The Academy of Media Art Cologne (KHM) was founded in 1990, and offers a special and unique concept of study: instead of separating the fields of film, television, art, design and theory, they are integrated into a single course of study leading to a diploma in Audiovisual Media.

This study concept demands and facilitates an interdisciplinary engagement with the most varied artistic fields and spaces, from photography, video, feature films, documentaries, artistic television formats and animation to art in public spaces, architecture, sound, scenography, computer science in games, programming, and code, the theory and history of technology, art, the media, and aesthetics.

The results are unconventional, experimental works that go beyond predetermined definitions and genres and beyond ready-made techniques. Low and high tech are just as important components as are the symbiosis of science, development and games, documentary or staged, conventional or manipulated elements. Cooperation with institutions of higher education at home and abroad, cultural institutes, organisers of exhibitions and the media and film industries promote this process of integration.

Experimental creative praxis in conjunction with the acquisition of media-technical competence has high priority. Students’ work is project oriented and is accomplished in ateliers, studios, and laboratories. These multi-facetted activities are accompanied by lectures and seminars that cover the history and theory of media and art, as well as the historical and theoretical basics of audiovisual media. Since 2004 postgraduate study (Ph.D.) at the KHM is possible.

The academic staff of the KHM are an international team of professors and assistants, who are part of a global network of fellows, guest lecturers, and collaborators.

Once a year, towards the end of the summer semester, the KHM opens its doors for an Open Day. Everyone who is interested can view the artworks produced during the academic year, and potential students have the opportunity to visit.

Organisation

The senior management team of the KHM comprises the rector, Professor Marie-Luise Angerer, two pro-rectors, Professor Marcel Odenbach (study and teaching) and Professor Thomas Bauermeister (infrastructure und planning), and the director of administration and finance, Heiner Simons.

The rectorate takes decisions in all matters that the University Law does not assign to other university bodies. The rector represents the Academy internally and externally. She is chief officer of the rectorate and determines the principles according to which the Academy is run. The rector is head supervisor of the artistic and research staff and is responsible for the artistic concerns of the Academy, the development and realisation of goals and perspectives of future work, the Academy’s profile presented in the public sphere, and contacts with sponsors and partners.

As a member of the rectorate, the director of administration and finance is responsible for administrative affairs and supervising the non-academic staff of the institution. He is responsible for the Academy’s budget and represents the rector in legal matters.

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Contact

Postal Adress / Head Office

Academy of Media Arts
Peter-Welter-Platz 2
D-50676 Cologne
fon: +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 0
fax: +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 17

Registrar’s Office
of the Academy of Media Arts
Peter-Welter-Platz 2
D-50676 Cologne
fon: +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 119
fax: +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 298
email: studoffice@khm.de

Press and Public Relations Office

of the Academy of Media Arts
Peter-Welter-Platz 2
D-50676 Cologne
fon: +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 135 oder – 330
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email: presse@khm.de

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