of their discipline in two different core areas: URBAN TECHNIQUE and EXCESSIVE, which both focus on the overlap of architecture and urban design starting from opposite ends. www.urbanstrategies.at Head: AProf. Reiner Zettl Contact: Mag. phil. Sabine Hochrieser T: +43-1-171133-2336, [email protected] A Architecture Architecture The Angewandte is different. The system of vertical studios – that means an exchange between various generations of students – is a model for success and a hallmark of the Institute of Architecture. The system of design studios, where each studio serves as a sort of home base over the three-year period of the master’s degree programme, provides space for the development of the individual student within the setting of a creative workshop. This process is backed by technical and theoretical fields and the input of international external experts. In this approach, autonomy and solutionorientation make for a dynamic balance, offering space for formal creation and technical innovation. The three design studios, directed by Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn, and Hani Rashid, collaborate in an integrative way with tech nical and theoretical areas of knowledge. They cultivate architecture as innovative design and its implementation. — Architectural Design 1 (Studio Zaha Hadid) — Architectural Design 2 (Studio Greg Lynn) — Architectural Design 3 (Studio Hani Rashid) — Integrated Design — Integrated Design / Building Design — Integrated Design / Energy Design — Integrated Design / Structural Design — History and Theory of Architecture — Digital Fabrication — Special Topics in Architecture — [applied] Foreign Affairs www.i-o-a.at 22 — 23 Sergiu-Radu Pop, »Transformable Antarctic Research Facility«, 2014, presented at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in the exhibition »The Antarctic Pavilion – Antarctopia« in Casa Marcello, Venedig A Architecture Architectural Design 1 Studio Zaha Hadid The design studio pursues and conveys the continuous innovations of the concept and discipline of architecture. The idea of design is constantly expanded and tested in contemporary contexts as an expression of permanent advancement, both on the part of tasks constituted by society and with regard to conceptual, methodological, and formal means of problem-solving. A critical approach to fundamental concepts and the systematic appropriation of these principles are simultaneously the foundation and the objective of research and teaching. The main focus of the programme is placed on understanding architecture as a complex system of correlations and differentiations. Informed by the paradigm of Parametricism, the design projects deal with large-scale urban concepts and the functional organisation of complex buildings, while related architectural expertise such as construction, tectonics, and energy design are already extensively integrated in the design methodology phase. The studio sees itself as a node and an engine in a network of international institutions with the same high standards, stimu lating and promoting exchange with qualified experts in the field. www.studio-hadid-vienna.com Head: Univ.-Prof. Zaha Hadid, AADipl. Contact: Susanne John, T: +43-1-71133-2310, E: [email protected] Daniel Zakharyan, »Syntactic Sensations«, 2014 MiNa Bae, »Symbiotic Green City in Seoul«, 2014 Eva Blsakova, Aiste Dzikaraite, Yulia Karnaukhova, Aleksandra Mnich, »Equilibrium«, 2014 24 — 25 Marta Piaseczynska, Banafsheh Fahimipour, Marie Liechtenwagner »Dam«, 2014 A Architecture Rangel Karaivanov, »Dam«, 2014 Igor Szuba, »Skate up«, 2014 Architectural Design 2 Studio Greg Lynn Studio Greg Lynn is focused on the development of a new aesthetic that addresses the entire spectrum of architectural performance. Because this work is an investigation into fields that are not yet completely known, the studio maintains an awareness of a greater cultural context. Design work is done in a dialogue between historical and contemporary architectural precedents, as well as a continuous exchange with other disciplines such as industrial design, fashion, music and film. The aesthetic of our studio shifts architecture from a modernist paradigm of identical, modular elements that emerged in the context of mechanisation, toward compositions of varying, complexly-linked individual elements. The premise of this new aesthe tic is the development of a new design sensibility, an expertise in rhythmic, soft forms and patterns that have been made possible through the use of computers and calculus-based geometry. In order to master these tools completely, the studio uses state-of- the-art computer and CNC technologies both in design and model fabrication. The work of the studio is done in reference not only to the professional work of Greg Lynn and his office Greg Lynn Form, but in relation to progressive forces in architecture, design, art and other cultural fields. Through regular exchange with international guests who are invited to discussions, midterm critiques, finals and diploma juries, students begin to understand their own position within a worldwide context. The students learn to both defend their work based on a diverse set of arguments and develop persuasive presentation techniques. To ensure that a variety of ideas infuse the studio, theory meetings are periodically held to introduce and critically discuss relevant texts and current architectural questions. Instruction topics are further supplemented by study trips, at least once per year. These experiences are intended to address both architecture and urbanism, as well as a broader range of social and cultural concerns. www.studiolynn.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.arch. Greg Lynn Contact: Diana Geisler, T: +43-1-71133-2320 E: [email protected] Studio Lynn group photo, excursion in Switzerland, 2014 26 — 27 Daniel Prost, Stephan Ritzer, »Binary Cycles, Deep Futures Expo«, 2013/14 A Architecture Ewa Lenart, Viktoria Sandor, »Plug in Park Avenue, Uber Hq, Bitcoin Hq«, 2014 Architectural Design 3 Studio Hani Rashid Hani Rashid’s studio will focus on students working to develop conceptual, practical and critical skills and means for the making of new, compelling and forward thinking architecture. The studio focus will move between architecture as object to environment and phenomena. Operative terms in this studio include architecture as atmospheric experience, architecture as fetishized artifacts, architecture and new forms of dwelling and being, and architecture as an aesthetic, philosophical and metaphysical experience. Students will consider spatiality in terms both being geo metric and formal as well as experiential and experimental, model making both within the realm of the digital (proficiency and interest in computing is very important) and as physical. The studio will place a great deal of emphasis on »proof of concept« approach of presenting physical models of varying scales, animations and computer generated images, diagrams and data to support arguments and design concepts. www.studio-hani-rashid.at Head: Univ.-Prof. ABrch. March. Hani Rashid Contact: Andrea Tenpenny, T: +43-1-71133-2330 E: [email protected] Moritz Hanshans, Lenka Petrakova, »Plug In Park Avenue, Uber Hq Fitbit Hq«, 2014 Arpapan Chantanakajornfung, Noemi Polo, »Plug in Park Avenue, Uber Hq H+/Amgen Hq«, 2014 Ursula Trost, »Sonosphere«, 2013/14 28 — 29 Integrated Design A Head: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Klaus Bollinger, T: +43-1-71133-2360 E: [email protected] Building Design Social and cultural transformations demand and evoke the permanent conceptual advancement of architecture; technical progress and material innovations accompany this process and introduce new design possibilities. Given this technological dynamic, the discipline of Building Design is also in a state of constant change. Thus, the task of the programme is not only to convey the principles of construction from a holistic perspective but also to enhance the students’ capacity to find innovative and customised technical solutions through problem analysis and the consequent evolution of the design idea. The key objective of the Department of Building Design is to technically support the conceptual and formal renewal of architecture as propelled in the design studios through teaching and research. Building Design is integrative – that means it is taught as an embedded aspect of architectural design. In this way students acquire technical expertise parallel to design competence. In addition to the correct application of established construction solutions and details, the didactic goal is the development of constructions with a logical relationship to the architectural concept. Building is seen as a chance to underline and refine the carrying ideas of a design. Contact: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Karin Raith, T: +43-171133-2350 E: [email protected] Energy Design Designing buildings that engage the environment head-on through dynamic action rather than passive reception is the core subject of research and teaching at Energy Design. A significant focus of the department is investigation into the relationship between form and energy efficiency. The early employment of techniques during the architectural design process, such as computer simulation or parametric design strategies, make development of a radical new approach to sustaining human habitats possible. Coordinating and integrating different disciplines has always been an essential and fundamental architectural enterprise. At Energy Design, architects will develop strategies to balance on-site resources with evolving demands. Architecture For politicians and developers as well as for business and private clients, ecologically innovative architectural environments must become objects of desire. If sophisticated new systems of inhabitation are to be realised, the only promising strategy is to make them appealing seductive and sought-after. Once more, the skills and passions of the best architects and designers must engage this challenge. www.energy-design.tumblr.com Head: Univ.-Prof. B.Sc.(Hons). CEng MCIBSE Brian Cody, T: +43-1-71133-2372 E: [email protected] Structural Design The state of the art in designing engineering structures depends to a large degree on procedures and assumptions that date back to the 19th century. That era saw the advent of a new construction material with considerable tensile strength: steel. In the wake of and in combination with this innovation, new static calculation methods gave rise to buildings of hitherto unknown height or free span. These calculation procedures rest on a categorisation of static systems that still influences present-day thinking: More or less all effective load-bearing structures exhibit a high degree of regularity: They usually have one or more axes of symmetry, some utilise arch or catenary shapes, most consist of a large number of similar or identical elements. Structural geometry was and is heavily influenced by what engineers are able to handle and thus calculate efficiently. Three recent developments in the field of civil engineering will help to overcome the above-mentioned limits: First, advances in soft- and hardware make it possible to easily and swiftly assess a structure’s static properties. Second, stateof-the-art optimisation procedures that are partly inspired by nature enable the searching of large solution spaces within reasonable periods. Third, computer-aided fabrication methods facilitate the economic production of customised structural components. These three developments can be combined to generate structures with intrinsic load-bearing mechanisms. Their design contradicts the traditional conception of an engineering approach, which consists of an a priori selection of the main structural components according to external boundary conditions. Instead, the static system emerges from the design process according to intrinsic principles of the optimisation algorithm and given boundary conditions. There is a high density of individuals in the vicinity of the best solution so far. Given enough computational resources, the globally best solution will eventually emerge from the optimisation process. Head: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Klaus Bollinger, T: +43-1-71133-2360 E: [email protected] 30 — 31 Theory and History of Architecture A first task is to demystify the overly complicated languages that have in the last decades surrounded the world of contemporary theory by focusing directly on foundational concepts and patterns of modern thought and to root these as broadly as possible in the context of historical practice. There is growing misunderstanding in the design disciplines today as to where theory »comes from«, how and why it is to be used, and what the nature of its urgency is. Through a series of focused lectures and seminars an account of contemporary »thought« (as a corrective to the platitudes to which we are too often led by »common sense«) is provided primarily with respect to the systems of thought and culture that generated it: Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche. The programme at the Angewandte addresses emerging developments in science, philosophy, urban and technological culture and acknowledges that a new cosmopolitan, transdisciplinary, and experimental approach is in great need today as architecture and design engage increasingly more aspects of cultural, technical, and aesthetic speculation. Head: Univ.-Prof. PhD Sanford Kwinter, T: +43-1-71133-2340 E: [email protected] Digital Fabrication While digital techniques are commonly used in the production of design, they are rarely applied in the production of buildings, making the realisation of advanced design demanding and costly. The research lab at the Institute of Architecture has been established to support, integrate and explore digital production and fabrication methods within the design process and beyond. The facility attempts to link and explore digital design conception with non-standard fabrication as a linear process. CNC, laser cutting and 3D printing technology are applied to experimental model building as well as to large-scale project production. Instructors participate in research and development of new digital fabrication technologies, provide support in fabrication techniques and work closely and collaboratively with faculty in the architectural studios of Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn and Hani Rashid, as well as the postgraduate programme. The staff works conjointly and creatively with project and research groups providing consultative direction in support of specific course and research needs. Head: Peter Strasser, T: +43-1-71133-2334, E: [email protected] A Architecture Special Topics in Architecture Special Topics in Architecture (STARch) focuses on the theoretical and practical implementation of interdisciplinary research strategies in the design process – in the spirit of research by design. The issues addressed range from theoretical proposals such as the Floating City to strategies of materiality and material speculation. From the Aspects of Space programme – developing tools shaping and transforming the idea of space – to the Notation Projects, which explore the representation of the city’s physical body through its construed perception. The aim of this experimental studio is to develop tools and strategies for the realisation of one’s own architectural demands. Formulating these demands offers students the chance to understand architecture as a means to take a [spatial] position. Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.arch. Anton Falkeis T: +43-1-71133-2321 E: [email protected] [applied] Foreign Affairs [a]FA is a lab that investigates spatial, infrastructural, environmental, and cultural phenomena in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa. A series of lectures introduces students to the spatial diversity and cultural vibrancy of the contemporary African condition and is followed by workshops that focus on the status and potential of specific regions/situations. Each lab centres on a distinct question and clear mission and culminates in a field trip through which mappings, rural growth patterns, urban art spaces, and relational physical interventions are produced. Thereby, the process of production corresponds with the given human and material resources and is conceptualised in a reactive and decelerated manner. Artistic, spatial, and programmatic hybrids of diverse authorships emerge. [a]FA is performed in collaboration with international guests, teaching staff at the Angewandte, and partner universities. A select number of students can participate after application. [a]FA is commissioned by NGOs, cultural institutions, artist collectives, and individuals. Thus, the conventional relationships between client, community and architect, teacher and student, university and field are negated. The outcome of each lab is presented in different formats and contexts, both on the African continent and in Europe. Head: Univ.- Ass. Mag. arch. Baerbel Müller T: +43-1-71133-2331 E: [email protected] 32 — 33 B Fine Arts and Media Art Fine Arts and Media Art The Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art comprises twelve departments, each with a focus on a different set of artistic priorities. As a whole this structure circumscribes the relevant currents within contemporary fine arts and digital and transmedia art. Education in the art forms offered at this institute is informed by the current augmentation and dynamisation of artistic disciplines, the artistictheoretical convergence of diverse visualisation cultures in art and science, and the investigation of the corresponding theoretical and historical foundations. Its principal goal is the solid education of artists in an atmo sphere of intense exchange and communication. The programmes incorporate a broad spectrum of advanced artistic content and methods, and stress in equal measure the synergies of a trans-dis ciplinary approach and the necessary differentiation between artistic disciplines. The heightened support of collaborative projects with international universities and cultural institutions makes greater student mobility possible, fosters participation in international discourse and lays important cornerstones for artistic positioning in society. — Art & Science — Stage and Film Design — Digital Art — Photography — Graphics and Printmaking — Landscape Art — Painting — Painting and Animated Film — Sculpture and Space — TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art — Transmedia Art — Media Theory 34 — 35 Václav Pelousek, »Basic Research in Translating Biological, Mechanical and Chemical Principles into Electronic Musical Instrument Language and Vice Versa«, 2014 B Fine Arts and Media Art Anita Peretti, »Artefakte«, 2014 Art & Science The Art & Science department serves as a an interface between art, science, technology, and society. The objective of the master’s degree programme is to investigate the relationships between different artistic and scientific representational cultures and their respective cognitive and research methods. An inter- and transdisciplinary approach and project- oriented education should stimulate interaction between model and theory construction and create synergies in the application of different methods, particularly in the arts and natural sciences. The programme is based on the investigation of social and political proces ses, the relation, application, and development of artistic and scientific positions, methods, media, and organisations. Thus, it implies researching an oft-controversial societal thematic space, where the disciplinary, scientific-artistic ivory tower is infiltrated, where students locate and explore – and possibly generate themselves – more or less conspicuous socio-technical ruptures in our society. Students are given practical insights into latest research through cooperations with external partners. In the past guest teachers and scientific co-supervisors from the University of Vienna, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the Medical University of Vienna, and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna have been involved in the development of project works. www.dieangewandte.at/artscience Head: Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich Contact: Sonja Orman, T: +43-71133-2250, E: [email protected] Margit Busch, Mathias Kirchner, Bernd Kräftner, Hermine Mitter, Christian Müncher, »Metaphysics of Opportunity Costs«, 2014 36 — 37 Jakob Brossmann, »Schwanzertrakt«, Essence 2013 B Stage and Film Design Fine Arts and Media Art Theatre – Spaces: Creating Space, Giving Free Room Otto Oswald Krause, »enclosed pleasure«, 2013 The Stage and Film Design Department is a laboratory for investigating existing as well as still-unexplored dimensions in scenography. In the design and realisation of scenic spaces for stage and film, special emphasis is placed on the historical and contextual relationships between theatre and fine arts. Students are trained in the development of artistic and scientific concepts and their implementation in theatre (plays, opera, dance theatre, musicals), film, performance, exhibition architecture, events and installations. Creative activities and the design process are informed by the critical examination of the diverse content-based, medial and formal approaches, forming the basis for the methodological development and technical realisation of designs for the stage, dramaturgy, costumes, lighting, sound, film, video, installations and projects in the virtual realm. This discourse deepens the analytical understanding of artistic relationships and is preparation for independent work in all branches of stage and film design. Seek Spaces for Moments, Find Moments for Spaces. angewandte.uni-ak.ac.at/bildendeundmedialekunst/buehne-film Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Bernhard Kleber Contact: Johanna Noichl, T: +43-1-71133-2523, E: [email protected] »Dido und Aeneas«, cooperation with the Max Reinhardt Seminar, production photo, set design: Wiessbauer, Sramek, Kemp, Hägebarth, Jäger, 2012 Andrea Cozzi, »Die Zukunft ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war«, Don Quixotte, 2014 Diego Rojas Ortiz, »M.T. Filmstill Foto Diegoror«, 2012 38 — 39 Digital Art B Annika Sophie Müller & Noah Rieser, »mostly cloudy with occasional rain«, 2013, sound installation Karl Salzmann, »Ignotorumori«, 2013, sound installation Fine Arts and Media Art Patrícia Reis und Vasco Bila, »Odaliques#2«, 2013, participative installation The Department of Digital Art is a place of artistic education and research that opens up new fields of practice to explore changes in our perception and understanding of reality induced by media technology. Digital art is defined by code and time-based unstable media. Digital art subjects media technologies and devices to critical questioning by conceiving and using them in ways contrary to how they were intended. The diploma degree programme focuses on the development of corresponding design methods and experimental approaches, the appropriation of technical know-how in combination with artistic design, and the formation of a distinct artistic position. The education is project-oriented, theory-based and transdisciplinary, and takes place in collaborative settings. Key areas of the programme are, amongst others, the convergence of photography, film, video, sound, and computer, inter active installations, dynamic projections, immersive environments, sound art, robotics, wearable art, interaction design, pervasive gaming, performance, interventions in public space, and the exploration of relevant production methods in society such as open source and DIY culture. The Department of Digital Art has express interest in the intensification of artistic research and strengthens its international contacts via project cooperations. Examples are the »EMDL – European Mobile Dome Lab for Artistic Research« (emdl.eu), a project supported by the EU’s Cultural Programme, the PEEK project »FWF DIGITAL SYNESTHESIA« (digitalsynesthesia.net), the artistic research project by teachers from the Department of Digital Art in the field of 3D printing (digitalekunst.ac.at/bits-to-pieces), and the cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary Art/ICA Moscow with a focus on teacher/student exchange and collective exhibition projects (digitalekunst.ac.at/contemporaries-of-the-near-future). www.digitalekunst.ac.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Ruth Schnell Contact: Gabriele Pichler, +43-1-71133-2640, E: [email protected] Jan Perschy, »Flash Dress«, 2012, interactive installation 40 — 41 B Fine Arts and Media Art Leonard Mandl, »nicht amerika«, photographic emulsion on wall, 126 x 189 cm, 2014 Photography Discourse and critical analysis are central aspects of the teaching in the Department of Photography, founded in 2001 and since then under the direction of Gabriele Rothemann. Especially in light of accelerated technological developments, there are new challenges in the understanding and handling of the photographic medium, which is now prevalently employed in all fields. Free exploration of the medium of photography implies experiments with neighbouring forms of expression such as drawing, video, performance, and spatial installations. Students investigate and develop their own artistic concepts and strategies, thus creating new free spaces and visual languages. These are discussed with the teachers in personal talks, further elaborated, and introduced in weekly meetings with the entire class. This cultivates discursive, linguistic competence and content analysis. Continuous personal reflection on topics relevant to society becomes an orientation point in the artistic work. To this end, the close collaboration with the Angewandte’s diverse workshops is of great importance. The technical requirements for the realisation of photographic projects are integrated into the training in the professionally equipped workshops. Other important facets of the programme are the interna tional collaborations with public and private institutions, teachers from other artistic and theoretical disciplines, and project work with independent artists, which manifests in collective exhibition projects, publications, and symposia. National and international work excursions enhance cultural and artistic education and have a productive influence on the artistic discourse and the production of new artistic works. Cooperation partners 2013/2014: San Francisco Art Institute; California State University, Fresno; West Coast Imaging, California; Eyes On; Vienna Art Week; Verbund Österreich; Vienna Fair; Vienna Photo Book Festival; Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia fotografie.dieangewandte.at Olena Newkryta, »worn out landscapes«, video installation, 2014 Head: Univ.-Prof. Gabriele Rothemann, T: +43-699-121-504-03 Contact: Christina Tonninger, T: +43-1-71133-2661 E: [email protected] 42 — 43 Simon Goritschnig, »Der Archivar 2«, mobile with flat wood prints and drawing B Fine Arts and Media Art Olga Georgieva, »Ausweitung der Vernunftzone«, installation with drawings and printing block construction Graphics and Printmaking Drawing is the foundation of the visual arts. It is the beginning of all visualisation and the most immediate expression of art. Departing from drawing, the realm of graphics comprises a vast and complex field. Printmaking is the original media art and forms a unique interface for the discovery of creative potentials in a dialogue with technology and machine. Artistic forms of expression in the Department of Graphics and Printmaking span from pure drawing through traditional techniques and printing processes to computerised printmaking and beyond. The aim of the programme is to aid students in the definition and development of their own approach as contemporary artists, regardless if they are working with drawing or printmaking or decide later for other forms of expression. In the framework of group and one-on-one critique, in dialogue with guest lecturers, and through excursions and special projects, issues relevant to society are explored in an attempt to make substantial contributions to the discourse on contemporary art. The department has four workshops and two studios for relief printing, letterpress printing, intaglio, lithography, alugraphy, silkscreen printing, and digital printing. These workshops are open to all students of the university. International cooperations facilitate the exchange of know-how about new research approaches and enhance networking and orientation in different art contexts. The department maintains, for example, a longstanding cooperation with Tokyo University of the Arts. www.grafik.ac.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Jan Svenungsson Contact: Karin Regner, T: +43-1-71133-6201 E: [email protected] Linda Berger & Jeremias Altmann, wall drawing and drypoint etching Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed, »Untitled«, drawing 44 — 45 Francesca Aldegani, »Childwood«, 2015 B Fine Arts and Media Art Benedikt Meixl, »Non-Space?«, 2014 Landscape Art Landscape and Public Space Following a transition phase led by international guest teachers, the profile of the department has been fine-tuned in conceptual and practical terms under the guidance of Paul Petritsch (Six & Petritsch). The aim of the programme is to re-imagine landscape as a lively cultural and social space and as a subject embedded within a network of other disciplines. Starting the first semester under the working title »Landscape is Dead, Long Live the Landscape« we have been focusing on the questions that the »landscape« poses: What does landscape mean to us, what interests us about certain places, spaces, and areas? How do we experience it? How do we document it, how can we represent it? How do we communicate what interests us about it? How do the landscapes we desire, we dream of, look like? How do we act, interact, and position ourselves with our bodies intuitively, directly, and in a 1:1 relationship? Furthermore, a variety of formats have been established in the department to position »landscape« as a subject of artistic research in the class: At the »round table« experts from different disciplines are invited to discuss a focal theme that accompanies the semester as knowledge input. This year’s theme is »Landscape in the Anthropocene – Humans Make Nature«. In »statements« guests present their work and exchange experiences with the students. A central element in the new orientation of the programme is the provision of an exhibition space: Here students have the opportunity to put their work up for discussion within the department and to develop their artistic position through actual experiments and by exploring the exhibition practice. Key topics in the next years are the development of cooperative work formats and an appropriate exhibition practice to promote internal and external communication and to place the subject of landscape in a contemporary discourse that incorporates it as a space of the possible and conceivable. www.dieangewandte.at/landschaftskunst Head: Univ.-Prof. Paul Petritsch Contact: Univ.-Ass. Mag. art. Katrin Hornek, T: +43-1-71133-2430 E: [email protected] Friedrich Engl, »Wien, 2055«, 2015 46 — 47 Stephanie Kaiser, »Zeichnung zu einer Arbeit«, ink on paper, 210 x 297 mm, 2013 B Fine Arts and Media Art Niclas Schöler, »Käfig«, oil paint on canvas, 150 x 125 cm, 2014 Painting The aim of the programme is to foster and develop independent artistic positions that view painting as an open discipline without restrictive genre boundaries. To this end, practical support and the refinement of a personal artistic approach are combined with art-theoretical knowledge in the teaching. This includes acquiring knowledge of the contemporary art context and of approaches that enable its critical analysis in the first place. In the beginning the underlying question is why and what to paint and produce. Amongst the regular activities of the class are group and personal discussions, exhibition visits, excursions, film screenings, guest lectures, and the collective reading and discussion of texts. www.dieangewandte.at/malerei Head: Univ.-Prof. Henning Bohl Contact: Christina Androsch, T: +43-1-71133-2613 E: [email protected] Wolfgang Matuschek, »KLPP«, wood, hinges, wheels, screws, variable dimensions, 2014 48 — 49 B Fine Arts and Media Art Anna Schmoll Show, 2014 Painting and Animated Film The diversity of applied media is a distinctive feature of the Painting, and Animated Film Department. Films are developed from paintings or drawings. Students are encouraged to position their work in the context of contemporary art and art theory, and, at the same time, to scrutinise it with a critical eye. In the application of various techniques and media, we concentrate on innovation and experimentation in the practice of painting. Technical and c onceptual vocabularies are cultivated through individual and group critiques, guest lectures by artists and curators, and visits to museums, galleries and artists’ studios. Maria Lassnig, the first professor of this class in 1982 who combined painting and film, greatly influenced the department’s profile. Since then, the University of Applied Arts has hosted the first artistic teaching studio for animated film in Austria. Here, painting forms the basis for the transformation of single-frame animations and storyboards into complete films with sound. Students have access to a sound studio, interactive media and both analogue and digital techniques. manta.uni-ak.ac.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Judith Eisler Contact: AProf. Mag.art. Ruth Labak, T: +43-1-71133-4630 E: [email protected] The Painting Studio Installation view, group work, The Essence 2014 50 — 51 B Fine Arts and Media Art Sculpture and Space We are interested in the circumstance of sculpture, in its environment, its materials, its structure, its form, and the relations that emerge in-between. We understand sculpture as a tool to discuss society and vice versa. Space is order and context. Space is location. The notion of sculpture is quite open, and the employed materials are continuously questioned and investigated anew with the students. Collective observation, research, analysis, reflection, and verbalisation sharpen personal artistic perception and thereby assign a central role to inquisitive strategies. The »Skulpturinstitut« is a project by the department that serves as an open space for public lectures, talks, readings, and exhibitions with external artists – hence, we create possibilities to intertwine with the public, and the different activities are also an occasion to intensively explore the content and formal aspects of the respective themes. www.skulpturundraum.at www.skulpturinstitut.at Franz Part, »Schule« The department is newly founded and under construction Head: Hans Schabus Contact: Ludwig Kittinger, T: +43-1-71133-2400, E: [email protected] Collaborative project for »La force du changement – A Winter School« by the collective Hotel Charleroi during a study trip in Belgium, 2014 52 — 53 Leander Schönweger, »The Creator Has a Master Plan«, 2014, installation B Fine Arts and Media Art TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art TransArts is an artistic discipline with teaching content and forms that reflect the dynamics in the arts today. The segregation of artistic practice and theory is a topic of critical discussion: It is disassembled, reinstalled, renegotiated. TransArts teaches unity and diversity in theory and practice while keeping in mind that the various disciplines (fine arts, media art, literature, sound, architecture, performative arts, etc.) need and enhance one another, enter into a dialogue, and mutually influence and inspire each other. Such plurality in content demands an organisational form of teaching and teachers, which ensures both continuity as well as change in the personnel. In addition to the ongoing mentoring of the students by the artistic and directorial team, lectures and workshops are held by guest professors and internationally renowned visitors. In this way, the diversity of contemporary art and art theory is conveyed concisely and practically. This combination of continuity and changing perspectives in TransArts enables students to acquire a project-oriented, contemporary, and cutting-edge education in art. www.transarts.at Head: Sen.Lect. Mag.art. Ricarda Denzer Sen.Lect. Mag.art. Jo Schmeiser VAss. Mag.art. Nita Tandon Contact: Ulrike Holper, T: +43-71133-2716, E: [email protected] Sebastian Gärtner, »19 days (handbred quail)«, 2013, performance Eugen Wist, »Untitled«, 2013, Schipboard, wood, dried fish, 3 x 2,56 x 0,25 m Uli Kühn, »Parabellum«, 2012, paper, glue, metal, LEDs, installation 3,5 x 3,5 m 54 — 55 B Fine Arts and Media Art Transmedia Art The Department of Transmedia Art focuses primarily on artistic concepts and projects based on space and time, allowing as much scope as possible for experimental approaches. Transmedia Art is concerned with transdisciplinary initiatives in the conceptualisation and implementation of art. It involves a critical study of theoretical and practical methods and also inve stigates the communicative, performative and processual aspects of art. We work with a variety of chemical and physical systems: light and colour, photography, film, video, numerical and linguistic systems, digital cinema, writing, language, colour diagrams, concepts of time and space, perceptual patterns; also with mathematical, physical, psychological, neurological, and other models in the natural sciences, in order to support, advance, and experimentally promote the formal implementation of ideas. Transmedia Art also addresses social aspects. Our main focus here is on sociopolitical and cultural subjects, above all interferences and interactions between bodily, spatial, and temporal concepts. www.transmedialekunst.com Maja Iskra Vilotijevic, »Strange Fruits«, 2014 Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art Brigitte Kowanz T: +43-1-71133-2530 E: [email protected] Laura Wolfsteiner, »Translation of a Room«, 2014 Barbis Ruder, »Wertschöpfungskette«, H13 / 2014 56 — 57 B Media Theory Within the scope of teaching and research, Media Theory examines the history of audiovisual forms of perception up to the aesthetics of virtual realities and thematises the principles of processes with which the social, communications systems of these forms of media operate. This process extends to their parameters of influence on the respective structures of physical, social and economic systems and analyses the various media theory approaches. Medial realities are examined with regard to their production methods, intentions, effects and significance for social practice and artistic production processes. The acceleratory interdependencies between (media) technology, which is changing rapidly in a quantitative and qualitative regard, social-cultural processes, and the productive and receptive mechanisms in art, represent a further working area. Inter- and trans-disciplinary activities are of major importance in both the research area and in relation to curriculum design. Univ.-Prof. Peter Weibel (emeritus) Contact: Ulrike Rieger, +43-1-71133-3550, [email protected] Fine Arts and Media Art 58 — 59 C Design Design Artistic creativity and scientific discourse play decisive roles in shaping the relationship between science and society. The application of theories, methods, and skills in response to real problems and in the design of communication, surfaces, objects, and space takes place in a constant interplay with social and economic demands. The Institute of Design is an academic teaching and research centre with an interdisciplinary practice in diverse fields of contemporary design. Studies are structured as diploma degree programmes, however the individual departments are organised as »vertical studios«, where students from all semesters work and research on projects together. The title »Magister/Magistra« is awarded upon completion of studies with a successful diploma degree examination. Studies are characterised by knowledge transfer in small groups and intense contact between teachers and students, by experimental and freely chosen projects, as well as workshops and lectures held by national and international experts. The Institute of Design is one of the most important educational institutions in the European region and reinforces the national and international cluster of design competence in Vienna. — Applied Photgraphy and Time-based Media — Industrial Design 1 (Paolo Piva) — Industrial Design 2 (Fiona Raby) — Graphic Design — Graphics and Advertising — Fashion — Theory and History of Design — Computer Studio — Video Studio www.instituteofdesign.at 60 — 61 C Design Applied Photography and Time-based Media Ideas and Designers The Photographer Design means establishing a correlation between thinking and doing. Aesthetics without ethics may tend towards deception – what really counts is the product as a whole, not just its external shape. Usage as a criterion also comprises social and ecological repercussions. The aim of the programme is to develop the creative personality of each individual student on the basis of a certain attitude to teach them to identify responsibilities in a social and economic context but also to assume and, most importantly, continually reassess these responsibilities. For this purpose, it is necessary to break with old habits and achieve a greater awareness for patterns of thinking and perception. The focus is neither on the adequate use of photographic means nor organising principles, rather how to approach a creative task. What is an idea, actually? What role does coincidence play, or error? What does movement mean? Once a creative approach has been found, it is further developed in extensive processes, and projects are realised on the highest technical and professional level. Photography is always connected to other creative processes. Life itself is a creative process, which is why photography is an inherently interdisciplinary form of art. What is important is not the high-tech camera that is used but the person who is pressing the shutter, finding the right moment, moving the pen or brush, constructing objects or making music, etc. – and what the person is thinking at that moment. Teaching the technical and professional basics of photo graphy and design as well as encouraging students to experiment freely with artistic techniques that may lead to a keener perception are central in the programme. Another key factor is the involvement of real clients, as economic aspects and communication between designer and client are introduced through the creative content and tasks. Lectures and workshops held by international designers from various fields shed light on the entire spectrum of this fascinating profession on a technical as well as an intellectual/philosophical level. Interdisciplinary projects, collaborations, student exhibitions, and publications complete the study programme. www.dieangewandte.at/institute/design/ www.applied-photography.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Matthias Koslik Contact: Anneliese Viehauser, E: [email protected], T: +43-1-71133-2301 62 — 63 C Johanna Riedl & Emanuel Gollob, »Luftmaschenhäkelmaschine«, 2013 Design Industrial Design 1 Paolo Piva At the Department of Industrial Design, headed by Paolo Piva, industrial design is taught with an awareness of the responsibility for cultural and societal development. Conceptual thinking and practice as well as the act of designing itself come to the fore in all aspects of teaching. Departing from applied knowledge of materials, production methods and modes of presentation and transfer, the programme is distinguished by its theoretical and scientific approach. Practice-oriented design questions concerning the environment, whether in relation to objects, products, spatial design, or temporary events, prepare graduates for the challenges of an international working environment, where their economic and social competencies will enable them to have a positive and constructive influence on technical, economic and social developments. www.dieangewandte.at/institute/design/industrialdesign1 Head: o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. arch. Paolo Piva Contact: Mag.art. Doris Grossi, T: +43-1-71133-2411, E: [email protected] Ines Fritz, »Gloriole«, 2014 Johanna Mossbauer, »Bekleidetes Sitzobjekt«, 2014 64 — 65 C Design Daniel Riegler, »Habitat«, 2014 Johanna Pichlbauer & Maya Pindeus, »Beautification«, 2013 Katharina Unger, »Farm432«, 2013 Industrial Design 2 Fiona Raby Change is what designers do. Instability a prerequisite. Projects are situated within a complex technologically mediated global society. The solutions are no longer straightforward. Small very precise design investigations can illuminate much bigger philosophical questions. Design is in itself, a creative process of finding things out, a process of investigation, as much as a final result. The course shifts from applications to implications, using tangible problem solving design skills to ask questions, interrogate existing frameworks and generate a broad range of diverse alternatives, both positive and negative. Invention is key, an essential tool for learning. We experiment and explore through many different layers and filters. Students create and understand intellectual frameworks to position their ideas. They learn about synthesis and decision making; What to leave out. What to keep in. Who is doing what and why? Students learn what they don’t know and how to find the people who do know. Perhaps it is disruptive? But new methods and processes, new technologies constantly arrive at our door, they are surprising and unexpected. We bring them in, domesticate them, enjoy their wildness, integrate them into our study. We like curiousity, imagi nation, the unexpected, We like to ask questions, We like to think about emerging technologies and science. We like contrasting things. contradictions; playful analysis, analytical playfulness, simple complexity, complex simplicity, irrational logic, logical irrationality.The aim for all projects within the studio is to challenge; Make us think differently. www.id2studio.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Mphil (RCA) Fiona Raby Contact: Orna Baumgartner T: +43-1-71133-2420, E: [email protected] Alexandra Fruhstorfer, »Derive«, 2013 66 — 67 Graphic Design Department, »What needs to be told«, brochure, 2014 C Design Francesco Ciccolella, »POSTSNOWDENCARDS«, postcards, What needs to be told, 2014 Graphic Design Department, »What needs to be told«, exhibition, The Essence 2014 Graphic Design Our vision of a contemporary and future-oriented professional profile of graphic designers involves the development of designers as independent personalities, who are able to work in all current and future media and take a serious and critical approach to their responsibilities in social and economic matters. The service of responsible designers does not entail delivering complaisant propaganda. Hence, it does not consist of visual communication alone. Responsible design is permeated by a value system based on a sustainable and positive service to people of all cultures. Accordingly, the importance of social, economic, and ecological competence is growing. The spectrum of tasks in the Graphic Design Department includes conceptual thinking and content research, developing an awareness of global contexts, and a sense of personal responsibility in the shaping of our environment. In our definition, graphic design as a discipline is not a separate field of work but an attitude towards life. In this way, students learn to work with time-based media, interactive media and print, installation, performance, photography, illustration, brand and corporate design, typography, packaging, information and exhibition design as well as sound design. Soft and hard skills are taught in the context of changing semester themes. Interdisciplinary projects are realised in collabo ration with other departments of the University of Applied Arts to expand the methodological skills of the class. Research and commissioned projects train the students to develop professional relations with public and private institutions. Regular lectures held by graduates of the department offer further preparation for a professional life after graduation. Workshops and lectures by national and international experts from various disciplines enrich the study programme on the levels of craftsmanship, design, and intellectual discourse. www.klassekartak.com Head: Univ.-Prof. Oliver Kartak Contact: DI (FH) Mitra Kazerani, T+43-1-711-2442, E: [email protected] Office: Monika Wenger, T+43-1-711-2441, E: [email protected] Jana Frantal, »either/or/neither/nor«, installation, What needs to be told, 2014 Christian Schlager, »Austrian Cultural Poster Generator«, web platform, 2013 68 — 69 Jeffrey Guan, Johanna Kleedorfer, Doris Lang, Christoph Schütz, advertising video for an educational campaign about nursing care Graphics and Advertising C See it here: The Graphics and Advertising programme equips its students with a variety of skills within the field of design, but focuses on the connection and relation between the idea and the design. Its objective is to provide students with the best possible theoretical and practical preparation to meet the challenges they experience when entering the creative industries. Their qualifications enable them to work as graphic designers, copywriters, illustrators, art directors, creative directors, advertising managers and many other positions whether as a part in large companies or as freelancer. The programme comprises the methodological development of ideas and their visualisation, the analysis and improvement of advertising communication techniques, typography, layout, scribbles, illustrations, photography, packaging design, TV spots and web design. The Graphics and Advertising curriculum also includes marketing, advertising psychology, cultural sociology, colour theory, communication theory, semiotics, typography, design and drawing techniques, and the basics of film design. In each semester, projects are realised together with actual clients to address commercial themes as well as social and environmental issues. Internationally renowned experts are regularly invited to impart their knowledge and to provide further insights into the field. Design www.klassefuerideen.at Katharina Götzendorfer, Christina Hosiner, advertising campaign for ASHOKA, support for social entrepreneurs Head: Univ.-Prof. Matthias Spaetgens Contact: Manuela Hausmann, M.A., T: +43-1-71133-2454 E: [email protected] See it here: Patrick Pichler, Wolfgang Warzilek, rotatable bottle label for Mari, distinguished by the Red Dot Design Award and Art Directors Club Philipp Comarella (Salon Alpin), storyboard, production, advertising film, animation »much better now«, distinguished by e.g. the Art Directors Club 70 — 71 C Design Takahiro Ueno, »SOLID STATE« Federico Protto, »aura zentrum« Yuhei Mukai, »� ♥ ♥ ♥ ♀« Fashion Fashion has never been more exciting, diverse, and personal than it is today. Teaching its students to take clear and independent positions in the fashion worlds is the declared educational aim of the Department of Fashion Design at the Angewandte, whether in distilling zeitgeist into cogent fashion statements or exploring visions for the future. Since the 1980s internationally acclaimed fashion icons such as Karl Lagerfeld, Jil Sander, Vivienne Westwood, Helmut Lang or Raf Simons – and most recently Hussein Chalayan – have provided the creative direction of the department. The focus of the programme is the design, development and presentation of unique, innovative fashion collections with the highest level of craftsmanship. The programme imparts skills such as patternmaking, moulage, sewing, knitting, and garment-making techniques as well as fashion and technical drawing. The curriculum also includes the history, communication, and economy of fashion. Partnerships with the private sector are initiated to help prepare students for future work realms and the corresponding economic and social conditions. The high artistic quality of the works is presented at the annual »Show Angewandte« and is underlined by numerous prizes and awards. An invited expert jury also enhances the Fashion Department’s extensive international networking. Graduates found their own labels – such as Bless, Petar Petrov, Ute Ploier, or Wendy &Jim – or work for renowned fashion houses like Balenciaga, Jil Sander, Prada, Maison Martin Margiela, and Vivienne Westwood, to name but a few. The University of Applied Arts Vienna offers the only fashion education in Austria that concludes with an academic degree and is internationally recognised as one of the most important schools of contemporary fashion in Europe. www.modeklasse.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Hussein Chalayan, E: [email protected] Contact: Mag.rer.nat. Marion Sehling, T: +43-1-71133-2460, E: [email protected] Loila John, »The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order« 72 — 73 Theory and History of Design The Department of Theory and History of Design provides students with insights into the historic, cultural and topical theoretical issues in contemporary design and material culture. This research-driven department organises innovative lecture series and symposia and possesses a teaching staff with an international profile and reputation in the field of design. Courses are held in German and English. Contributions by prominent thinkers from other disciplines expand the international scope of the Institute of Design. The department promotes a lively doctoral research culture and offers students a range of critical perspectives on the objects, relations and processes of material culture, design and anthropology. Via networking with international institutions such as museums, universities, art colleges, global design practices and creative agencies, we aim to provide students with valuable experience beyond the lecture hall. The Victor J. Papanek Foundation and its biannual symposia on Critical Design, which begins in 2011, complement the programme. www1.uni-ak.ac.at/designtheory www.uni-ak.ac.at/sammlung/pages/Papanek.html Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Alison J. Clarke Contact: Elfe Fritz, T: +43-1-71133-3472, E: [email protected] Computer Studio In the course of their education, students from Industrial Design, Design (Applied Photography, Graphic Design, Graphics and Advertising, Fashion), Architecture, and Art Education acquire excellent training in the application of specific computer programs. The constant involvement of the computer in projects is very common, so regular practice is a must in order to excel in these processes. The Computer Studio serves as an open interface and is accessible to all students. In addition to the development of basic skills regarding the use of computers, the lessons also cover desktop publishing, image processing, animation, web design, and CAD. The curriculum is continuously adapted to innovations in the realm of the creative industries as technology influences the creative process more than ever. C Design Video Studio Sequence And Scoring: Programme For Contemporary Filmmaking In Applied Arts The miniaturisation of cameras and the compression of post-production to laptop format has brought about the popularization of video production equipment. In contrast to the film industry, where filmmaking requires skills that are specifically assigned to separate domains – such as screenplay and script, direction, imaging technology and camera, production, editing, special effects, or scoring – its equivalent in the field of applied arts, though seemingly easier, requires the ability to make unusual connections between these areas. To this end, our department offers a range of courses that reinterpret the types of knowledge taught in traditional film studies and adapt them to the concepts and workflows suitable to the domain of applied arts. This includes camera work and video production, video animation and composition, audio composition for short film and video, and image-editing in video art and video design. In addition, the programme offers experimental workshops which develop a broader approach to sequential thinking. Resulting works are archived or published in thematic catalogues. In cooperation with external partners, the department can boast successful participation in international student competitions. A programme on artistic research is currently in preparation. Potential research topics are the basics and application of non-linear film concepts in the context of global art and in the synaesthetic relationship of image and sound. In the spirit of inter- and transdisciplinarity, students from programmes at other universities are more than welcome in our department. Head: MMag.art. Wolfgang Neipl, T: +43-1-71133-2510 E: [email protected] www.uni-ak.ac.at/computerstudio Head: Helga Rössler, MA, T: +43-1-71133-2490, [email protected] Lisa Hofer, »Change In Time«, 2:15 min, video still, from the workshop »Experimental Feed/Time Lapse«, 2014 74 — 75 Retouching an altar painting, 2009, Ranshofen, Upper Austria D Conservation and Restoration Laser cleaning, 2013, Patan Royal Palace, Nepal Historical Technology Modelling, 2013, workshop of the Stonework Dept. Tapestry restoration, 2014, workshop of the Textiles Dept. Cleaning fire-gilded copper, 2014, Mul Chowk, Patan Royal Palace, Nepal Conservation and Restoration Wandering through Ages, Worlds, and Cultures No memory without objects, no culture without materials, no art of tomorrow without that of yesterday and today. Nako, Patan, Sarajevo, Brno, Lemberg, Bregenz, or Vienna: for students and teachers at the Institute of Conservation and Restoration it is all about longterm preservation strategies for cultural heritage around the world. In addition to material and condition analyses, contemporary conservation and restoration also involves methodological and ethical considerations. Traditions and cultures must be respected; research and reflection are required before the first step is taken. All this is intrinsic to the curriculum which follows an inter- and transdisciplinary approach. How otherwise should a fountain and pavilion in the Nepalese Royal Palace in Patan or the Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalayan village Nako be restored? Students gain essential practical experience in a range of different projects. In a certain sense, all those who choose to study conservation and restoration at the Angewandte wander through ages, worlds and cultures: from the archaeological finds of the Hallstatt Era to the metal structure of Vienna’s 20er Haus, from the burial garments of Rudolf der Stifter to the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, from Buddhist wall paintings to the Hannibal Carriage from Austria’s first horse-drawn railway in the Technical Museum Vienna, from Baroque painters to the pullover sculpture of Erwin Wurm. Partners: The Abegg Foundation, Switzerland / British Museum London / Burgenland Provincial Museum / Centre of Cultural Heritage Mongolia / Diocese Linz / Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance / El.En. Group / University of Pardubice Faculty of Restoration / Vienna Jewish Community / Josephinum Vienna / Katmandu Valley Preservation Trust / Krahuletz Museum Eggenburg / City of Vienna Department of Cultural Affairs / Kunst historisches Museum Vienna / Cultural Forums of the Austrian Embassy in New Dehli and Beijing / Museum Carnuntinum Bad Deutsch-Altenburg / Nanjing University / National Museum Institute New Delhi/ National Research Institute of Cultural Properties Tokyo / Natural History Museum Vienna / Neukloster Vienna Neustadt / Northwest-University Xi’an / Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florence / Austrian Federal Railways / Austrian Federal Furniture Administration / Austrian Federal Monument Conservation Office / Austrian Film Institute / Austrian Museum of Garden History / Austrian Museum for Applied Art – Contemporary Art (MAK) / Trinz Parish / Purgstall / Ambras Castle / Greillenstein Castle / Laxenburg Palace / Schönbrunn Palace Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. / Stetteldorf Castle / Heiligenkreuz Abbey / Klosterneuburg Abbey / Zwettl Abbey / Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg / Technical Museum Vienna / Vienna University of Technology / Tyrol Provincial Museum Ferdinandeum / Hungarian National Museum Budapest / Universal Museum Joanneum Graz / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna / University of Vienna / Vatican Museums / Vorarlberg Provincial Museum / Museum of Ethno logy Vienna / Wien Museum www.dieangewandte.at/restaurierung Head: o. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr. phil. Gabriela Krist Contact: Marion Haupt, T: +43-1-71133-4810, E: [email protected] 76 — 77 E Arts and Society Arts and Society Since high levels of specialization and fragmentation of living conditions are distorting the direct access to the complexity of reality, we started reconstructing reality and substituting it with a less complex equivalent, involving society in a constant process of ›reality invention‹. Consequently, the way society perceives the modern world is increasingly defined by theoretical knowledge, primarily represented in science, technology and innovation. Knowledge takes the place of industry and agriculture as a key factor in economical development, turning the post-industrial society into a knowledge-society. Acknowledging this global restructuring phenomenon, we need to investigate into strategies that are operating beyond technology-centered approaches. Involving the arts in the process of knowledge production would be a means of creating inclusive solutions and flexible concepts of societal change. The role of the arts within this process is not defined as a practice of adding esthetic value to a given result. To the contrary, art is the driving conceptual force, fueling the process of development from initial investigation to final resolution. Art has the ability to articulate new, distinctive perspectives on the inherent logic of cities and the corresponding dynamics of societies, creating strategies for both the spatial and social fabric. Art has the capacity to deliver a descriptive model of structural possibilities of society, not by imitating reality but by anticipating the unexpected. — Art and Knowledge Transfer — Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation 78 — 79 E Kunst und Wissenstransfer Art and Knowledge Transfer Institut für Kunst und Gesellschaft Art and Knowledge Transfer Abstraktion und die Macht des Möglichen � Inszenierte Projekte Abstraktion oder wenn der Raum zu einem Fisch wird, � Abstraktion und Q P Wütend schritt ich voran geistiges Eigentum der einen anderen vertilgt � Abstraktion und Ökonomie Logik und Sprache The Graduate Big oder Der Diplom-Schwein Legasthenie und Ökonomie Kulturtechnik (Zeichnen) _ Q P � P Q � Vertrags- und Urheberrecht 2014 2015 Morgen werde ich Idiot Identitätsbildung im künstlerischen Feld: Esoterik, Ikone und Ökonomie Abstraktion und Ökonomie 1 oT_JohannesPorsch_KuW.indd 1 04.12.14 11:16 Since the foundation of the Department of Art and Knowledge Transfer by Oswald Oberhuber in 1987, the concepts of art and knowledge themselves have undergone multiple transformation processes. Since art began to take an interest in the social sciences and humanities, which in the 1960s increasingly came to explore questions of everyday life in order to determine the conditions under which cultural goods are produced, a form of knowledge production arose under the term Cultural Studies, where science and scholarship in the field of art were no longer limited to just art history and criticism. Interdisciplinarity was a buzzword that took hold in art and cultural theory of the 1980s, giving rise to great expectations for the renewal of not only artistic production but also the structures of art schools and universities. Today the concept of artistic research is a subject of intense discussion in addressing questions of knowledge production. The Department of Art and Knowledge Transfer understands itself as a platform for the committed production of knowledge across the broad spectrum of fields at the University of Applied Arts. Currently the Department of Art and Knowledge Transfer is investigating the reciprocities and contingencies of abstraction and economy. The scope of the demands for abstraction ranges from the strive for transcendence and purity to the measurement of nature, its predictability and programming. We pose the question to what extent a connection can be made between the universal claim of abstraction and the current tendency of financialisation, the form of economy, that becomes a new form of the real. Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag. phil. Eva Maria Stadler Contact: Rosemarie Patsch T: +43-1-71133-3541 E: [email protected] 80 — 81 Alessia Finckenstein & Masha Hupalo, »Rebirth oft he Bathhouse« E Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation Social Design is a term with a wide range of meanings: from Whole System Design, Regenerative Design, Sustainable Design and Service Design to Green Urbanism and Urban Metabolism – just to mention a few. All of these design concepts are driven by the desire to reduce the human impact on our planet. Whether they are dealing with the reduction of waste production, reducing the ecological footprint or sustaining urban growth by making more efficient use of the resources at hand. Above all, these concepts share the motivation for taking responsibility, as well as taking position. In the context of the master programme Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation, Social Design is directly linked to the role of the art as an urban innovator. Art – in synergy with scientific methods and knowledge – is understood as a tool for spatial and social development in an increasingly urbanizing world. Art is a vital element of communal and transcultural interaction and works as an instrument of analysis and intervention. Social Design challenges to cross-examine our built envi ronment on a trans-disciplinary level. It aims at connecting artistic research and scientific knowledge with hands-on spatial production, interweaving the discourse into the very fabric of society. socialdesign.ac.at Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.arch. Anton Falkeis Contact: Anna-Lena Horn, MA, T: +43-1-71133-3563, E: [email protected] Stephan Trimmel, »Urban«, Shanghai Exhibition 82 — 83 F Art and Technology Art and Technology The study of an artistic, multimedia, or design-based subject requires professional handling of technical equipment, mastering basic techniques and methods and thorough knowledge of materials. At the Institute of Art and Technology, experts and scientists convey practice-orientated skills in workshops and state-of-the-art labora tories for research and teaching. In addition to the technical core competencies, the communication of transdisciplinary know-how and artistic experience play a decisive role in the training. Independent, project-oriented and experimental application of the knowledge garnered in the design process is our mission. — Life Drawing — Archaeometry — Conservation Sciences — Book Art — Geometry — Ceramics Studio — Wood Technology — Metal Technology — Technical Chemistry and Science Visualisation — Textile Technology 84 — 85 F Life Drawing Figure drawing hall Art and Technology The basic principles of design, the abilities, skills and approaches for diverse forms of graphic expression, form the departure point for all individual artistic work in the central artistic subjects. The focus of the Life Drawing Department is an artistic approach to drawing techniques. Taking into account the various programmes offered at the Angewandte, this department provides a range of complementary teaching content, such as natural studies and constructive drawing, design theory and anatomy for artists, and life studies. The range of courses includes a tried-and-true blend of traditional and progressive, formal and artistically free subjects. The teachers guide the students through content and tasks, fostering a practice-orientated approach. Guest lecturers contribute to the department’s repute as a varied communication platform on the subject. Cooperations with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), the Natural History Museum of Vienna (NHM), the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI), the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (RGZM), the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna. Outdoor weathering tests of the Angewandte take place in Europe, USA, Australia, and Africa. angewandte.uni-ak.ac.at/kunstundtechnologie/archaeometrie Head: ao. Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Bernhard Pichler Contact: Johanna Resinger, T: +43-1-71133-4820, E: [email protected] www.aktzeichnen.at Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Josef Kaiser, T: +43-1-71133-2670, E: [email protected] Archäometrie Dong Son culture bronze drum, Weltmuseum Wien Archaeometry is a research-oriented department open to artists from all disciplines at the Angewandte for specific material-related questions. For example, the department conducts inventories for thesis projects in Conservation and Restoration. The main research focuses are dating and material analysis, age determination (authentication) of ceramic and metal objects, provenance studies in ceramic and metal archaeometry, and historical dyeing techniques and dye and fibre analysis. The focuses are reflected in numerous projects, such as Ephesus. In this manner, the Angewandte also fulfils an important bridge function between national and international insti tutions. Metal analysis reports have already been conducted on internationally unique collections. Important impulses come from cooperations and partnerships with internationally renowned experts and organisations, such as Prof. Ernst Pernicka, University of Heidelberg and Dr. Pieter Meyers, LACMA, Los Angeles. Long-term cooperations and partnerships also provide access to cutting-edge analysis methods, thereby contributing to solutions for cultural-historical questions. A petrographic thin section of cement from the early 20th century Conservation Sciences The department primarily deals with mineral-based artistic and architectural materials in cultural heritage. The topics of restoration and conservation as well as historical and ancient building materials and their processing techniques are investigated from a material science perspective. Stone, mortar, and building ceramics are the focuses in national and international research cooperations and EU research projects. Another project application in the framework of HORIZON 2020 has been recently approved and will start shortly. The topics range from nano-based stone preservation agents to cement mortar of the nineteenth century. The methodological focus lies in microscopy; the department has optical microscopes and a scanning electron microscope at its disposal. They are used to characterise building materials, study weathering processes, and evaluate conservation agents. The department is also considered a competence centre in the characterisation of ancient and historical wall plaster and mortar and has held numerous very successful workshops with international parti cipation. This experience is conveyed to students of Conservation and Restoration in lectures, seminars, exercises, and excursions. Recently, the department offered a ten-day excursion to renowned world heritage sites in Moldavia and the Transylvanian part of Romania, which was very well received by the students. Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Weber Contact: Johanna Resinger, T: +43-1-71133-4821, E: [email protected] 86 — 87 F Book Art 2 books: Muffin tins and tart lace doilies (paper), binding with punch glazing and chocolate, 2010 Pursuing the vision to walk the fine line between art and handicraft – in favour of art – the Book Art Department imparts knowledge about the basics of bookbinding that extends beyond mere paper processing and the fundamentals of design: the conception and realisation of book designs appropriate to their respective materials; traditional book techniques; free, applied paper artworks; and bookbinding processes such as folding, embossing, packaging and papier-mâché. Despite the constant evolution of technical media for written communication, the demand for calligraphy workshops – in which historic forms of lettering and their variants are central – is continual. In addition to the book as medium, the Book Art Department experiments with lettering as a school of seeing, as has been expressed by Rudolf von Larisch. Attention is given to the coordination between brain, eye and hand, to knowing the tool and the material, and to their interplay. Further themes include heraldry, signet and corporate design, aspects of media science and recipient behaviour, and font design and technology. Art and Technology The Ceramics Studio at the Angewandte is a place of encounter and exchange for students from all fields of study. The courses have a transdisciplinary character. Of primary importance is the communication of in-depth knowledge and artistic experience with the versatile medium of ceramics, as well as supporting students in the realisation of their projects. The main focuses of activity are on art in the private and public realm, building art and art on the building site, art in daily life – the daily ambience, and ceramic design. The studio maintains an international network, inter-university dialogue, and contacts with the industry, artists and architects. Head: Sen. Art. Mag. art. Cécile Dujardin, T: +43-1-71133-2691 E: [email protected] Jörg Altinger, »Körperzuckerl« (Body Candy) Head: Mag.art Andrea Frankl, T: +43-1-71133-2680, E: [email protected] Geometry Courses in the Department of Geometry are anchored in the different curricula of the artistic subjects. The study spectrum is thus accordingly broad. Our main priority is to transport »classical knowledge«, which can subsequently be put into application in professional artistic activities, with the computer as the medium of representation. Geometry at the Angewandte enjoys national and international scientific distinction. The department conducts and supports intensive research – especially in doctoral studies – in the realm of classical geometry as well as computational geometry and computer graphics. Building upon research results in the development of innovative geo metry software, the department has also realised practice-oriented projects – for example, architectural software with novel functions. angewandte.uni-ak.ac.at/kunstundtechnologie/holztechnologie Head: Reinhold Krobath, T: +43-1-71133-2870, E: [email protected] www1.uni-ak.ac.at/geom/index.php Head: Univ.-Prof. rer.nat. Dr.techn. Georg Glaeser, T: +43-1-71133-2380 E: [email protected] Wood Technology This department is open to students from all fields of study as an artistic-technical competence centre on wood technology. In addition to core competences in handcraft, the instructors mediate theoretical and practical know-how on the use of wood as a means of artistic expression and for building models, objects, and prototypes. In one-to-one tutoring students have the opportunity to work on their projects professionally and independently: from design to workflow management, from idea to realisation. In perpetual confrontation with specific problems in research and art, the Department of Wood Technology at the Angewandte actively investigates processing and construction technologies in relation to wood – and also in connection with other materials – in order to arrive at innovative and unconventional design solutions with new technologies. Internal dialogue as well as national and international exchanges with research facilities, architects, designers, and artists are priorities. FFG and PEEK projects are conducted in the department as well. angewandte.uni-ak.ac.at/kunstundtechnologie/buchkunst »Twigs« Ceramics Studio Zhi Heng, »Gardaroba«, Material Laboratory seminar 88 — 89 F Metal Technology Art and Technology In the Metal Technology Department, experts provide students with valuable information about materials science in relation to metals, light metals and aluminium, and material composition. Additional skills taught include material processing techniques such as turning, milling, and drilling; joining techniques such as riveting, bolting, hard soldering, soft soldering, shielded arc welding, electrical and auto genous welding; and cutting and separation techniques (autogenous flame cutting, plasma cutting, metal band sawing). The department advises students on the production of their prototypes and models for presentations, final projects and works for exhibition. Cooperations with New York University, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Stanford University, University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Western Australia, UCLA, California NanoSystems Institute, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK), Faculty of Architecture, Engineering and Conservation, Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen, Institut national du patrimoine (INP) Paris, and the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Advanced Cellulose Chemistry and Analytics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. AIC distinction for the best publication in 2013 for »Paper and Water: A Guide for Conservators« by Gerhard Banik and Irene Brückle. science-visualization.uni-ak.ac.at angewandte/kunstundtechnologie/technischechemie Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Bernhard Pichler Contact: Johanna Resinger, T: +43-1-71133-4820, E: [email protected] angewandte.uni-ak.ac.at/kunstundtechnologie/metalltechnologie Textile Technology Head: Roman Hegenbart, T: +43-1-71133-2870, E: [email protected] Technical Chemistry and Science Visualization Impression from the Metal Technology department Mite The Technical Chemistry and Science Visualization Department is, on the one hand, a competence centre for material development (protective patinas for copper roofs, alternative material conservation products, etc.) and, on the other, a specialised research group formed under the auspices Alfred Vendl that visualises phenomena of natural science taking place in the microscopic realm, which has already won numerous international awards (e.g. Emmy). In the past years the department has established networks with high-calibre partner facilities. Future focuses of the department include: analysis of materials from industrial design (e.g. organic polymers), methods of prospecting effectivity (protective effect as well as visual changes), the visualisation of dynamic, microscopic processes on materials through accelerated weathering with the aid of a SEM (scanning electron microscope) and CGI methods (computer generated images), and the production of films with computer animations and making them available to the public. Impression from the Department of Textile Technology The Textile Technology Department offers students from all study programmes at the Angewandte a professionally equipped setting for experiments and activities, from textile design to free, artistic projects. The techniques of textile design find their application especially in the realms of interior design, fashion and artistic seri graphy, both in small, experimental workpieces and in monumental, large-scale formats. The ongoing artistic and technical discourse in projects and problem solving – the advancement of the arts – forms the basis of studies in this department, with a special emphasis on silkscreen printing on textiles. In artistic-technical one-on-one instruction, students learn to independently and professionally design and realise works on the basis of their drafts. To this end, the department provides dyeing and textile printing processes, a printing table, computer equipment and weaving looms. www.textiltechnologie.at Head: Mag.art. Ute Huber-Leierer, T: +43-1-71133-4850 E: [email protected] 90 — 91 G Art Sciences and Art Education Art Sciences and Art Education The Institute of Art Sciences and Art Education offers a multifaceted study programme that strongly links artistic practice with artistic and cultural-scientific, design theoretical, architecture theoretical, and didactic reflection. It thereby provides professionalisation for occupations at the intersection of art and education. The institute consists of artistic and cultural science departments with a broad spectrum of didactic courses. The focus of knowledge production is placed upon the advancement of the arts and visual cultures as well as on the creative processes in design and architecture. On the other hand, the institute also concentrates on research areas and discursive practices in human, artistic, design, architectural and cultural sciences. It is of great significance to the institute to create an aware ness of problems in the social and historical dimensions of art and aesthetics and to impart a critical understanding of functions and the fundamental connections between art, cultural theory and society. — Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education Teacher Training in Handicrafts / Design, Architecture and Environment — Art and Communication Practices Teacher Training in Fine Arts / Art and Communication Practices — Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design Teacher Training in Textile Design / Textiles – Art, Design, Styles — Art, Design, Textile Didactics — Cultural Studies — Art History — Art Theory — Philosophy 92 — 93 G Art Sciences and Art Education Cornelia Kolmann, »Rhythmus des Herzen – Rhythmus der Zeit«, 2014 Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education (Teacher Training) DAE is a study programme in the fields of design, architecture, and environment. The focus lies on the (built) surroundings, space, technics and technologies as well as discussing and evaluating their expedience with regard to ecological, economic, and social sustainability. The functions of user-oriented design and architecture are explored both in and outside of educational contexts. In this manner DAE students are conveyed a concept of design not (only) as a form-giving process but (also) as a strategy of posing the right questions to solve problems. The programme’s core competence is its proficient pedagogical and didactic communication of teaching content in accordance with the latest methodological research. A central aspect of the design and architectural education is rooted in knowledge about the production and use of materials. This basic knowledge of technology is taught in combi nation with fine-motor and handcraft skills and is discussed and reflected upon through the work results. Interdisciplinarity, liveliness, and open discourse must be increasingly stimulated. To reach this ambitious goal, the programme offers cooperations in research projects and works, developed both with the departments and institutes present at the Angewandte as well as with partner universities (e.g. the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna or Graz University of Techno logy). One example is the integration of the Robotics course offered by the Department of Wood Technology at the Angewandte. Guest teachers and lecture series are not only a source of inspiration for the programme; they also provide an opportunity for students to evaluate their positions. www1.uni-ak.ac.at/dae Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Christoph Kaltenbrunner BSc Contact: Doris Müllner, T: +43-1-71133-2737, E: [email protected] »Sonderbrillen«, 2010, Head: Jakob Scheid, Design: Andrea Reithofer, Edyta Las, Corinna Staffler, Teresa Paltram, Franziska Rohrauer, Georg Wolf, Tadzio Stein, Victoria Dirisamer, Julia Dröpke, Evgenia Anyebe 94 — 95 G »Performance as Practice«, process photos from a workshop with William »Bilwa« Costa, 2014 Art Sciences and Art Education Art and Communication Practices (Teacher Training) Art and Communication Practices (KKP) focuses on the advancement and mediation of the multifarious fields of visual arts, visual cultures, and forms of communication. The department facilitates intensive investigation of current artistic working methods, positions, and discourses by interweaving theory and practice and via collaborations with visiting artists who are introduced as guest professors. Students acquire a sharp and critical view of the multilayered experiential and cognitive dimensions of art. The perception of art from multiple points of view enables the deconstruction of its constituent principles, its contingencies, its aesthetic manifestations and paradigms. Artistic practice and reception can be critically analysed on this basis. In these terms, artistic project work is seen as research activity. Teachers and students realise their projects at the intersection of arts, visual culture, and current societal issues. Internal, external, regional, and international partnerships encourage individual work focuses as well as cooperative and participative project forms. In guest semesters at international universities and in the department’s transdisciplinary and transcultural projects the students are given access to yet another multi-perspective field of experience and activity. Visiting artists contribute alternating impulses regarding contemporary art practices and visual cultures. Guest teachers in the last ten years include: Danica Dakiæ, Simon Wachsmuth, Werner Feiersinger, Imogen Stidworthy, Michael Kienzer, Carola Dertnig, Anette Baldauf, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Helmut Draxler, Lindsay Seers, Robert Del Tredici, Pierre Hébert, Prinzgau Podgorschek, Willem Oorebeck, and Simonetta Ferfoglia. KKP graduates are active as teachers and mediators in formal and informal educational fields: as art pedagogues in secondary and post-secondary education, as mediators of art and culture – for example, in museums, galleries, and in the media. In addition, they develop new work practices at the intersections of art and culture, science, education, and societal topics. The basis of all professional specialisation is artistic practice. www.kkp.uni-ak.at Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Barbara Putz-Plecko Contact: Frank Müller, T: +43-1-71133-2752, E: [email protected] Anna-Pia Rauch, »Blue«, 2010, exhibition project »ornaMental structures«, in cooperation with Danica Dakić, Centar, kulturnih aktivnosti Charlama, Sarajevo 2011 96 — 97 G Exhibition project »Colours of Hallstatt – Textiles Connecting Science and Art«, Museum of Natural History Vienna, 2013 Art Sciences and Art Education Exhibition project »Colours of Hallstatt – Textiles Connecting Science and Art«, Museum of Natural History Vienna, 2013 Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design (Teacher Training) We are confronted with textile materials and structures in a variety of ways – in everyday culture, in fashions and styles, in design, technology, art, and architecture. The Department of Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design focuses on the development, communication, and role of textiles in society. In artistic projects textiles are investigated as a medium of self-expression and cultural localisation and thematised both as a dynamic, widely distributed element within our material culture and as a potential networking model. Textiles are employed in diverse work formats as an artistic and technical-functional design element. The interweaving of theory and practice in the programme unveils multilayered experiential and cognitive dimensions – a requirement for the investigation and deconstruction of the constituent principles and contingencies of textiles in their aesthetic manifestations. The aim of the department is to orient students towards a reflective artistic or design practice and to develop a differentiated capacity for critical thought and mediation with regard to art-pedagogical or mediation activities. Graduates are active in art teaching on a secondary and post-secondary level, in design and media sectors, or in scenery and costume departments for theatre and film. For many years the department has been developing a series of transdisciplinary and transcultural projects with internatio nal partners. Students and graduates of the Angewandte have recently accomplished research work and projects in Morocco, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, China, with Makarere University in Kampala, Uganda, and with Joshibi University in Tokyo. In 2014 the department went on a study trip with the students to Uzbekistan in the framework of the »Ikat Farbspiegelungen« project. »Shapeshifting« is a project that started in the context of the conference on the topic »Transformative Paradigms in Fashion and Textile Design« in Auckland. In cooperation with the Institute of Architecture, the department developed mobile walls for the bamboo stage structure for a project in Ghana. www.tex.uni-ak.at »The Giant Cloud«, La Biennale di Venezia, Carnevale dei Vagazzi, production: experimonde 2011 Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Barbara Putz-Plecko Contact: Frank Müller, T: +43-1-71133-2752, E: [email protected] PRINZGAU/podgorschek, exhibition project »Transit für Karl Aspern. Karlsplatz versus Seestadt Aspern«, 2013 98 — 99 Art, Design, Textile Didactics Art, Design, Textile Didactics serve as a bridge between the artistic and scientific disciplines and general didactics. It is an interdisciplinary communication platform between the realms of art, culture, design, architectural theory, philosophy, and other related fields of study. Pedagogical professionalism in art and design deals with the question: What are the best-suited models, theoretical approa ches, and methods for adequately conveying a didactics discipline? Students learn to theoretically substantiate a diverse range of aesthetic teaching contents for different age groups, implement them in different forms of art and design, and recognise and cultivate individuals’ talents. Students become familiar with didactic taxonomies in the courses, learn to apply numerous teaching methods, evaluate and plan educational processes; they obtain knowledge about diverse educational practices and quality management. They employ instruments of self-evaluation and teaching optimisation in class and can actively participate in school development processes. Further objectives are to critically question educational programmes, formats, and concepts and to explore the possibilities for artistic action in the development of critical thought and emancipatory practice. The Department of Art, Design, Textile Didactics also ensures and cultivates diversity, gender, and media competence. Professional insights are enhanced through research projects in the realms of didactics of art, design and textile, school-related practices, and biographical research. Through interdisciplinary and international teaching work placements in various institutions, students attain a broad perspective and experience in project management. With the D`ART centre the Angewandte has established a leading competence centre for didactics in artistic teacher training programmes in Austria with international connections to diverse networks (INSEA, ELIA, CUMULUS, etc.). It develops research projects and organises further training courses as well as national and international specialist symposia and congresses. Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Mag.art. Ruth Mateus-Berr T: +43-1-71133-2780, E: [email protected] G Art Sciences and Art Education Art History The Art History programme conveys knowledge about the history of fine arts and strengthens basic competences in dealing with artistic works: viewing and describing images, speaking and writing about art, researching, classifying, and evaluating information, reading and critical reflection upon texts. Particularly in light of the expansion of the artistic field of activity into research, the analysis of scientific methods represents a key component of the art education. Just as art, architecture, design, and media art touch upon many realms of sociocultural activity, different discourses and practices also intersect in the discipline of art history. Hence, a methodological and reflective education in art history involves a constant revision of one’s own vocabulary and approach. www.angewandtekunstgeschichte.net Head: Univ.-Prof. Mag.phil. Dr.phil. Eva Kernbauer Contact: Sabine Eder, T: +43-1-71133-2761, E: [email protected] Art Theory Art Theory deals with the historical and societal conditions in which art has become a subject of theory. Amongst these conditions are the divisions – decisive for modernity – between the one autonomous Art and the many applied arts, between Art and Society as symbolic categories, or also between art as an idea and the concrete practices of its utilization. The reconstruction of these divisions and the corresponding contingent relationships represent the fundamental objective of the department. Moreover, art theory can also be seen as an orientation discipline in increasingly confusing times. Globalised contemporary art is always interwoven with the complex occasions of its appearance and stands in diverse reciprocities with media, culture, and politics. Thus, art theory must uncover the different coordinates according to which art can be evaluated today and comprehended in its potentials and chances. Only between these coordinates can the special narrative forms of contemporary art, its models of subjectivity and collectivity, and its political interventions be discussed. Head: Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Helmut Draxler Contact: Univ.-Prof. Martina Dragschitz, T: +43-1-71133-6501, E: [email protected] 100 — 101 Cultural Studies To date, there has been extensive research and writing on the complex relationship between art, culture and society. And these inves tigations will continue. On the one hand, the role of Cultural Studies at a university of the arts is to actively contribute to the shaping of this knowledge base, and on the other, to productively channel its insights into its teachings. However, first and foremost, this does not imply making a fixed canon of texts available to students, but rather to organise reflection upon the social efficacy of art and culture – following and transcending this canon – in such a manner that the insights gained into artistic production by in-house specialists become a theoretical basis and offer a frame of reference. www1.uni-ak.ac.at/kunstsoziologie Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Roman Horak Contact: Monika Kaczek, T: +43-1-71133-2773, E: [email protected] Philosophy Philosophy at an art university has to consider the real interests and questions of the students. Thus, both an overview – of the most important positions in the history of thought – and a specially customised ad artem are essential: The seemingly distant can contribute just as much to artistic expression as the allegedly akin. Critical, independent free thinking as such always remains sceptical in face of theories, tendencies, ideologies, paradigms, fashions, apparent truths and facts. Therefore, philosophy needn’t explain creators their own works or legitimise them, nor is it about banal satisfaction through sedating empty phrases and templates. The key point of having a philosophical faculty at an art university is to always be the place where artists are »embraced« and guided in their development closely along the lines of their respective tasks and the multitude of possible reflection points. Bertrand Russell defined philosophy as a kind of »no man’s land«, a realm between where one tries to understand everything (science) and where one can only have faith (religion). Art oscillates between similar coordinates. H Gender Art Lab Gender Art Lab Founded in March 2006, the Gender Art Laboratory (GAL) at the Angewandte is conceived as an »open workshop« at the intersection of art and science, a laboratory for artistic-scientific research, production, and interpretation. The implications of the related fields of science and art, concerning their treatment of gender-specific issues and the motif of the »norm« prescribed by society itself, are critically addressed on equal terms. In the Gender Art Lab students, artists, and scientists analyse and discuss the fundamental subject of gender and its meaning. The programme alternates between topic-specific lectures and public debates. The results and reactions of this »groundwork« are artworks that encompass all disciplines, interpretative works by GAL participants, individual solutions, questions, problem explanations, and statements in exhibitions and pub lications. In the combination of practice and theory, art and gender, manifests the unique character of the GAL, with which the Angewandte attains a pioneering position in its study programmes. The rapid transformations that our society and every social construction worldwide are allegedly subject to are a recurring element of sceptical scrutiny, which the GAL strives to sustain. gender.dieangewandte.at Head: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Marion Elias (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2616 E: [email protected] Head: ao. Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in phil Mag.a art. Marion Elias (ad interim) Contact: Amtsrätin Irene Gerersdorfer, T: +43-1-71133-3772, E: [email protected] Exhibition in Haus Wittgenstein, project »Beaming« 102 — 103 I Language Arts »JENNY«, Issue 02/2014 Johanna Kliem, Norbert Kröll, Rick Reuther, Lena Ures, Johanna Wieser (Eds.) Language Arts The objective of the Institute of Language Arts is to dynamically support the traditions and developments within the societal function of poetry in both its historical and contemporary positions. To this end, the programme is designed as a form of artistic research and teaching, which measures its foundations against those of science, yet strives to find, assert, and communicate those very foundations at the same time. The combination of traditional literary genres with experimental and media-based categories of creative work represents a central element of the curriculum. This is where Language Arts seeks and makes use of exchange and collaboration with the other various departments of the Angewandte. The core tasks of the bachelor programme established in 2009 are: acquiring competence in the fields of literary and trans media design; teaching of poetological, socio-aesthetical, and philological foundations; the development of a differentiated understanding of social, economic, and political relationships with regard to the production contexts in literature and the media, literary text production (in different genres like novel and epic prosa, essay writing, poetry, and drama) as well as text transformation and their mediation in transdisciplinary forms such as experimental, performative, and transmedia literature. A special focus is placed on the development and realisation of types of oral and written literature and on their relationships with other arts, such as graphic design, painting, photography, media and transmedia art. A »visionary« goal is to establish the institute as a literary centre, as an exchange forum for poetological research for creative methods in writing and designing. Another important facet in the future is a sober-minded and vigorous approach in the realms of language and art to face rampant technological paradigms – critical, proactive, with an impact on the outside, without submitting to the mechanisms of market economy. www.dieangewandte.at/sprachkunst Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Ferdinand Schmatz Contact: Samira Hamdi, T: +43-1-71133-2243, E: [email protected] »JENNY«, Issue 01/2014 Roland Grenl, Laura Hinrichsmeyer, Johanna Kliem, Jan Schillmöller, Nils Treutlein, Lena Ures, Johanna Wieser (Eds.) 104 — 105 Brigitte Kowanz, »Imagine«, lambda print on aluminium, 2007, Inv. No. 15.148/FW J Collection and Archive Maria Lassnig, »Selbstportrait als Blondine«, oil on cardboard, 1981, Inv. No. 2382/B Josef Hoffmann, model of Stoclet Palace, design 1905–1911, reconstruction (Franz Hnizdo) 1984, limewood, pearwood, Finnish birch veneer, Inv. No. 9104/O Collection and Archive The mission statement of the institute has a clear objective: to document, research, and publish the past and the present of the university. The Collection and Archive thus constitute the cultural memory of the Angewandte. It is kept alive through exhibitions, publications, and the constant acquisition of works by teachers and former students. In the past years there have been major exhibition cooperations with the Leopold Museum and the Belvedere, which both attracted more than 100,000 visitors respectively and for whom we produced scientific publications. Important museums throughout Europe, the USA, and Japan have presented loan items in various thematic exhibitions. Annually an approximate 1000 loans from our collection represent the Angewandte abroad. More than 200 research projects, often by students, are supervised by our team per year. Our members are represented in the teaching staff in the fields of art history, collecting, and as well as costumes and fashion history. The Collection provides know-how and access to our materials for the post-graduate programme ecm (educating /curating / managing) on a regular basis. The collection consists of approximately 65,000 items from different fields: painting – graphics – object design (glass, metal, ceramics) – design – furniture – architectural models – architectural plans – photography – videos – posters – bibliophile publications – fashion – historical costumes. Viennese Jugendstil is a core focus of the collection. It is complemented by the assets of the Oskar Kokoschka Centre, the historically important Costume and Fashion Collection, and the Victor J. Papanek Foundation, named after the Austro-American designer. All items are accessible to researchers, amongst them estates and partial estates (e.g. of the architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky). Students and researchers can always access the Collection and Archive. The database of many thousand data records and images, which can be accessed on-site, is in part already online and can be viewed via the website. The institute’s website also provides information on research projects, new acquisitions, previous publications, and planned activities. www.uni-ak.ac.at/sammlung Gustav Klimt, bust study of a plaster model, three-quarter profile to the left, 1878, black chalk on olive green paper, Inv. No. 14.276 Contact: ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Patrick Werkner (Head), T: +43-1-71133-3250 E: [email protected] 106 — 107 University Library The University Library is the university’s central information facility. It supports studies, teaching, and research by providing and conveying printed, electronic, and audiovisual media for all fields of studies on offer. The University Library is open to the general public. The entire collection can be researched via the search portal »supA« and most of it can be borrowed for use at home. The University Library offers: — approximately 120.000 monographs (focus areas are art, architecture, and 20th and 21st-century design) — more than 400 periodical subscriptions — 940 online periodicals and 24 online databases, which are accessible on campus and, for students and teachers, also externally via VPN — a media library with approximately 9.500 audiovisual documents, including 7.000 DVDs and videotapes (artists’ videos, films, documentaries) — special collections: artists’ books / female-specific and feminist literature / source literature on Surrealism / Japanese woodcut books — trainings in library use, mailing list for current information — study desks, workplaces for online research, audio/video/DVD players, copy/print/scan facilities Opening Hours: Main reading room: Mon–Thurs, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Fri 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Periodicals reading room: Mon–Thurs, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Fri 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Shortened opening times on holidays. Closed during August. Information point and lending desk are in the main reading room (2nd floor); current periodicals and media library are in the periodicals reading room (1st floor). Contact Entlehnung, T: +43-71133-2268, E: [email protected] Dr.phil. Gabriele Jurjevec-Koller (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2260 E: [email protected] Strategy, Service and Administration Strategy, Service and Administration Facility Management Facility Management forms the infrastructural framework for our university’s core areas. The management of the building’s technical systems and property ensures a user-friendly atmosphere and keeps an eye on security-related issues. In addition to information & communication technologies, other primary services available to internal university user groups include facility services, procurement, room coordination, and distribution of mail. Contact Dipl.-Ing. Maria Zettler (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2020 E: [email protected] Gender Issues and Internal Continuing Education The people who work at the Angewandte are its most important reserve of potential. The university’s success is in great part dependent on the degree to which its employees can bring to bear their full potential in their everyday work. Only by offering conducive working conditions and a positive environment for teamwork is it possible to ensure that this potential is realized. In this area the Division for Gender Issues and Internal Continuing Education provides support and undertakes developmental initiatives. The Department for Gender Issues is entrusted with the task of putting into practice the principles of gender mainstreaming and gender equality. The Department for Internal Continuing Education offers educational opportunities to expand professional and social competencies. It also undertakes measures designed to improve cooperation between individual organizational structures, minimizing potential conflicts and improving organizational processes. dieangewandte.at/gender dieangewandte.at/weiterbildung Contact Mag.phil. Maria Pimminger (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2155 E: [email protected] 110 — 111 Information and Event Management The Angewandte places great value on the impact and public perception of its artistic, scientific, and cultural-political activities. Through exhibitions, discussion rounds on current topics in society, symposia, and events, it refines the university’s profile as a site not only of research and teaching but also where the results are made accessible to interested audiences. The Information and Event Management department assumes this communicative role in the organisation and realisation of national and international events and initiates cooperations with enterprises in the art and cultural sectors. In order to provide up-to-date and attractive information about the study programmes and events, the editorial supervision of the website counts amongst the key tasks. In combination with the distribution of regular newsletters, the department is in constant contact with the students, teachers, and employees in house as well as interested visitors from Austria and abroad. As a means to document the artistic and scientific works and their results on a long-term and sustainable basis, the book series »Edition Angewandte«, published in a cooperation between Birkhäuser Verlag and the Angewandte, represents an important and indispensible cornerstone for the thriving public image of the university. In a close collaboration with the publishing house, the department supports both teachers and graduates in the realisation of book projects on a diverse range of subjects. This publishing activity is complemented by the production of thematic newspaper supplements or editorial supervision of books outside of the »Edition Angewandte« series. Contact Mag.phil. Anja Seipenbusch-Hufschmied (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2160 E: [email protected] Human Resources, Finance, and Legal Issues This area consists of three departments with, centrally managed administrative tasks: Human resource management deals with the administration of personnel and payroll accounting. Financial accounting administers all of the university’s accounting affairs, including the balancing and closing of accounts. The legal issues department advises members of the university on all pertinent legal questions. Contact Dr.iur. Markus Nagel (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2050, E: [email protected] Strategy, Service and Administration Press and Media Communication In addition to monitoring media resonance, central tasks are the effective planning and realisation of press work and accompanying public events that enhance the Angewandte’s profile. The targeted provision of services for journalists and information for all types of media questions forms another core competence. Contact Andrea Danmayr, T: +43-1-71133-2004, E: [email protected] Support Art and Research Support Art and Research supports the focus on research in the fields of art and science at the Angewandte. Abreast of the latest developments and led by internal positions, the work of the Support Art and Research department reinforces the key focuses of the university, while strategically coordinating the contents with the complete range of activities at the Angewandte in the context of the Austrian and international research landscape. The support can be divided into three fields of activity: enabling, assisting, and securing. It is about securing resources, their use, and documenting the developed content. Core competences of the department include expert feedback in the development of project applications as well as efficient backing in their implementation and communication – always building upon the vision and specific quality of the respective artistic and scientific position. The department continuously gathers data on the latest pertinent resources and provides information about the identified offers. In running projects the project management is supported in tasks such as administration and project partner coordination. On the level of securing, the department assists running projects with communication and documentation. Parallel to the three fields of activity, the department also supervises the Angewandte Alumni Association ARTist and is part of the Portal Angewandte Project management team. Contact Dr. phil. Alexander Damianisch, MAS (Head) [email protected], T: +43-1-71133 2810 112 — 113 Resource Planning and Controlling Resource Planning and Controlling supports the various university entities by compiling, preparing and providing management-relevant data for decisions, through the planning, preparation, and controlling of budgets, the accounting for personnel, spatial, infrastructural, and expense requirements, plan/actual comparisons using classification number systems, and through periodical reporting services. Contact Resource Planning ADir. Sabina Szatko (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2131, E: [email protected] Contact Controlling Min.-Rat Mag. Dr.rer.soc.oec. Johanna Schmidt (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2130 E: [email protected] Academic Affairs, University and Quality Enhancement The interaction of Academic Affairs and University and Quality Enhancement underlines the Angewandte’s claim to continuously rethink and further develop its diverse fields of study. This body sees itself as a point of contact for students and teachers, one that deals with all questions related to studies and quality. Its services range from service-oriented study management and the advancement of student and teacher mobility to supporting individual and institutional quality enhancement, from advice/support for committees and their members to offering procedures for course evaluation and peer reviews, from periodic graduate interviews to the elaboration of strategic documents such as development plans, performance agreements, and intellectual capital reports, for example. Contact Mag.art. Bernhard Kernegger (Head), T: +43-1-71133-2060 E: [email protected] Strategy, Service and Administration 114 — 115 Organisation Plan UNIVERSITÄTSRAT REKTORAT SENATE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH STRATEGY, SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION PRESS AND MEDIA ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH STRATEGY, SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL ORGANISATIONS Institute of Architecture Institute of Art and Technology Architectural Design 1 Life Drawing Facility Management Architectural Design 2 Archaeometry Real Estate and Room Coordination Architectural Design 3 Conservation Sciences Central Computing Services (ZID) Integrated Design Book Art Facility Technics and Security Building Design Geometry Facility Services Energy Design Ceramics Studio Central Procurement Structural Design Wood Technology Registration and Central Post Office Theory and History of Architecture Metal Technology Information and Event Management Institute of Architecture Facility Management Angewandte Innovation Laboratory Digital Fabrication Technical Chemistry and Science Information Management Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art Gender Issues and Internal Continuing Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues Special Topics in Architecture Visualisation Cooperation and Publication Institute of Design Education Arbitration Commission Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art Textile Technology Event Management Institute of Conservation and Restoration Information and Event Management Angewandte Continuing Education GmbH Art & Science Institute of Art Sciences and Gender Issues and internal Institute of Arts and Society Human Resources, Finance, and Legal Issues Stage and Film Design Art Education Continuing Education Institute of Art and Technology Resource Planning und Controlling Digital Art Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Gender Issues Institute of Art Sciences and Art Education Support Art and Research Photography Education Internal Continuing Education Institute of Language Arts Academic Affairs, University and Graphics and Printmaking Art and Communication Practices Human Resources, Finance, Gender Art Lab Quality Enhancement Landscape Art Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental and Legal Issues Collection and Archive Library Painting Design Legal Matters Painting and Animated Film Art, Design, Textile Didactics Personnel Administration Sculpture and Space Cultural Studies Financial Accounting TransArts Art Theory Resource Planning and Controlling Transmedia Art Art History Resource Planning Media Theory Philosophy Controlling Institute of Design Institute of Language Arts Support Art and Research Industrial Design 1 Gender Art Lab Academic Affairs, University and Industrial Design 2 Collection and Archive Quality Enhancement Graphic Design Art and Design Collection Student and Academic Affairs Graphics and Advertising Oskar Kokoschka Centre Grants Fashion Costume and Fashion Collection International Studies Applied Photgraphy and Time-based Media Viktor J. Papanek Foundation Quality Enhancement Theory and History of Design Archive Computer Studio Video Studio Institute of Conservation and Restoration Institute of Arts and Society Art and Knowledge Transfer Social Design 116 — 117 Organisational Units University Council T: +43-1-71133-2005 Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Jakoubek Vice-Chair: Mag. Hannah Rieger Rectorate Rector: Dr.iur. Gerald Bast, T: +43-1-71133-2001 Vice-Rector for Teaching: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Josef Kaiser T: +43-1-71133-2011 Vice-Rector for Artistic and Scientific Research and Quality Enhancement: Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Barbara Putz-Plecko T: +43-1-71133-2752 Vice-Rector for Infrastructure: Dipl.-Ing. Maria Zettler T: -43-71133-2020 Senate Chair: ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr. phil. Ruth Mateus-Berr T: +43-1-71133-2030 Vice-Chair: o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. rer. nat. Dr. techn. Georg Glaeser Administration Facility Management Dipl.-Ing. Maria Zettler, T: +43-1-71133-2020 Gender Issues and Internal Continuing Education Mag.phil. Maria Pimminger, T: +43-1-71133-2155 Information and Event Management Mag.phil. Anja Seipenbusch-Hufschmied, T: +43-1-71133-2160 Human Resources, Finance, and Legal Issues Dr.iur. Markus Nagel, T: +43-1-71133-2050 Press and Media Communication Mag.phil. Andrea Danmayr, T: +43-1-71133-2004 Organisational Units Ressource Planning und Controlling ADir Sabina Szatko (Head Resource Planning) T: +43-1-71133-2131 Min.-Rat Mag. Dr.rer.soc.oec. Johanna Schmidt (Head Controlling), T: +43-1-71133-2130 Support Art and Research Dr.phil. Alexander Damianisch, T: +43-1-71133-2787 Academic Affairs, University and Quality Enhancement Mag.art Bernhard Kernegger, T: +43-1-71133-2060 University Library HR Dr.phil. Gabriele Jurjevec-Koller (Head) T: +43-1-71133-2260 Teaching, Artistic Development, Research Institute of Architecture o.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Klaus Bollinger T: +43-1-71133-2331 Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich Univ.-Prof. Ruth Schnell (Vice-Chair) Institute of Design Univ.-Prof. Oliver Kartak, T: +43-1-71133-2411 Institute of Conservation and Restoration Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Gabriela Krist, T: +43-1-71133-4810 Institute of Arts and Society ao.Univ.-Prof.Arch. Mag arch. Anton Falkeis Institute of Art and Technology o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. rer. nat. Dr. techn. Georg Glaeser T: +43-1-71133-2380 118 — 119 Picture Credits Institute of Art Sciences and Art Education Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Barbara Putz-Plecko, T: +43-1-71133-2752 Picture Credits Open House: Poster, 2014, made by: Dasha Zaichenko und Sarah Podbelsek The Essence: Exhibition view 2014, Faksimile digital/kainz Show Angewandte: 2014, Faksimile digital/kainz Institute of Language Arts Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Ferdinand Schmatz, T: +43-1-71133-2240 Architectural Design 1: University of Applied Arts / Architectural Design 1 Architectural Design 2: University of Applied Arts / Architectural Design 2 Architectural Design 3: University of Applied Arts / Architectural Design 3 Gender Art Lab ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Mag.art. Marion Elias, T: +43-1-71133-2616 Art&Science: Václav Pelousek (»Basic Research in Translating Biological, Mechanical and Chemical Principles into Electronic Musical Instrument Language and Vice Versa«); Margit Busch, Mathias Kirchner, Bernd Kräftner, Hermine Mitter, Christian Müncher (»Metaphysics of Opportunity Costs«); Anita Peretti (»Artefakte«) Collection and Archive ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Patrick Werkner (Head), T: +43-1-71133-3250 Other University Organisations Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Marion Elias (Chair) T: +43-1-71133-2614 HUFAK – Students Union University of Applied Arts Edwina Sasse (Chair) T: +43-1-71133-2270 Kokodil (Child Care) »Parent-Run Children’s Group« Association at the Angewandte T: +43-1-71133-2155 Office of the Children’s University Prof. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Silke Vollenhofer, T: +43-1-71133-2790 »Stubenring 3«, Friends of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Association Mag.rer.soc.oec. Astrid Behrens T: +43-71133-3170 Angewandte Continuing Education GmbH Mag.phil. Sabine Hochrieser, T: +43-1-71133-2336 Stage and Film Design: Andrea Cozzi (»Die Zukunft ist auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal war«); Jakob Brossmann (»Schwanzertrakt«); Wiessbauer, Sramek, Kemp, Hägebarth, Jäger (»Dido und Aeneas«) cooperation with the Max Reinhardt Seminar, production photo, Otto Oswald Krause (»enclosed pleasure«); Diego Rojas Ortiz (»M.T. Filmstill”), photo: Diegoro Digital Art: photo: Annika Sophie Müller und Noah Rieser; Karl Salzmann (»Ignotorumori«), photo: Faksimile digital/kainz; Jan Perschy (»Flash Dress«), photo: Florian Gutzwiller; Patrícia Reis und Vasco Bila (»Odaliques#2«), photo: Tobias Pilz Photography: Exhibition view Pretty Raw 2014, photos: Jorit Aust Graphics and Printmaking: Simon Goritschnig (»Der Archivar 2«); Olga Georgieva (»Ausweitung der Vernunftzone«); Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed (»Untitled«); Linda Berger & Jeremias Altmann Landscape Art: Benedikt Meixl (»Non-Space?«); Francesca Aldegani (»Childwood«); Friedrich Engl (»Wien, 2055«) Painting: Stephanie Kaiser (»Zeichnung zu einer Arbeit«); Niclas Schöler (»Käfig«); Wolfgang Matuschek (»KLPP«) Painting and Animated Film: photos: Faksimile digital/kainz Sculptur and Space: Exhibition view Franz Part »Schule« and picture of the department: photo: Stefan Lux; Group Work: photo: Sculptur and Space TransArts: Sebastian Gärtner (»19 days (handbred quail«); Leander Schönweger (»The Creator Has a Master Plan«) and Ulli Kühn (»Parabellum«), photos: Faksimile digital/kainz; Eugen Wist (»Untitled«) Transmedia Art: Maja Iskra Vilotijevic (»Strange Fruits«); Barbis Ruder (»Wertschöpfungskette«), photo: eSeL.at; Laura Wolfsteiner (»Translation of a Room«) Applied Photography and Time-based Media: photo: Matthias Koslik Industrial Design 1: Johanna Riedl and Emanuel Gollob (»Luftmaschenhäkelmaschine«); Johanna Mossbauer (»Bekleidetes Sitzobjekt«); Ines Fritz (»Gloriole«) Industrial Design 2: photo: Daniel Riegler; Johanna Pichlbauer and Maya Pindeus, photo: Angewandte; photo: Alexandra Fruhstorfer; photo: Katharina Unger Graphic Design: Graphic Design Department (»What needs to be told«); Jana Frantal (»either/or/neither/nor«); Francesco Ciccolella (»POSTSNOWDENCARDS«); Christian Schlager (»Austrian Cultural Poster Generator«) 120 — 121 Imprint Bildnachweise Graphics and Advertising: University of Applied Arts Vienna / Graphics and Advertising Fashion: Backstage of Show Angewandte 14, photos: Christoph Liebentritt | photography Video Studio: Lisa Hofer, »Change In Time« Conservation and Restoration: University of Applied Arts Vienna / Conservation and Restoration Angewandte Brochure 2015, edition 3 University of Applied Arts Vienna Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Wien T: +43-1-71133 www.dieangewandte.at Art and Knowledge Transfer: University of Applied Arts / Art and Knowledge Transfer Social Design: Alessia Finckenstein & Masha Hupalo (»Rebirth of the Bathhouse«); Stephan Trimmel (»Urban«) Life Drawing: Josef Kaiser Archaeometry: photo: Weltmuseum Wien Conservation Sciences: University of Applied Arts Vienna / Conservation Sciences Book Art: Christoph Tamussino Person responsible for content Rector Gerald Bast Publisher University of Applied Arts Vienna Information and Event Management Mag.phil. Anja Seipenbusch-Hufschmied (Head) Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna T: +43-1-71133-2160, [email protected] www.dieangewandte.at Geometry: University of Applied Arts / Geometry (»Twigs«) Ceramics Studio: Jörg Altinger (»Körperzuckerl«) Wood Technology: Zhi Heng (»Gardaroba«) Metal Technology: University of Applied Arts / Metal Technology (Impression of the department) Editors Mag.phil. Elisabeth Falkensteiner in collaboration with the respective instituts and departments Translation Peter Blakeney, Christine Schöffler Technical Chemistry: University of Applied Arts / Technical Chemistry – Science Visualisation (mite) Textile Technology: Ute Huber-Leierer Graphic Concept and Design buero bauer www.buerobauer.com Design, Architecture and Environment for Art Education: Margarete Neundlinger (»Sonderbrillen«) Art and Communication Practices: (»Performance as Practice«), photos: Sei Feng, Jasmin Schaitl, Lei Feng; Anna-Pia Rauch (»Blue«) Textiles – Free, Applied and Experimental Art and Design: (»hallstattfarben«), photo: Peter Hoiß; (»The Giant Cloud«), photo: D. Aschwanden; PRINZGAU/podgorschek (»Transit für Karl Aspern. Karlsplatz versus Seestadt Aspern«) Gender Art Lab: University of Applied Arts Vienna / Gender Art Lab Language Arts: JENNY – Denken. Behaupten. Großtun. Issue 01/2013 and 02/2014, anthology of the Institute of Language Arts Collection and Archive: University of Applied Arts Vienna / Collection and Archive, Copyright: VBK Library: photo: Johanna Folkmann Vienna, April 2015 122 — 123
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