reneSun, Sep 7, 2008 I agree with everything that's being said here. Personally I'm of two minds on the subject as you can see in my recent post about academia in the age of the search engine. But it has to be said that some schools are very different from others. Most schools SpaceCollective has done Projects with have been very interesting. For example, UCLA's Design Media Arts School and architecture school Sci-ARC in Los Angeles, have very eclectic programs and to some extent stimulate the students to know less about a lot, which in my opinion is a very good preparation for the diverse multi-media future that lies ahead and for that matter may serve as one of the better creative survival strategies for a changing world. Another architecture school we worked with, Die Angewandte in Vienna, invites students to work for a whole year with one stellar professor, flown in from anywhere in the world for the occasion. When you choose to educate yourself you obviously have to develop a lot more initiative but that too may come in handy once you're negotiating the “real” world. I'd say that if you want to become an artist doing your own thing the importance of a degree seems overrated, but what Sjef has to say on the subject seems like a good guideline. Ultimately, it’s all just a matter of what suits you best as a person and makes you expand your own world the most.
I agree with everything that's being said here. Personally I'm of two minds on the subject as you can see in my recent post about academia in the age of the search engine. But it has to be said that some schools are very different from others. Most schools SpaceCollective has done Projects with have been very interesting. For example, UCLA's Design Media Arts School and architecture school Sci-ARC in Los Angeles, have very eclectic programs and to some extent stimulate the students to know less about a lot, which in my opinion is a very good preparation for the diverse multi-media future that lies ahead and for that matter may serve as one of the better creative survival strategies for a changing world. Another architecture school we worked with, Die Angewandte in Vienna, invites students to work for a whole year with one stellar professor, flown in from anywhere in the world for the occasion. When you choose to educate yourself you obviously have to develop a lot more initiative but that too may come in handy once you're negotiating the “real” world. I'd say that if you want to become an artist doing your own thing the importance of a degree seems overrated, but what Sjef has to say on the subject seems like a good guideline. Ultimately, it’s all just a matter of what suits you best as a person and makes you expand your own world the most.