Chile – Space : Atacama
Multimedia Approaches to Perception and the Landscape
June 1st – June 29th, 2009
Space: Atacama is a six credit, four week multimedia, adventure art course that will take students into the remote, northern desert region of Chile to investigate themes of perception, space, positioning, self-awareness, environmental appreciation, and other notions relating to phenomenology, consciousness and the landscape. Designed as an immersive experience, the program emphasizes direct engagement with a remote environment while bringing a host of multimedia tools and strategies to bear upon this investigation. It aims not only at the production of inspired artworks that exhibit refreshing takes on these time honored themes, but ultimately at the inspiration of students through a reawaking to the senses, and the discovery of new, technologically oriented forms of interpreting and relating such experiences.
Program Director
Professor Gerald Habarth, College of Creative Arts
Course Information
Space : Atacama
Multimedia Approaches to Perception and the Landscape
6 credit hours
Cost: $4,290
Price includes: WVU credits, international flight, all housing & meals, local transportation, extended learning fee, international health insurance, professional guide service, outdoor skills training workshop, professional, bilingual guide service, general camping gear, entrance fees for parks and museums… and more.
Not included: passport fees, personal expenses
Additional Links:
Program site: http://www.geraldhabarth.com/chile.html
International Programs: http://www.wvu.edu/~intlprog/faculty_led/su_chile_atacama.htm