Roswitha Schuller

VISUAL CASE STUDIES 1 – MUSICAL Objective: Further development of one's own artistic practice using newly developed methods of analysis and research. Students create visual vignettes: analogue and digital ‘microformats’ such as sketches and scribbles, short moving images, bits & pixels, memes, GIFs, stories, audios. The course focuses on our approach to visuality, a multi-perspective examination of the visual. Whose… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Roswitha Schuller

VISUAL CASE STUDIES 2 – MUSICAL Objective: Further development of one's own artistic practice using newly developed methods of analysis and research. Students create visual vignettes: analogue and digital ‘microformats’ such as sketches and scribbles, short moving images, bits & pixels, memes, GIFs, stories, audios. The course focuses on our approach to visuality, a multi-perspective examination of the visual. Whose… 2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Michelle Kasprzak

In this course, we will look at the foundations of digital art and the strategies employed in its creation, dissemination, and presentation. The class will primarily be comprised of lectures, in-class discussions and assignments, and (possible) excursions. Readings will be provided and a full list will be presented on the first day of class. Some preparation before the first class… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Wolfgang Obermair

The course offers a technical and conceptual introduction to working with media such as video, light, and projection, making use of the department’s equipment. It is primarily aimed at students in the lower semesters of Transmedia Art. Through practical hands-on exercises and DIY approaches, students gain fundamental access to experimental work with media. In addition, engaging with different working techniques,… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Wolfgang Obermair

The course builds upon Visualisierungsstrategien I and is primarily aimed at the lower semesters of students of Transmedia Art. It is intended as a consolidation to work with technical media such as video, light or projection, but also to experimental techniques of visual work. In dealing with working techniques, visualization and work processes of other artists, procedures are to be… 2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Eva Maria Kitting

Diese Lehrveranstaltung bietet eine umfassende Einführung in Visualisierungstechniken für Gestaltende mit einem klaren Schwerpunkt auf der Anwendung der Rendering-Software KeyShot. Ziel ist es, praxisnahe Kompetenzen zu vermitteln, mit denen Designkonzepte überzeugend visualisiert werden können. Im Verlauf des Kurses werden sowohl grundlegende als auch fortgeschrittene Funktionen von KeyShot vermittelt. Dazu gehören der gezielte Einsatz von Materialien und Texturen, das realitätsnahe Beleuchten… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Gerald Grestenberger

"An utterance in space (the text to be written)"a structural look onto its creation and realization The purpose of the course is to support the realization of selectd artworks of students of Transmedia Art as self-empowerd entities within a show, in the tension field of a collective context of a group exhibition The focus is on deepening and communicating one’s… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Gerald Grestenberger

"An utterance in space (the text to be written)" a structural look onto its creation and realization The purpose of the course is to support the realization of selectd artworks of students of Transmedia Art as self-empowerd entities within a show, in the tension field of a collective context of a group exhibition The focus is on deepening and communicating… 2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Roman Spieß

Die  Lehrveranstaltung vermittelt unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen an die figurative Formfindung und deren Umsetzung in keramische Plastiken.Im Zentrum steht das plastische Arbeiten mit Ton - mit  besonderen Augenmerk auf Proportion, Ausdruck und Präsenz der Form. 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Judith Pichlmüller

The examination of moved images and the practical application of the media video as an artistic expression are central aspects of the course. Examples of contemporary video works in the visual arts are shown and own artistic themes are found. The interplay of video and other artistic media will be discussed and implemented. The main aspects of this seminar are… 2025W/2026S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Sofia Bempeza

This teaching format supports the planning of the (three or four-semester) master's program. If a fourth semester is planned, there will be a consultation and/or written agreement regarding the individual focus for the fourth semester. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 1.0 ECTS

Ebba Fransén Waldhör

Dieses Lehrformat unterstützt die Planung des viersemestrigen Masterstudiums und sieht eine Absprache bzw. schriftliche Vereinbarung hinsichtlich der individuellen Schwerpunktsetzung im 4. Studiensemester vor.     2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 1.0 ECTS

Christoph Kaltenbrunner

!!! DIESE LEHRVERANSTALTUNG IST FÜR STUDIERENDE DES 4-SEMESTRIGEN MASTERSTUDIUMS VERPFLICHTEND UND MUSS SOFORT ZU BEGINN DES MASTERSTUDIUMS ABSOLVIERT WERDEN !!! --- Die VORSCHAU & KONZEPTION soll den persönlichen Lernweg sowie dessen rückblickende und vorausschauende Reflexion deutlich machen und den Bezug zu den individuellen Erweiterungen im 4-semestrigen Masterstudium klar erkennen lassen. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 1.0 ECTS

Annette Krauss

Dieses Lehrformat unterstützt die Planung des (drei oder viersemestrigen) Masterstudiums. Falls ein 4. Semester anvisiert wird, gibt es eine Absprache bzw. schriftliche Vereinbarung hinsichtlich der individuellen Schwerpunktsetzung im 4. Studiensemester. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 1.0 ECTS

Jan Völker

What does it mean to think materialistically? One might assume that those who think materialistically reckon with the smallest unit of measurement, which is supposed to form the material basis of our thoughts and actions. One might think that those who think materialistically look at the material prerequisites and trace social issues, politics, and art back to these. But is… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Jan Völker

The question is not to be answered, but rather to form the focus of the discussion: as a philosophical question whose expression is uncertain. The question of what art is is not asked everywhere and at all times. The lectures explores several forms of expression of the question in order to show that they are intertwined. Their interconnection gives rise,… 2026S, Lecture, 2.0 ECTS

Jakob Schillinger

Kritikalität bestimmt den Diskurs der Gegenwartskunst. Ob eine bestimmte künstlerische Praxis kritisch genug ist, ob Institutionskritik bereits akademisiert und vereinnahmt worden ist oder ob sie als Infrastrukturkritik erneuert werden sollte, welche kritischen Strategien heute überhaupt noch Erfolg versprechen … – die Fragen, die die Kunstwelt beschäftigen, kreisen um die Figur einer kritischen Kunst. Man könnte sagen, die Unterscheidung kritisch/nicht-kritisch funktioniert… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Christophe Charon

WORKSHOP:"WAYS OF SEEING (Fashion)" (WORKING TITLE: Editing Researched Images) "Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, phptographic, visual, audible or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condenastion, organisation and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, considtent, accurate and… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Andrea Klaura

This course will introduce you to modern web development basics in a playful approach by (re)creating simple web-based game prototypes. Throughout this course you will develop your own skills to develop websites and simple games that can be run in (almost) any web browser and be integrated into (almost) any web page. Course Webpage: https://tantemalkah.at/web-coding (Note: This course was formerly… 2025W, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Naemi Luckner

Das Ziel dieser Lehrveranstaltung ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit gängigen Technologien die die Basis zur Konzipierung und praktischen Umsetzung von Webseiten darstellen. Es werden HTML und CSS Konzepte vorgestellt und anhand von praktischen Beispielen erlernt. Ziel ist die Vermittlung von Basiswissen, um vertiefendes Selbststudium zu ermöglichen. Für diese Lehrveranstaltung sind keine Vorkenntnisse notwendig.Es gibt keine Vorbesprechung! Die Lehrveranstaltung wird in 6… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Naemi Luckner

Basierend auf Vorwissen von HTML und CSS, werden noch weitere HTML/CSS Themen erklärt und angewandt (zB forms). Zusätzlich beschäftigen wir uns mit JavaScript und jQuery (einer JavaScript library), um unsere Websites interaktiver gestalten zu können und Bootstrap (einem front-end open source Toolkit), um zu lernen, wie man existierenden Code kopieren und auf die eigenen Bedürfnisse anpassen kann. Als Abschlussarbeit wird… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Hanin Eisa

Webcoding: Let’s Build a Personal Website! is a course about making your unique mark on the web, whether that be a website about fixing bikes to a site dedicated to your favourite character. In this case, a Personal Website is place to show the internet/world who you are. By carving this little space on the net, you and the people… 2025W, artistic Seminar, 1.0 ECTS

Olga Grjasnowa

The jointly taught seminar by Jan Svenungsson and Olga Grjasnowa focuses on the combination of images and text. Students will learn about the history, different types and functions of children's and young adult literature. We will look at many examples of these works: successful and less successful, beautiful and garish, historical and contemporary, literary works and non-fiction, and, last but… 2026S, Project Work, 5.0 ECTS

Cordula Cerha

Die Rahmenbedingungen für die Werbung sind auf den heutigen Märkten schwierig. De r hohe Grad der Bedürfnisbefriedigung bei den Konsumenten und das große Angebot an vielfach austauschbaren Produkten haben zu einem nachlassenden Interesse der Konsumenten an Werbebotschaften geführt. Von den zwischen 2.000 und 4.000 Werbebotschaften, die täglich auf den Konsumenten einströmen, werden nur wenige überhaupt wahrgenommen und noch weniger dauerhaft… 2025W, Lecture, 1.0 ECTS

Cordula Cerha

Die Rahmenbedingungen für die Werbung sind auf den heutigen Märkten schwierig. Der hohe Grad der Bedürfnisbefriedigung bei den Konsumenten und das große Angebot an vielfach austauschbaren Produkten haben zu einem nachlassenden Interesse der Konsumenten an Werbebotschaften geführt. Von den zwischen 2.000 und 4.000 Werbebotschaften, die täglich auf den Konsumenten einströmen, werden nur wenige überhaupt wahrgenommen und noch weniger dauerhaft gespeichert.… 2026S, Lecture, 1.0 ECTS

Farkas Pintér

Die LVA beinhaltet folgende Themen:  chemisch-physikalische Eigenschaften und Herstellung von Glas, historische Entwicklung und Rohstoffe der Glasherstellung, div. Glasherstellungstechniken wie z.B. Fensterglas, Glasblasen, Glasmalerei, venezianisches Glas, Bleiglas, etc., architektonisches Glas, Email, Glasur, Glaskorrosion, u.v.m. 2026S, Lecture, 1.0 ECTS

Amanda Holmes

This seminar will approach the idea of interpretation from both psychoanalytic and structuralist perspectives. Beginning with Freud's Interpretation of Dreams and Theodor Reik's Surprise and the Psychoanalyst, we will trace a line of thinking through Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics to Lacan's thesis that "the unconscious is structured like a language. " In each case, we will be… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Karin Michalski

What expectations do we as the audience/public and also as artists and media professionals have of genres such as interviews and portraits? What rules do we face as interviewers, but also as interviewees? Artists such as Adam Pendleton, Natascha Sadr Haghighian and mandla rae question the conventions of these genres in their works and reject expectations with their queer and… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Lisa Rastl-Dorner

From Photoshop and Lightroom into the Darkroom Conceptually, working with Photoshop is derived from analog darkroom practices, so all tools are modeled after analog work. In this lecture, we will return to its origins and apply the tools such as stamps, gradation curves, masking mode, text tool, zoom, lasso, eraser, blur, dodge, burn, etc. to analog enlargement (color and black… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Claudia Rohrauer

From Photoshop and Lightroom into the Darkroom Conceptually, working with Photoshop is derived from analog darkroom practices, so all tools are modeled after analog work. In this lecture, we will return to its origins and apply the tools such as stamps, gradation curves, masking mode, text tool, zoom, lasso, eraser, blur, dodge, burn, etc. to analog enlargement (color and black… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Margherita Hephzibah Druml

Works and/on displayExcursions with Hephzibah Druml The aim of this course is to explore different art practices and exhibitions. Taking place primarily outside the seminar room, it is structured around visits to artists’ and architects’ studios, exhibitions, institutions, and off-spaces in and outside of Vienna. Students will engage in conversations with artists, curators, and architects and will analyze exhibition formats… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Stefan Wykydal

There is no such thing as good or bad image composition, but compositions do have an effect on viewers. Understanding, knowledge, and experience in the field of image composition help us to better empathize with image effects and experience their dynamics more consciously. The workshop uses theoretical knowledge (Rudolf Arnheim, Amy Sillman, Werner van Appeldorn, and others) and practical exercises… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 1.0 ECTS

Mary Maggic

We never create alone. Like a musical jam session or a multi-ingredient soup, workshopology is the collective process of being amateurs together, creating spaces and temporalities where knowledge unfolds through experimentation, interdisciplinarity, and negotiations across pluriversal visions. As with other artistic forms such as painting or sculpture, workshopology is a legitimate medium that can be cultivated over time. It opens… 2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Manfred Nowak

The overall goal of this course is to equip the students with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct interdisciplinary scientific and artistic research in human rights. In particular, the course focuses on the process of preparing a scientific or artistic research thesis. It re-introduces and expands on the main tools and tenets of scientific and artistic research, with a special… 2025W/2026S, Tutorial, 2.0 ECTS

Walter Suntinger

The overall goal of this course is to equip the students with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct interdisciplinary scientific and artistic research in human rights. In particular, the course focuses on the process of preparing a scientific or artistic research thesis. It re-introduces and expands on the main tools and tenets of scientific and artistic research, with a special… 2025W/2026S, Tutorial, 4.0 ECTS

Marilyn Volkman

The overall goal of this course is to equip the students with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct interdisciplinary scientific and artistic research in human rights. In particular, the course focuses on the process of preparing a scientific or artistic research thesis. It re-introduces and expands on the main tools and tenets of scientific and artistic research, with a special… 2025W/2026S, Tutorial, 2.0 ECTS

Simon Goritschnig

Comics are everywhere! Together we explore the vast landscape of visual storytelling, graphic novels and image-based narration. We will build a deeper understanding of what comic is, what it can do and how far it’s boundaries can be pushed. From writing to drawing this course will cover all the basics in the conceptualisation and production of a comic. Over the… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Simon Goritschnig

In this course, we will focus on different aspects of drawing from nature. We will explore figure drawing, still life and the way we perceive the world. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF: Drawing Diskuasion & group feedback 1-to-1 feedback WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? This course is for people who want to practice, develop their skill set, and deepen their understanding… 2025W/2026S, Lecture with Practical Exercises, 2.0 ECTS

Maria Ziegelböck

The ZKF takes place every Wednesday and includes the development of semester topics, project meetings, internal and open presentations, workshops and field trips. Programs and additional dates will be communicate per email - subject ZKF update.   Field trip: 11.-14.06.2026 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Maria Ziegelböck

The ZKF takes place every Wednesday and includes the development of semester topics, project meetings, internal and open presentations, workshops and field trips. Programs and additional dates will be communicate per email - subject ZKF update.     Field Trip: 11.-14.06.2026 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 15.0 ECTS

Bernhard Kleber

SHAKESPEARE  – The Merchant of Venice Venice 1598   Specific modalities will be discussed within the 1st ZKF-meeting.   2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 15.0 ECTS

Bernhard Kleber

SHAKESPEARE  – The Merchant of Venice Venice 1598   Specific modalities will be discussed within the 1st ZKF-meeting. 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 14.0 ECTS

Oliver Kartak

The zkF includes weekly participation on Wednesdays and selected Mondays with the following program:   - Preliminary discussion within the team- Presentation in class- Individual discussions with Oliver Kartak, Jian Haake, and Christian Schlager- Project development 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Oliver Kartak

The zkF includes weekly participation on Wednesdays and selected Mondays with the following program:   - Preliminary discussion within the team- Presentation in class- Individual discussions with Oliver Kartak, Jian Haake, and Christian Schlager- Project development 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Luzius Bernhard

All registrations to the ZKF I-II via Prof. Liz Haas -> https://base.uni-ak.ac.at/courses/2026S/S40684/ 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 19.0 ECTS

Liz Haas

Semester topic: War, Peace, Man We open a space to think about war, peace and man as modes of organization and as positions through which authority, ownership, and violence are arranged and justified. It asks how certain forms of order persist by remaining invisible, and why violence becomes explicit when these arrangements begin to fail. Working across philosophy, history and… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 19.0 ECTS

Luzius Bernhard

ZKF 7+ – PRAXIS – PRE-DIPLOMA ZKF 7 is aimed at students who have already completed 6 ZKFs and are preparing for their diploma. Within this framework, students independently develop a project that either directly evolves into the diploma or takes the form of a project study that serves as a preparatory exercise for the diploma. To carry out the… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Liz Haas

Semester topic: War, Peace, Man We open a space to think about war, peace and man as modes of organization and as positions through which authority, ownership, and violence are arranged and justified. It asks how certain forms of order persist by remaining invisible, and why violence becomes explicit when these arrangements begin to fail. Working across philosophy, history and… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 12.0 ECTS

Luzius Bernhard

All registrations to the ZKF VIII via Prof. Liz Haas  -> https://base.uni-ak.ac.at/courses/2026S/S40686/ 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 10.0 ECTS

Liz Haas

ZKF 8 is intended for students who are preparing their diploma or already working on it. The focus is on individual supervision by the respective advisors, as well as on selected sessions that provide both content-related and organizational support. In addition to individual consultations, there are group sessions addressing study progress and spatial planning for the diploma, one session dedicated… 2025W/2026S, Individual Artistic Instruction, 10.0 ECTS