Dear all,

The TRANSART INSTITUTE offers Europe's first low-residency MFA
program. Students are free to pursue work in any media art-related
genre and to create their own course of study, working independently
and with the support of self-chosen faculty and artist mentors. Three
intensive residencies permit students to continue with their
professional life while participating in the program.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Students work intensively in 16-day residencies
each summer with guest faculty, artists, media practitioners, writers,
theorists and the entire school body on-site. Between residencies,
students work one-on-one off-site with faculty by correspondence and
with a self-chosen mentor in an exchange which includes a minimum of
three studio visits per semester.

PROGRAM GOALS: The purpose of this international program is to create
a space for artists of all disciplines to interact with a wide range
of art and media practitioners and visionaries. Students investigate
their work independently and transdisciplinarily in both a cultural
and studio context. Whatever genres students choose to work in, the
program is designed to: bring artistic content to new media; enrich
student's praxis; foster change; facilitate a connection between group
and personal work; provide the means for contextualizing work in the
wider world; and develop interaction strategies with audiences.

GENRES include: Animation, Cyber Art, Experimental Art, Film/Video,
Graphic Design, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary
Art, Performance Art, Photography, and Sound/Music.

MFA RESIDENCY: August 20 - September 5, 2004 in collaboration with Ars
Electronica (www.aec.at) and on location at University of Art and
Design Linz (www.ufg.ac.at)
ACCREDITATION: Cooperation with Donau University Krems
(www.donau-uni.ac) (July 16, 2004)
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUMMER 2004 APPLICATIONS: August 1, 2004

www.transartinstitute.org

Kind regards,
Dr. Klaus Knoll

Director, Transart Institute
+43 (699) 1077 2684 (mobile), +43 (1) 270 0023 (phone/fax)
Transart Institute Master of Fine Arts in New Media, Donau Universität
Krems, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500, Krems, Austria