AALTO ARTS SUMMER SCHOOL 2024 "EXPLORING DIGITAL FRONTIERS"

(Seminars, Webinar, Exhibitions, Frontal teaching, Workshop, Trips and excursions)

  • Language: ENGLISH
  • Campus: SPAZIO ESTERNO AL POLIMI, AULA VIRTUALE
  • Enrollment: 29-02-2024to hour 12:00 on
    02-04-2024
  • Subject area: Soft skill, personal and career development|Tools|Tech and society
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Teacher in charge
CIANCIA MARIANA
Credits
6
Hours to attend
60
Prerequisites

To be enrolled in the BSc or MSc in Communication Design, MSc in Digital and Interaction Design, MSc in Product Service System Design

Max. number of students
5
Selection Criteria
Letter of Motivation, CV, Portfolio (All submitted materials should be submitted in PDF format- Max 5 mb)
Topics:
COMMUNICATION DESIGN, Digital Creativity, digital design
Tag
Interaction design, Communication design, Service design

Description of the initiative

Bringing together design scholars and students from around the world, the Aalto ARTS Summer School 2024 "EXPLORING DIGITAL FRONTIERS" will be held by Aalto University, in Espoo (Helsinki), Finland, from August 18-30 2024.
The Summer School on the Theme of Water with an Artistic Approach: Exploring the Digital Frontier In the immersive landscape of the digital frontier, aims to harness the power of art and technology to address water-related societal challenges. Focused on interdisciplinary collaboration, the program will explore water issues through the lenses of Data Visualisation, Game Design, Film, and AR-VR Mixed-Reality, all integrated with AI.
Learning outcomes will be distributed across two weeks of workshops, lectures, and labs, and will bring students to: 
  1. Holistic Understanding: Participants will gain a holistic perspective on water issues, merging scientific knowledge with artistic expression;
  2. Creative Solutions and expression: The interdisciplinary approach will encourage innovative solutions and artistic expression to water-related challenges;
  3. Advocacy Through Art: Artistic creations will serve as powerful tools for advocacy, sparking conversations and driving societal change.

Duration

dal June 2024 a August 2024

Calendar

Pre-course activities
11.6.2024................Online water symposium
12.6.-14.8.2024.......Pre-course assignment (online)

Summer school
18.8.............................Kick-off:Registration and get-together
19.8.-30.8...................Workshop at Aalto University campus
24.8-25.8...........................Nuuksio social programme
30.8............................Exhibition and closing

After-course assignment
Finishing online material for wider audience

Note

The workshop has a fee of 200 €. Accommodation in Helsinki city Center is provided and covered by Aalto University. Selected students should cover the living costs and the flight tickets. For further questions please contact me at mariana.ciancia@polimi.it or rele@polimi.it

Selected students will need to activate insurance coverage by filling out the "no-cost mission request" from the online personal services page (details will be provided by the professor).

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