Art & Technology | Master's programs in Moscow

399 000 ₽

Admissions

Details of admission

International Students Service +7 499 649-44-80

Personally: Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt 4, block 1 (main building), 1st floor

The key advantages of the program

ArtTECH ecosystem

Learning from the best Russian and international practicing teachers allows you to not only try current trends in digital art, but also get first-hand advice and insights. Course supervisors train the students to maximize their creative potential. By enrolling in the program, a student becomes a part of a creative community within which collaborations between teachers, students, scientists, researchers and inventors at MISIS University
are supported.

Project-based learning

A practice-oriented approach to learning allows students to gain knowledge through the development of their own projects, publicly presenting them at major venues in Moscow. Program curators combine the role of artistic director and support the educational process, guiding students and giving them the opportunity to become artists of a broad spectrum.

Modular learning

The goal of the program is to provide the maximum number of profile skills within each thematic intensive, therefore it is structured according to the principles of modular learning. Students study digital design and prototyping, computer vision, work with interactive spaces, CNC machines and 3D printers, industrial robots, visual programming environments and projection technologies. Sessions take the form of exhibitions and the defense of the diploma takes the form of their own creative project.

Infrastructure for creativity

Among the partners of the program are LABORATORIA Art&Science Space and the FabLab workshop at MISIS University, which was opened as part of a joint project with MIT. FabLab has the necessary set of digital equipment to work on projects of any complexity and use a variety of materials. Among the current areas of research are the study of hybrid and elastic media, mixed reality, and the use of metamaterials, bio- and robot technologies in projects.

Program activities

Students of the Art & Technology master’s program took part in the ArtTech Hybrid exhibition in the main building of the university, participate in Russian and international exhibitions in: the Museum of Impressionism, the GROUND Solyanka Gallery, Moscow Conservatory Centre for Electroacoustic Music, the Multimedia Art Museum. They also perform audio-visual performances in the Come-In creative space, Axiom Bar and Powerhouse. As part of inter-institutional cooperation, the Art & Technology master’s program cooperates with the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, the United Exhibition Halls of Moscow, the Polytechnic Museum, the National Research University Higher School of Economics, ITMO University, and FEFU.

Key Disciplines

disciplines at the intersection of art and technology

Interactive Environment Programming (touchdesigner)

Dynamic Lighting

Neural Networks in Art

VR and AR

Analog and Digital Sound

Robotics and Kinetic Objects

Digital Prototyping

Data Visualization in Art Practices

Development Methods in VVVV

Science Art (BioArt)

Technological Integrations

Curatorial Activities

Art Management (self-presentation, CV creation)

Hybrid Art Spaces (Unity)

Theoretical units:

History and Aesthetics of Media and Technological Art

Theory of Contemporary Visuality

Sustainable Creative Practices

Teachers

Alexey Shulgin

Artist, curator, one of the pioneers of media art in Russia

Member of Electroboutique group, curator of Krasnokholmskaya gallery, honorary doctor of Gothenburg University. Participant in a large number of Russian and international exhibitions and festivals.

Yanina Prudenko

Candidate of Physical Sciences, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies

Curator of the Open Archive of Ukrainian Media Art, lecturer at the Rodchenko Art School, winner of the Innovation-2021 award, eco-activist, co-author of the Art Footprint Manifesto and co-organizer of the Art Footprint Conference. Author of the books “Cybernetics in Humanities and Arts in the USSR. Big Data Analysis and Computer Art” (Publishing Program of the Museum of Modern Art “Garage” and “Ukrainian Light-Music”).

Ilya Derzaev

Media artist, developer of interactive solutions in TouchDesigner and Ventuz, professor, digital producer

Head of the development department at Akademia. Creator of generative art projection of Cyber-Pushkin performance at the Stanislavsky Electrotheater. Teacher of the TouchDesigner author’s course of interactive programming at Contented, PROUN Gallery and Electromuseum. From 2000 to 2017, motion designer at Ren-TV, RBC-TV, Channel One.

Ildar Yakubov

Media artist and curator

A graduate of the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia and the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design. Worked at MIT Media Lab and the University of New Mexico. Conducted workshops at UNM, Bronx Academy for Software Engineering and University of Nevada, Reno. Participant in a large number of Russian and international exhibitions and festivals.

Vadim Epstein

Media artist, theorist and practitioner, leading Russian VJ

Has been working in the field of art since 1996. Collaborated with major brands, curated festivals and exhibitions. Exhibited in Montreal, Vancouver, Stuttgart, Paris, Glasgow, and others. Founder and creative director of the studio in[visible].

Ellina Halapana

Artist, developer, curator, professor

Winner of the GARAGE museum hackathon. Participant of exhibitions in Multimedia Art Museum, HPP-2, SMENA, New Wing of Gogol’s House, Electromuseum supported by Ars Electronica Festival, Digital Art Biennale and others.

Evgeniy Sergeyevich Lukuta

Interdisciplinary artist, designer, senior lecturer at the Department of Computer Aided Design

Master’s degree in Digital Art from FEFU, graduate of VSCA in curating in digital space, author of video installations in theaters, participant of exhibitions, media festivals and virtual residencies. Winner of “Pixels Fest”, winner of re:Store digital art in the Unlock AR+ PRO category.

elukuta@misis.ru

Ippolit Markelov

Artist, PhD in Biological Sciences

Founder of Science Art group “18 apples” and participant of Posthuman Studies Lab. Exhibited in Russia and abroad: Ars Electronica (Austria), SymbioticA (Australia), GOSH (China), Ural Industrial Biennale, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Winner of the grant program “Art and Technology” of the Garage Museum of Modern Art.

Kira Weinstein

Composer, sound designer, sound engineer, lyrics writer, musician, media artist, journalist

Creator of sound design for performances, author of many podcasts. Participant of the art project “Planned Accidents”, the first international biennale “Art of the Future” at MAMM. Creator of the musical group Kira Lao.

Andrei Smirnov

Researcher at the Moscow Conservatory Centre for Electroacoustic Music, head of the Sound Laboratory and professor at the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, founder of the Termen Center.

Student opportunities and employment

As part of the program, students participate in organizing in-session exhibitions, public lectures and discussions, hackathons and master classes. Graduates find themselves in different creative and business fields and become heads of R&D departments, designers of interactive exhibition spaces, media curators and producers or architects of virtual spaces.

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