Introducing Collaborating Institutions
The four involved university departments are orientated around photography and related media. They have different approaches in working with different media but share an attitude of cross boundary practice.
Art, commercial photography, fashion and documentary photography does not stand against each other. The attitude is rather that cross boundary practice create more interesting work, in all directions.
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Ken Marchionno
ArtCenter offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in creative disciplines taught by a faculty of practicing artists and designers.
Chung-Ang University, CAU, Seoul
Gustav Hellberg
The Department of Photography is considered as the oldest and one of the best programs in Korea; it is seen as the lead program in photography education. The department has produced a lot of well-known artistic photographers. as well as commercial photographers. scholars and journalists in local and national broadcasting and newspaper companies.
Parsons School of Design , New York
Jim Ramer
A pioneer in art and design education for more than a century, Parsons School of Design is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive colleges of art and design in the world. Critical thinking, collaboration, and reflective practice are at the heart of a Parsons education. Located in the heart of New York City, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of design disciplines.
Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK, Zurich
Swetlana Heger-
Teaching and research at the Department of Art & Media (DKM) has an international profile and focuses on experimental ways of initiating, developing and consolidating diverse, individual and collaborative approaches to artistic and theoretical (trans)media practice and their diverse strategies and processes.