santralistanbul presents Design Oriented Community Summer Courses

Animation and
Interactive Projection
July 12-16, 2010

Generative Design,
A Dynamic Collection
July 19-23, 2010

Beyond the Facade
July 26-30, 2010

Data Visualization
August 02-06, 2010

Media and Architecture
August 09-13, 2010

http://www.dotdoclab.org/

Founded in 1821, ECAL (formerly the Cantonal School of Drawing, and later the School of Fine and Applied Arts) is affiliated with the Department of Education and Youth (DFJ) of the Canton of Vaud through the General Direction of Higher Education (DGES). In the last twelve years, ECAL, has been a success story in art and design. Last year ECAL contributed to santralistanbul‘s “Uncharted: User Frames in Media Arts” exhibition. To observe how their works benefit from the aesthetic potential of the interplay between design, photography and new media was impressive.

Ars Electronica

It’s part of Ars Electronica’s nature to constantly seek out what’s new. In going about this, however, attention is never on art, on technology or on society singly while excluding the other two. Instead, the focus is always on complex changes and interrelationships at the nexus of all three. For three decades now, Ars Electronica has been living out this curiosity, a sense of inquisitiveness that is constantly manifesting itself in new and unexpected ways – as speculative futuristic scenarios or provocative actionism, philosophical debates or analytical scrutiny of current developments. At all times, Ars Electronica defines its artistic-scientific mission as working together with the public as well as working to educate the public. Regardless of periodic changes in content and inevitable structural updates, the fundamental orientation remains the same – the focus is constantly on the issues of critical importance to our society.

santralistanbul

santralistanbul is a transformation project of the first power plant built in İstanbul during the Ottoman Period, namely the Silahtarağa Power Plant. Situated at the upper end of Haliç (The Golden Horn), it is a unique industrial heritage site. Since its foundation, combining education, research, production and exhibition facilities in the field of art and cultural studies, santralistanbul hosts and perfectly houses exhibitions and festivals.

http://www.santralistanbul.org

.doc:LAB will kick off with five consequent weekly courses beginning on the 12th of July, 2010 and will provide opportunities to students to attend five courses for 15 ECTS. Each module may be attended separately for 3 ECTS credits each and all the modules will be thought in English. There will be a jury presentation for the evaluation after every week, a jury consisting of academic and creative staff from various universities across Europe, will perform the evaluation.

http://www.dotdoclab.org