From pre-cinema to post-internet…

Lucia Nijdam
Floris Vanhoof
© Arno De Meyer
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    2014 - 2015
  • Tom Callemin
  • Abigail Liparoto
  • Chris Swart
  • Jesse Biesmans
    2013 - 2014
  • Re'em Aharoni
  • Lou De Buck
  • Quincey de Buck
  • Ellen De Vos
  • Chloë Delanghe
  • Wouter Duprez
  • Frederic Vandevelde
  • Diane Rabreau
  • Elias Vervoort
    2012 - 2013
  • Jo Caimo
  • Geeraard Respeel
  • Dries Depoorter
    2011 - 2012
  • Jeroen Cluckers
  • Joeri De Mulder
  • Wout Lievens
  • Dusan Lazic
  • Ruud Van Moorleghem
  • Karel Verhoeven
  • Michelle Vandamme
  • Febe Demey
  • Charlotte Guns
    2010 - 2011
  • Sophie Vanhomwegen
  • Marieke Van Wuytswinkel
  • Sarah D'hanens
  • Laurens Van Lieshout
  • Maurice Van der Es
    2009 - 2010
  • Elias Heuninck
  • Arjan Vanmeenen
  • Ruben Peeters
  • Emi Kodama
  • Lies De Bruyn
  • Jan De Loore
  • Paolita De Clerck
    2008 - 2009
  • Jonas Vansteenkiste
  • Sven Overheul
  • Nel Aerts
  • Riaan Van Jaarsveldt
    2007 - 2008
  • Simon Halsberghe
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Aay Liparoto - Adriana La Selva - Alfredo Jaar & Lisa Oppenheim - Ali Momeni & David Bithell - Alia Syed - An Mertens - Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven - Annick Leroy - Aura Satz - Bassam Kurdali & Claudio Andaur - Ben Rivers - Ben Russell - Bjorn Van der Borght - Brightblack: Myra Appannah & Simon Wilkinson - Charlotte Van Buylaere - Christina Stuhlberger - CHT/Totalism.org - Cinenova: Louise Shelley & Charlotte Procter - Conditional Design: Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters - Dago Sondervan - Daniel Andujar - David Helbich - David Toop - Decoratelier: Barry Ahmad Talib - Dennis Tyfus - Diane Rabreau - Didier Verriest - Dries Depoorter - Duncan Speakman - EJ TECH: Judit Eszter Kárpáti & Esteban de la Torre - Elephy - Els Van Riel - Els Viane - Eva Claus - Eva Giolo - Felix Luque - Floris Vanhoof - Fons Artois - François Zajécha - Gert Aertsen - Gertjan Biasino - Girls Like Us: Katja Mater, Jessica Gysel & Byrthe Lemmens - Hannes Devillé - Herman Asselberghs - Het Concreet: Mathijs Leeuwis, Mathijn den Duijf & Anneroos Goosen - Inge van den Kroonenberg - Ingrid Stojnic - Jana Coorevits - Jeroen Cluckers - JODI: Joan Heemskerk & Dirk Paesmans - Johan Vandermaelen - John Smith - Joost Fonteyne - Joost Rekveld - Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev - Julien Maire - Kasper Jordaens - Kilbourne - KMRU - Kurt Van Houtte - Leslie Tornton - Lieven Martens Moana - Liew Niyomkarn - Luke Fowler - Maaike Lauwaert - Maarten Serpentier - Makino Takashi - Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen - Margret Salmon - Marie Laure Delaby - Marthe Van Dessel - Michael Samyn - Mint Park - Mirka Duijn - Morgan Fisher - Morgan Quaintance - Morton Subotnick & Tony Martin - Nazli Dincel - Nika Breithaupt - NKISI - Ojoboca: Anja Dornieden & Juan David González Monroy - Paul Williams - Paula Pin - Pauline Curnier Jardin - Peter Burr - Peter Weibel - Rani Vanderlinden - Robbrecht Desmet - Robert Beavers - Salomé Lamas - Sami Sänpäkkilä - Sebastian Buerkner - Shirin Sabahi - Simon Halsberghe - Sky Hopinka - Softpad - Sonia Pastecchia - Valérie Mannaerts - Various Artists - Velma Spell: Inne Eysermans & Liew Niyomkarn - Vica Pacheco - Widt: Antoinette Nowacka & Bogumiła Piotrowska - Wim Forceville - Wouter Davids - Xander Clerckx - Zoe Beloff

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AIAIAI↗ is a project focusing on exploring and facilitating the use of artificial intelligence within artistic practices.


Tools for things and ideas↗ (finished in 2021) was a research project that aimed to enrich the public domain of 3D-print technologies and media with a series of artistic propositions and productions. Faculty, invited guests and ex-students were involved in this project.


Radio Roeien Met Riemens (finished in 2020) was a short-term research project on radio making, initiated by a group of students. A central archive is being assembled with sound fragments from all kinds of sources; music, but also field-recordings of nature walks. This archive was made public via an internet radio channel and events.


Virtual Reality @ KASK (finished in 2020) researched the possible uses of VR as an artistic, narrative medium, and as a virtual venue for exhibitions and performances.

Media art is a broad and constantly evolving field: from pre-cinema to post-internet, from bio art to artist film, from performance to the development of new soft- and hardware. It is an umbrella term for forms of art making that specifically use forms of media and technology in order to create poetic images and situations.

Within the studio, the core of the programme, students develop their own artistic language by building an autonomous body of work. This process takes place in continuous dialogue with studio teachers and fellow students, with work regularly discussed during collective presentations.

In practical classes, students acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in media such as audio, photography, video, programming, and electronics. Theory supports artistic practice by offering frameworks and encouraging reflection, both spoken and written. While the bachelor’s programme focuses on shared theoretical courses such as art history and philosophy, master’s students compose an individual trajectory through seminars and masterclasses.

You can find the full programme of our trajectory here↗.

Throughout the year, the programme organises workshops, lectures, exhibitions, screenings, and performances, in collaboration with both internal and external partners. These projects foster collaboration and offer opportunities to engage with current artistic and societal issues.

Our guest-list both emerging talents and more established names.

We also regularly go off-campus, visiting museums, studios, and festivals to experience the artistic field up close.

The studio is housed in a former textile school in Ghent, within walking distance of the Bijloke site. The spaces are both flexible and specialised, with facilities for video editing, 3D, game design, virtual reality, and sound and music.

Various equipment loan services allow students to access a wide range of materials, from basic tools to highly specialised equipment.

The studio is more than a workspace: it is a shared environment that encourages experimentation, exchange, and engagement. Students are given the space to take initiative, explore, fail, and begin again.

a glimpse into the studio

The programme is also actively involved in artistic research. Students encounter this through teaching by researcher-tutors, workshops, shared expertise, and access to infrastructure. Two research labs are currently embedded within the Media Art studio: Formlab↗, a workshop for digital fabrication, and Laboratorium↗, an experimental lab for art, design and biotechnology.

These research projects are currently ongoing or have been completed.

Media Art has been firmly established at KASK for nearly 20 years. Since the first master’s student graduated in 2008, many alumni have gone on to build careers in the field. They work as independent artists or within the audiovisual and broader creative sectors, the performing arts, or education.

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School of Arts
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