Summary
- Duration
- Full Time: 1 year
Part Time: 2 years
- Fees
- Full Time: £4,500
Part Time: £2,250
Full TIme (International): £10,300 per year
For information on fees please contact BIAD Admissions: Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5150. Email: biad.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Overview
If you have a background in art, music, dance or performance arts and are interested in developing your work through digital technology then this is the course for you.
Based at the Visualisation Research Unit (VRU) at Margaret Street, there is unique opportunity for you to work with new technologies like motion capture, HD video, sensor-based sonics, MIDI systems and distributed computing. The course also draws on the expertise and facilities from the Birmingham Conservatoire, where you are able to develop the quality and diversity of your work through the exploration of sound. You’ll benefit from working alongside students from a variety of arts backgrounds, and together will look at experimentation and practice in art, music, dance and other emerging practices through a technological perspective.
Art-Based Masters Brochure
Course Outline
Course Structure
Throughout the programme you will be involved in the development of interactive environments and time-based applications of technology for performance/installation. The emphasis is on producing live experiences through applying digital technologies.
The early part of the programme focuses on developing collaborative projects that enhance and expand your technological skills as well as identifying training needs. The middle section of the programme experiments with different applications of technology in the arts, ranging from improvisation to installation practices, from the concert hall to the art gallery or dance studio. As a final project, you are able to work on a specific idea in the context of your choice, combining your understanding of technology with your expressive ideas through performance.
Shared Option Modules (15 credits)
Term 1:
Advanced Practice
Art in the Public Realm
Arts Policy and Cultural Planning
Discourses in Art and Design
Perspectives on Art as a Global Human Experience
Subjectivity, Arts and Culture
Term 2:
Art and New Media
Models and Methods of Curatorial Practice
Mythologies of Madness
Photography as Research
Project Planning
Queer Strategies in Practice
Small Arts Business Set Up
Unconscious to Conscious Theories
After your studies
Further Studies
For further information on courses Tel: +44(0)121 331 5595 or go direct to the courses section of the website.
Employment Opportunities
The MA and the VRU are strongly oriented to research in digital technologies and performance, and students will be encouraged to see this as a career option. In addition, it is expected that most students will seek to practice, either directly through performance and exhibition, or indirectly through work in digital media for clients in industry.
Entry Requirements & Applications
Entry Requirements
Either a first degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent qualifications or experience.
Application Details
Please apply direct to BIAD Admissions. For more information, or an application form, please contact the Admissions Office. Tel: 0121 331 5150. Email: biad.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Enquiries
For information on the course or to discuss your application please contact Professor Gregory Sporton (MA Digital Arts in Performance Course Director) directly:
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5970
Email: Gregory.sporton@bcu.ac.uk
Fees Notes
For information on fees please contact the Admissions Office directly. Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5800 Email: biad.admissions@bcu.ac.uk