{"id":1858,"date":"2023-01-25T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/?page_id=1858"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:15:00","slug":"master-contemporary-arts-practice-cap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/master-contemporary-arts-practice-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Contemporary Arts Practice \u2013 CAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"GroupWiseSection_1773849620118_gstaettner@mdw.ac.at_5F23810118070000AD646F7863623934_\" class=\"GroupWiseMessageBody active\">\n<div><strong>Contemporary Arts Practice<\/strong> is an artistic-research-based master\u2019s programme. Graduates are enabled to act competently, innovatively and professionally in a variety of artistic and societal contexts. The four-semester programme aims to equip artists with the skills needed to navigate a changing professional field in the early 21st century<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Students can choose from the following four study profiles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/de\/improvisercomposer-performer_de\/\">Improviser*Composer-Performer (IComP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/de\/elemental-music-making_de\/\">Interartistic Music Practice\/Elementary Music Making (IMP\/EM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/de\/music-mediation-community-music_de\/\">Music Mediation\/Community Music (MV\/CM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/de\/transmedial-performance_de\/\">Transmedia Performance (TMP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The study profiles are interconnected through shared lines of inquiry, particularly the three core pillars: improvisation, inter- and transdisciplinary practice, and community engagement. At the centre of the programme is the development, academic grounding, and realisation of an individual artistic or arts mediation project within the context of one of the four profiles. The resulting master\u2019s thesis may methodologically draw on approaches from <strong>artistic research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates of the master\u2019s programme Contemporary Arts Practice (CAP) work innovatively and intermedially across a range of artistic and societal contexts. They are active in interdisciplinary fields of music, performance, theatre and dance, as well as in music, arts and cultural mediation and community music, often in collaboration with educational, cultural and social institutions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1921\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1.png 1921w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-768x101.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-1536x202.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-1280x169.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Facts and figures<\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Scope \/ Duration<\/td>\n<td>120 ECTS credits \/ 4 semesters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language of instruction<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Admission prerequisites<\/td>\n<td>Completed bachelor&#8217;s degree, successful entrance examination,<br \/>\ndocumentation of German language skills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Completion requirements<\/td>\n<td>Project, Master&#8217;s thesis, examination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Degree<\/td>\n<td>Master of Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:cap-master@mdw.ac.at\">cap-master@mdw.ac.at<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1921\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1.png 1921w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-768x101.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-1536x202.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/ar_center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ARC-CAP-Design-Element-4-1-1280x169.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Contemporary Arts Practice is an artistic-research-based master\u2019s programme. 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