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© 2022 | Images: Nora Lengyel, Helen Davy, Zsuzsánna Rózsavölgyi | Design: Helen Davy

Master projects | winter semester 2021/22

Exam Live Broadcast

Art & Science Master’s Exam, Winter Semester 2021/22 | Live broadcast on Zoom

Join the live broadcast of the Art & Science Winter Semester 2021/22 Master’s Exam on Wednesday, 19 January 2022 from 9:30 to 11:30

https://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/69586261870
Meeting ID: 695 8626 1870

© Helen Emily Davy, 20219:30 - 10:00: Helen Davy
What Presence: Epistemology, Technology, and the Supernatural
2022, Installation
 
In a darkened room, a gaggle of expectant sitters arrange themselves, jostling for prime position in the inner circle. Last to be seated is a young woman who takes her pre-assigned place at the table left vacant. The murmurs die out, the sitters clasp each other's hands, preparing for a shared experience reliant on each other’s trust. The last gas-lamp fades to black, the young woman casts her eyes downward, shifts once, twice, and then opens her mouth and begins to speak in a voice not quite her own…

Tales of hauntings and apparitions beg the question - what happens at the edge of our understanding, that which we cannot logically explain?  Drawing from the histories of spiritualism and the pre and early cinematic image, What Presence contemplates how the supernatural and epistemological entwine and what truth or truths we may be able to conjure from the dark hubbub of the séance room.

© Nora Lengyel, 2021

10:00 - 10:30: Nora Lengyel
A Radical Technology of the Non-self
2022, VR Experience

The concept of an experimental VR serious game is presented, where participants can experience and learn new words related to well-being, supported by physical objects. The project is an attempt to support mental health in capitalism, therefore, the design of the experience is a response to the requirements collected during the research: Interrupt achievement society, Creating a space for profound boredom, Defining/creating “handles” in life, Exploring the good life, by creating a technology of the non-self to enhance the capacity for productive relationships between participants, with the inclusion of a radical technology of our times.

Èit - Gaelic (Scottish)
Placing quartz stones/crystals in streams (e.g., so that they shine/sparkle in the moonlight, thereby attracting salmon).


© Zsuzsanna Rózsavölgyi, 202110:45 - 11:30: Zsuzsánna Rózsavölgyi
BONE SOUP AND POPPY SEEDS 
Bone Modification in Professional Dance
2022, Performance

Dance can be art and science practice at the same time. Training the body to become a skilled professional dancer is a highly scientific practice: it involves anatomy and sports science. However, the outcome of all the training is performance art. The artistic outcome is more important than the scientific reality of the body. In the name of Art, many dancers suffer physically and psychologically. In the wake of cultural and social changes, people working in the professional dance field must realize that some traditional practices are not ethical anymore. Dancers are such disciplined individuals, but most often, we only see the surface of their existence. The performance "Bone Soup and Poppy Seeds" attempts to shed light on the toxic culture surrounding professional dance by scientifically proving an unhealthy lifestyle's damaging effect and showing real personal consequences.


All students supervised by Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich;
Supported by Martin Reinhart;

Commission
Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Margarete Jahrmann
Sen.Sc. Mag. Liddy Scheffknecht
Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Ernst Strouhal
VAss. Mag. art. Nita Tandon
Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich
 
 

Master projects | winter semester 2021/22
January 19, 2022, 9:30h
Location
Via Zoom, link in description