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Achieving advanced proficiency in all aspects of media art

Students learn media expression from an artistic point of view. In recent years media art has continued to diversify beyond movies and film, and has rapidly entered the digital era. Media art is a new form of art expression, accomplished by combination of technology and art. Pursuing the potential for personal expression in media arts, students will gain familiarity with the most advanced techniques to fully express new ideas.

Department profile (May 2009):

Total undergraduate students: 118
(M: 40; F: 78)

Overseas undergrad students: 2

Fulltime faculty: 4
Part-time lecturers: 15

Faculty:

AIUCHI Keiji
INA Shinsuke
HIRANO Saburo
NISHI, Koichi

Profiles in Japanese here

Studios:

Students work in self-study rooms equipped with up-to-date VTR and computer editing facilities including IntelliStation, Mac G4, and Sony VAIO equipment. Premier non-linear editing facilities are also available. The Media Art lab is a multi-purpose experimental studio for image performance and installation, with walls that can be used as screens for projection of images.

Curriculum
1st year: Achieving basic techniques of CG by sketching and 3D figurative art. Changing views of media by producing, for example, non-story-based videos.
Introduction to media art, sketching 1 & 2, 3D composition 1 & 2, basic media art, basic graphic design, basic CG practice 1 & 2, handcraft

2nd year: Various media techniques, such as motion graphics and sound production. Lectures in major areas such as theory of media art.
Theory of sound design, graphic design, sound design 1, media art practice 1 & 2, media expression practice 1 & 2, 3D CG 1 & 2

3rd year: Planning and producing own works, and in working groups, for presentation outside the university.
Media art, media art practice 3 & 4, sound design 2, general project, general project practice

4th year: Enhancement of specialities through attending exhibitions, and guidance from faculty members; graduation project.
Media art practice 5, media expression practice 5, general media art research, graduation production.