Art And Emerging Technologies

TheArt And Emerging Technologies program from University of Westminsterexplores experimental applications of creative technologies in art practice, the development of advanced digital skills, and their impact on society, culture, and the environment.The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

You’ll be encouraged to consider technologies as an integral part of the creative process, embarking on a journey of exploration and seeking out innovative directions to expand and enrich your practice. This might include collaborating with technology, harnessing the potential of human-computer interactions, crafting narratives through transmedia techniques, fostering audience engagement and participatory cultures, creating interactive objects, and constructing and transforming physical and digital spaces.

This Art And Emerging Technologies program from University of Westminster is part of a suite of MA art courses which include the Expanded Photography MA and the Global Contemporary Art MA. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Key facts

• You’ll tailor your learning through a set of shared optional modules that address contemporary challenges, advanced digital approaches, and specialised professional contexts.

• You’ll also undertake the year-long Professional Practice module, which aims to support your progression beyond graduation, and the Masters Project module with students from the other MA art courses, thus benefiting from collaborative opportunities and cross-disciplinary learning.

Careers

• This course will equip you with a wide range of skills suited to employment in the Digital and Creative Industries or Cultural sectors.

• Through the pool of options, you’ll be able to tailor your expertise to prepare you for a diverse range of related careers in the arts and creative industries. These might include careers as independent creative artists, creative technologists and entrepreneurs.

• You’ll also be equipped for roles which involve curation in museums and galleries, arts management, policy-making and advocacy within the cultural.

• Graduates will be well-prepared to work across creative, scientific and technological industries, pursue further academic study or teach at secondary, further and higher education levels.

Job Roles

The range of potential careers is very broad depending upon your area of practice, but this course will prepare you for potential roles in a range of present and future industries within the creative industries, policy, public and third sectors and education, including:

• Arts administration and advocacy

• Audio and video production

• Collection management and archives

• Creative computing

• Digital art and installation

• Digital arts practice

• Digital curation

• Education, academia and research

• Exhibition curation and production

• Experimental film

• Immersive filmmaking

• Independent arts practice

• Interactive and immersive storytelling

Courses include:

• Ecologies and Technologies

• Emerging Media Realties

• MA Arts – Professional Practice in The Creative Industries

• Curatorial and Social Practices

• Future Archives

• Global Arts and Sustainable Futures

• Image Futures

• Interactive Art and Storytelling

• Virtual Photography