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The School of Creative Media (SCM, City University of Hong Kong)

The School of Creative Media (SCM) was founded in 1998 to nurture a new generation of interdisciplinary artists and creative media professionals, and to develop new ideas and technologies for the creative industries in Hong Kong, mainland China and abroad. It is one of the first schools dedicated to creative media and new media art in Asia. The school maintains substantial connections to the creative industries in Hong Kong and the. The School of creative media is part of City University of Hong Kong which ranks QS World University Rankings (2012): 95th in the world;[15] 18th in Asia and 4th in Hong Kong[16]

The school combines research and a range of programs in creative media from Bachelor to doctoral programs (MA, PhD, BA, BSc, BAS). SCM students are trained across disciplines spanning computer science, fine arts, visual design, creative writing, cultural studies and digital technology; a pedagogy that bridges the boundaries between art and science and integrates traditional and new media epitomized by the cross disciplinary Bachelor in Art and Science. The school put an emphasis on applied creativity, cultural awareness, and critical thinking as much as business sense and entrepreneurial success.

Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center was designed to house the School of Creative Media, the Centre for Media Technology and the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology.[5] The building was designed by Daniel Libeskind and it was completed in 2010. His distinctive design includes a range of spaces, lighting and materials to inspire the students.

Facilities

Creative Media Center includes extensive teaching and research facilities: the CMC Gallery for large scale exhibitions, as well as a screening theater, three screening rooms, three configurable teaching studios dedicated to installation art, painting, drawing, performance and movement, two projects studio housing the ongoing projects of students, one animation studio and two animation laboratories equipped with graphics workstations and the latest 2D and 3D animation software, including Autodesk Maya, Boujou, Zbrush, Toon Boom and Quest 3d, postproduction facilities (Video Editing Laboratory Visual Effect Laboratory Post Production Studio, 5 Project Rooms), An audio Recording Studio, Audio Control Studio, Audio Laboratory. The Live Room could be used for recording dialogue, music ensembles/bands and basic Foley.

Invited researchers/artists

renowned researchers and avant-garde artists present public talks and performances regularly Pauline Oliveros, Bob Ostertag and Pierre Hebert, Steina Vasulka, Orlan, Thomas McIntosh, Fujui Wang and Bun (Fumitake Tamura) & Tetsu Kondo, Francisco López, Jaap Blonk & Byungjun Kwon, The OpenEndedGroup, Yutaka Makino and DoraVideo, Lars Henrik Gass as well as the experimental filmmaker Vincent Ward or the specialist of music and technology Nick Collins. The SCM students then can directly exchange with prominent artists, their creative approach and have a first-hand observation of their production techniques.

SCM's internationally recruited faculty members are amongst the foremost artists and researchers in the field of New Media Arts, and they bring a global perspective to the school. The Dean of the School, Professor Jeffrey Shaw, is an award winning pioneer in new media art. In addition to Jeffrey Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Shaw), Faculty include: Maurice Benayoun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Benayoun),, Jane Prophet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechnoSphere), Don Ritter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ritter), Tamas Waliczky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam%C3%A1s_Waliczky), and the documentarists Shannon Walsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Walsh) and Louisa Wei(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Wei)

Partner schools The School of Creative Media has exchange partnership with a number of similar institutions in the world: University of Illinois at Chicago (College of Architecture and the Arts), USA, Department of Art & Media, Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and a double diploma in creative media with Leuphana University (Germany), Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, Hungary. Beijing Normal University (College of Art and Communication), Peking University (School of Arts), Beijing, China, Shih Hsin University (College of Journalism and Communications), Taiwan, Tongji University (College of Communication and Art), Shanghai, China,

See also: Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_International_New_Media_Arts_Festival) Videotage Parasite City University of Hong Kong Asian Art Archive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Art_Archive)