Syndicate: Electronic Art Course in Spain

[angelot@mail.sendanet.es (Claudia Giannetti)]

ELECTRONIC ART IN SPAIN
Launching of the new degree course - 1998-99 Academic Year

ELECTRONIC ART AND DIGITAL DESIGN

The SCHOOL OF DESIGN ESDI located in Sabadell-Barcelona has created a new
degree course, which is a pioneering and really innovative proposal in
Catalonia and the whole of Spain: ELECTRONIC ART AND DIGITAL DESIGN.

Whereas Electronic Art has been taught at degree level for over a decade in
several countries of Europe and in the United States, in Spain there are
still no universities that offer degrees in this subject.

The new degree that ESDI will offer as of September this year will be
directed by the specialist in Media Art, Claudia Giannetti, and is a
fundamental step for higher education in Catalonia and Spain. It is also a
commitment to the future, insofar as it will promote cultural, aesthetic
and technical education in the field of present-day art and design, in
accordance with the new tendencies of the world of contemporary art in the
digital era.

Objectives of the degree in Electronic Art and Digital Design

The multiplicity of media, systems, instruments, formats and artistic modes
requires new knowledge and innovative creative potential. ESDI offers a
solid training that promotes the development of creativity and of artistic
language, together with a wide knowledge and practical and technical
mastery of the new digital tools.

It will teach degree courses in three main areas:
- Audiovisual arts: video art, computer graphics, 2D and 3D
computer-assisted animation, etc.
- Interactive art: hipermedia (CD-I, CD-ROM, etc.), interactive facilities,
virtual reality systems, etc.
- Network design and art: Web Art, projects in the Internet and via
satellite, 3D telematic works, etc.


Duration of the courses and qualifications awarded

1st cycle: three academic years - Diploma in Electronic Art and Digital Design
2nd cycle: one academic year, plus final thesis (one semester) -
Degree in Electronic Art
Degree in Digital Design

What is ESDI

The SCHOOL OF DESIGN ESDI was created in 1989 through a combined initiative
of the industrial, educational and institutional world. Three years later
an association agreement was signed with the Ramon Llull University (URL),
the first private university in Spain. By means of this agreement, the
students of ESDI obtain the degree qualification awarded by URL.

ESDI is located in Sabadell, a town that forms part of the greater
Barcelona. It is  25 minutes from Plaça Catalunya (centre of Barcelona) by
car  and 30 minutes by train or metro.

Facilities and services

ESDI is located in an old textile factory that won the Bonaplata
Restoration Prize in 1991 for the  rehabilitation scheme. ESDI has a floor
area of 10,000 sqm on four floors. The spacious and modern facilities of
the School and the policy of teaching in small groups allow the classes and
workshops to be conducted comfortably and effectively. There are 16
classrooms of 90-140 sqm, five workshops of 200 sqm and a workshop of 900
sqm for large constructions; laboratories; a photographic set; four
computer classrooms covering 400 sqm equipped with PCs, Macs and
workstations connected to the Internet and a wide range of peripherals
(plotters, scanners, digitisers, printers, etc.); a library; and sundry
services (graphic material shop, copy service, bar, etc.).

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS OF ESDI

The School of Design also awards the Degree in Design through the Ramon
Llull University in the following specialisations:

- GRAPHIC DESIGN
- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
- TEXTILE AND FASHION DESIGN

For further information, contact
Press:  Tel: 34 - 3 - 726 33 69
Fax: 34-3 - 726 81 83
e-mail: prensa@esdi.es

Adress
Marquès de Comillas, 79-83
08202 SABADELL (Barcelona)
Tel: 34-3 - 727 48 19
Fax: 34-3 - 727 42 49







Claudia Giannetti
e-mail: angelot@mail.sendanet.es

Dir.: Plaza Mercadal, 39-40 1º 1ª
      08030 Barcelona

L'Angelot: Correu Vell, 10 bxs 3
           08002 Barcelona
           Tel/Fax: (9)3 - 3450525