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    NEW MEDIA

    About the department:

    New Media is a contemporary art field focused on artistic experimentations with pre- and post-digital technologies that is cohabiting with other disciplines of fine arts. Based on professional standards, students are prepared to be skilled in time-based media art, interactive art, sound and visual art.

    The New Media Arts program, a component of EKA’s contemporary arts master’s program, currently emphasizes on three study modules: Videogames in Art Lab (VIA Lab) studies, Sound Art Connected Studies, and Video Art Connected Studies, alongside various practical workshops provided within the New Media workspace by International artists and professionals.

    The list of our alumni includes Aivar Tõnso, Piibe Piirma, Hannes Aasamets, Helen Västrik, Mari-Liis Rebane, Mart Normet, Katrin Enni, Kadri Liis Rääk, Eve Arpo, Evi Pärn, Karl Saks, Taavi Suisalu, Juhan Soomets, Martin Rästa, Roman-Sten Tõnissoo, Sten Saarits, Tõnis Jürgens.

    VIA lab cluster

    Courses: Videogames in Arts Lab (VIA Lab) (6ECTS in Autumn, 4ECTS in Spring), Unity Game Engine workshop (2ECTS), VR/AR workshop (2ECTS), 3D Lidar Scanning workshop (2ECTS), Micro Games Factory (1ECTS)
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Supervising teachers: Camille Laurelli, Taavi Varm, Sten Saarits
    Collaborations: LVLup! Videogame Museum of Estonia, National Library of Estonia, Museum of Design of Estonia, Komposter Festival, ARS Art Factory, Aalto University

    Sound Art Spring

    Courses: Sound Art & Spatial Sound Experiments (4ECTS), Reveil Broadcast dawn chorus ‘Sound Camp’ (2ECTS), Modular Sound Synthesis Basics (2ECTS), Electronics for Sound and Music workshop (2ECTS)
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Supervising teacher: Sten Saarits
    Guests: John Grzinich, Aubery Lis, Bruno Quast, Camille Laurelli, Hans-Gunter Lock, Sasha Pas
    Collaborations: EKA Animation, Aalto University, ARS Art Factory, Walls Have Ears Sound Art Festival, Bitwig GmbH, Playtronica

    Video Art Programme

    Courses: Video Installation: Experiments With Moving Image in Spatial Context (4ECTS)
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Supervising teacher: Sten Saarits

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    Sound Art Exhibition ‘TRACKING _ wrrrrr, bzzzt, zzrrt’

    TRACKING _ wrrrrr, bzzzt, zzrrt listens in on the spaces between connection and disconnection. The exhibition explores sound as a carrier of relation, a tool of interference, and a force of emancipation. Across textures of noise, silence, voice, and feedback, the works probe how sound both binds and unsettles across systems, bodies, and environments. Here, sound is not simply transmitted – it ...
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    Presentation of Wooded Meadow Augmented Reality Video Games

    On May 7 at 17:00, the presentation of the augmented reality-based video games "VäikesedElud" will take place at the green area in front of EKA. As part of collaboration with EKA UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Studies, the Environmental Agency, and the University of Tartu's project WoodMeadowLIFE experimental games on the theme of wooded meadows were created in collaboration between the ...
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    Gallery: opening of Aivar Tõnso’s solo exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” at EKA Gallery

    From Thursday, April 3, Aivar Tõnso's project “Light Matter in Dark State” will be open at EKA Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until April 6 and can be visited Thu–Fri 2–10 pm Sat 12–10 pm Sun 12–6 pm.  On Saturday, April 5th at 3 pm, artist Aivar Tõnso will give a guided tour at the exhibition in English. Graphic design by: Jaan Evart Light design by: Rene Manivald Tamm Technical ...
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    Aivar Tõnso “Light Matter in Dark State” at EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025

    Aivar Tõnso’s solo exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025 Open Thu–Fri 2–10 pm Sat 12–10 pm Sun 12–6 pm, free entry Opening: 3.04.2025 at 6 pm Aivar Tõnso's exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” continues his experiments in the field of sound art that grew out of his musical work. The spatial sound exhibition, created with the Ebakõlar System, which relies on the ...
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    BIP “Sonic Greenhouse Workshop”

    Last week, the ARS Art Factory hosted the Erasmus BIP workshop "Sonic Greenhouse," where participants explored how speculative design and interactive sound art tools (Playtronica, TouchMe, Biotron) can be used to create experimental artistic environments.The workshop was attended by 18 students from four partner schools: Aalto University (8 students), Vilnius Academy of Arts (6 students), the ...
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    New Media End of Semester Presentations

    The New Media Department is proud to present a selection of ongoing and in-process experiments from this semester. The works on display include materials from international workshops, courses, and various collaborations. In the EKA Lobby, you’ll find a diverse range of written, programmed, recorded, interactive, and non-interactive materials. These pieces offer a glimpse into the research and ...
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    Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 2.–19.12.2024

    December brings an opportunity to experience, in an exhibition format, works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects: every day there will be a fresh crop of university students’ works on display in the gallery. Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art, scenography curricula will be on display. On each ...
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    New Media 30

    New Media 30 EKA New Media department is celebrating 30th anniversary during the EKA 110 event. Our program includes a series of talks on media art, presentations of alumni work, a student exhibition and an evening for video games. Birthday week program: 4.11 18:00 New Media 30: Paul Galloway (US) – Video Games at MoMA (Paul Galloway will be joining us from New York city via screen. In ...
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    New Media Arts is located on the 3rd floor – B306-B310.
    (Põhja puiestee 7, Tallinn)