3rd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
on Media Art and Culture

Art, Technology, Cultural Heritage

Contigliano-Rome, July 9-21 2012

This edition will be more open and connected then ever, Mediars will be working on the project:

Bridging Media, The Colosseum as Media for Interactive Storytelling

This year motto: ”festina lente”
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente

Number of participants is limited

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

In the castle of this breathtaking, medieval town in the heart of Italy, come to study and experiment how to merge innovative interactive technology with history and culture.

The workshop provides conceptual background and technical skills to develop interactive installations for arts, museums, facade projections and cultural exhibits. Previous works done by MEDIARS members will provide examples of the work process.

THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

It is a 2-week full-time course on visual arts, media theory and technology in their relation to the place. The workshop is designed for students and professionals, scholars and artists from cinema, graphic design, architecture, web designers, media arts and technical fields.

Classes are in English with a high quality tutoring, they are thought for the students to produce at the end of the training, an interactive multimedia art work that will be exhibited in the medieval town. Moreover, this experience abroad has already established an ongoing and growing dialogue between international artists.

This workshop is organized by the non-profit association MEDIARS (Centro Sperimentale di Media Interattivi per l’Arte e lo Spettacolo www.mediars.eu ) in collaboration with the local municipality and invites international faculties and scholars from the University of Southern California, University of Florence, University of California Los Angeles, University of Sabine (Rieti) and University of Rome. With regard to the final work the students will use the technology owned by the Center, and they are free to bring theirs as well. The teachers would support and work as facilitators for the students to get the collective projects done.

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THE TOWN

Contigliano is an undiscovered medieval citadel in the center of Italy, in the province of Rieti surrounded by nature, one hour from Rome.

TOURS

Together with our tour guides we are setting up very special tours related to the topic of the project in Rome and surroundings that include most famous historical and contemporary sites as well as out of the main route places. The goal is to visit the most stimulating places to the participants so to come back with the full cultural and intellectual experience.

PROJECT

This year the work process involves creating and extending an interactive experience, for smartphone and table-pc for the Colosseum area. This year we’ll be spending time at the Colosseum to survey and test, in a TV studio to shoot scenes, in “our castle” to attend lectures and work on the project.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

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• 2-week workshop in Italy plus cultural activities
• No previous Italian language required
• Program fee includes: tuition, housing, meals, excursions and cultural activities, trips to Rome. While the airfare is not included, information about convenient airfare can be provided upon request.
• Open to students, professionals and any scholar interested in the interdisciplinary field of technology and culture
• The Workshop includes lectures and lab hours
• the MEDIARS staff and Director organize cultural activities and housing accommodations and are available 24/7 in case of emergencies.

We expect the international participants to arrive on the July 9th and leave July 21st from FCO Leonardo da Vinci International airport.

We plan a transportation from Contigliano to Rome airport. If you’re planning to arrive by train, you can use Rieti or Contigliano train station.

If you are planning different dates or if you would like to stay longer in town we may accommodate that, the cost difference is minimum. Also on past years we helped other participants to find accommodation for a longer stay in Rieti and Rome.
Let us know your travel schedule as soon as it’s ready

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Intensive program with lectures in the mornings and lab work in the afternoons plus cultural activities

Cost: US $1,850 Number of participants is limited

for who’s interested: only the tuition fee is US$525 (400 euros)
Ask for the application package at info@mediars.eu

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COSTS

• Housing
• Tuition & fees
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Overseas Insurance
• Transfer from and to Rome airport
• Transportation for tours
• Cultural Activities, town visits, and monuments
• Tourist Guides for the excursions
• Guided tour in Rome
• Phone card to call home if requested.
• Studio Equipment and Software, material for the exhibit

IMPORTANT: the students need to bring their own laptop to develop individual projects

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED

The flight ticket is not included in the cost. But a convenient round trip airfare can be provided in an early stage through a local travel agency, upon request.

SCHOLARSHIPS

A limited amount of partial student scholarships are available from MEDIARS

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

MEDIARS can help arranging optional visits to museum and monuments, can help planning trips to Italy or Europe before and after the workshop. Through local tour guides, MEDIARS can help on planning also guided private tours in surrounding areas for wine and oil tasting, natural spa, trekking and natural excursions.

IMPORTANT Any student contemplating studying abroad should apply for a passport immediately. (For US citizens that are planning to stay less then 3 months no visa is required). Participants from China need to apply for visa at the Italian Consulate.

For further information or request an application package please contact the center.

CONTACT:
Alessandro Marianantoni
Program Director
alex@mediars.eu
Centro Sperimentale MEDIARS