VI Summer School on Digital Art History: Digital Exhibitions, Online, August 30–September 7, 2021

We are pleased to announce that the International Summer School on Digital Art History (DAHSS), a joint initiative of the University of Málaga and the University of Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Fundación General de la Universidad de Málaga, and the HDH, will celebrate the sixth edition from August 30th to September 4th (2021).

Due to the covid-19 situation, the Summer School will be once again all online. The DAHSS team is convinced that we have an unprecedented opportunity to explore new ways of working together in a real global scenario and at the same time preserve interpersonal exchange. 

2021 Theme: Digital Exhibitions
The lockdown caused by the covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a substantial increase of the so-called digital exhibitions. While digital / virtual / online exhibitions are not a new phenomenon, it is true that the pandemic conditions have placed them at the center of the curatorial activities in museums, art centers and galleries. The rediscovery of digital / virtual / online exhibitions appears ambivalent: it is expected that this centrality will become a stimulus to promote new avenues for research and experimentation. However, we also run the risk of falling into a certain Adamism that takes us back to debates already overcome. Therefore, it is crucial to focus the attention on the concept and practice of digital/online/virtual exhibitions to reposition their problems within the framework of our post-digital and post-human present.

DAHSS2020 aspires to delve into the notion of digital exhibitions and their complexity proposing to participants to work together in a common project from different perspectives. The course has a theoretical-practical orientation: theoretical exchange and critical discussions will be combined with practical sessions (lab-based sessions) through which participants will work collaboratively. The results will be publicly presented on the last day of the course.

The course is organized around five tracks: Digital Display Spaces, Data Science, 3D data, modeling, and rendering, AI + Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Intended audience: postgraduate students, academic researchers, independent scholars and professionals related to the following disciplines: Art History and Visual Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Computer Sciences, Media and New Media Studies and Museum Studies.

Fee: 100€
Places: 40