User:Sbsd1966/Transmedia postgraduate program in Arts + Media + Design

The Transmedia Postgraduate Program in Arts + Media + Design ("Transmedia" for short) is part of the Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design and is located in Brussels, Belgium. It is currently located in the Haachtsesteenweg 138, 1030 Brussels, but will in August 2011 move to its new premises at the Paleizenstraat 70, 1030 Brussels. The director of the Program is Steven Devleminck. Together with Boris Debackere, he forms the core staff of the Transmedia Program.

The Concept of Transmedia
Transmedia is often referred to as "a format of formats", by which it is understood that serveral types of media, or formats, are used to create something. Transmedia storytelling is the process by which a story is started in one particular medium, e.g. television, but is continued over other media, such as the internet. The term Transmedia can then also be understood as something that transcends from one medium into another, and optionally other kinds of media. Improtant in Transmedia storytelling is that the story evolves over the media and only gradually becomes clear. An example would be an advertising campaign that starts as television commercial, referring to an internet site, where users can engage which each other through the use of soclal media, thereby passing through three different media or formats - television, the internet and social media. User participation, e.g. in social media, is not necessarily required in Transmedia storytelling, but is often preferred.

The Program
The Transmedia program consist of two full-time years. The first year is a learning year ("input year" in the progam's terminology). Its goal is to enhance the production and research skills off the students, in large part through work done by the students themselves. Special attention is given to the emergence of and theory behind the Transmedia concept. In the second year (or "output year" in the progam's terminology), the main focus lies on the student's work, in the form of a graduation project.

Seminars and Workskops
During the course of the year, a number of seminars and workshops are given, mostly only accessible to the Program's students, but external guests may be allowed. Lecturers for the 2010-2011 year were Malcom Le Grice, Joost Fonteyne, Marnix Nijs, Christiane Wittig, Marco Mancuso and Rodney Place.

Research Projects
The Transmedia Program also hosts a number of research projects. In the 2010-2011, there were two reseach fellowships, Fields of Sounds and Mediated Environments. Research fellows are Joost Fonteyne, Boris Debackere, Steven Devleminck, Frederik De Wilde and Julia Eckhardt.

Performances
The performance series Impact Sessions are a combination of lectures and musical sessions. The performances place special interest on the creation of unrepeatable music, in combination with visual effects. The impact Sessions are a co-production between Transmedia and Recyclart. The program for 2010-2011 consits of Ward Weis, Kee Yong Chong, Lê Quan Ninh and Tetsu Saitoh.