Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design

Experimental Publishing (XPUB), part of the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, focuses on the acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks.

XPUB's interests in publishing are therefore twofold: first, publishing as the inquiry and participation into the technological frameworks, political context and cultural processes through which things are made public; and second, how these are, or can be, used to create publics.

This programme is offered by Piet Zwart Institute.

Lens-Based Media, part of the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, focuses on approaching animation, photography, and the full range of contemporary cinematic forms as a single expanded field. The specialisation is committed to lens-based image making as an art and craft with distinct analogue imaging media into a single digital workflow. Within the programme, digital visual media forms are approached using the lens as a central metaphor in their process.

This programme is offered by Piet Zwart Institute.

Next to the staff tutors, who are internationally recognized practitioners in their fields, we invite a wide range of distinguished international guest lecturers.

The two-year English-taught Master Fine Art program foregrounds the reciprocal articulation of research, practice, and professionalization.

Our English-taught two-year master degree programme provides an international platform in which artists can develop their practice through independent studio work as well as a lively dialogue with artists, curators and theorists from a diversity of disciplines: art, theatre, literature, philosophy, film and others.

Students receive very strong individual tutorial support with weekly studio visits by both regular staff and guests. Furthermore, we offer a challenging programme of annually changing thematic projects, exhibitions, seminars, excursions and public lectures that provide a broad framework for the exploration of issues relevant to contemporary culture and society. The small size of the programme (20-25 students) makes for intensive and focused discussions and allows for close interactions between the course director, faculty members, guests and students, creating a very special community around the Piet Zwart Insitute.

Our faculty and guests are practitioners in contemporary art and culture with a very active professional practice.