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1 MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN EDUCATION Challenges for the 21 st century OCAD 02-11-08 Design | Media Arts This is a PIPE Not a slash!

2 3 faculty / no dedicated space / no staff How to Morph into Design | Media Arts Introduce Theory | Technology | Interdisciplinarity in 7 years or lessDesign | Media Arts Challenge & year 2000 UCLA department of Design

3 1. DYNAMIC STREAMING CULTURE PROGRAM 2. RECRUIT FACULTY TO EXPAND PROGRAM 3. EXTEND TO THE REST OF THE CAMPUS 4. EXTEND TO THE ENTIRE UC SYSTEM 5. ADJUNCT FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 6. OUTREACH PROGRAMS STRATEGY for changing culture in the educational environment

4 STREAMING CULTURE Establish a space and easy – plug and play video streaming and archiving – Experimental Digital Arts Space: EDAEDA Create a culture of information exchange by inviting students, faculty to lecture, in addition to invited speakers Promote lectures internationally

5 UC Digital Arts Research Network UC DARnetDARnet Connect to faculty around the UC system – share resources Develop programs for faculty and students to share and exchange ideas and move locations Experiment with online shared courses, ie. with Jill Scott and the Bauhaus university.

6 UC DARNET event Networks to Nanosystems, November 11, 2001

7 Nurture Communication Across Disciplines & Cultures

8 Create retreats with minimal agenda – have fun while working!

9 FACULTY Diversity Erkki Huhtamo – history Robert Israel – theater Henri Lucas – activist design Christian Moeller -- architecture Jennifer Steinkamp – gallery Casey Reas – coding Rebeca Mendez – design Vasa – fundamentals Incoming – game design Incoming -- theory

10 International Adjunct FACULTY annual week-long visits Sara Diamond – Canada, Banff, OCAD Roy Ascott – UK, Planetary Collegium International PhD program Joachim Sauter – Germany Machiko Kusahara -- Japan

11 OUTREACH Community – Arts Bridge program – students teach art & design in local high schoolsArts Bridge High school D|MA summer institutes – graduate students create curriculum and teach / undergraduates act as teaching assistantsD|MA Katrina project – undergraduate class dedicated to a cause / graduate student leads research together with faculty

12 KATRINA project

13 Why should artists, designers and scientists work together and why is it important in education in the 21 st century?

14 Technologies: From Wow to ? DDT cured malaria Pesticides improved crop yields Refrigerants made houses cool Asbestos improved insulation Endangered birds Toxic to animals Lead to ozone hole Liability expenses

15 Humanity’s Top Ten Problems for next 50 years 1.ENERGY 2.WATER 3.FOOD 4.ENVIRONMENT 5.POVERTY 6.WAR 7.DISEASE 8.EDUCATION 9.DEMOCRACY 10. POPULATION 2003 6.5 Billion People 2050 8-10 Billion People

16 2 Billion Poor – No Electricity 2 Billion Poor – Biomass Heating

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18 Art | Science center UCLA mirror locations Califonia Nanosystems Institute CNSI Broad Arts Center

19 MISSION OF THE ART | SCI CENTER To pursue, facilitate and promote research and programs that demonstrate the potential of media arts and science collaborations. Media artists and scientists from the home campus, UCLA, from the UC system, the national and international communities will approach the center's intention to address ethical, social and environmental issues of contemporary scientific innovations and artistic projects that respond to cutting-edge inventions and research. artsci.ucla.edu


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