Stu­dy KAM: Fact sheet In­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry Pro­ject

• Ba­che­lor KAM, elec­tive ca­ta­log
• Mas­ter KAM, elec­tive ca­ta­log

Preli­mi­na­ry re­marks

The HfMDK pro­mo­tes in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ri­ty. The wide ran­ge of cour­ses and sub­jec­ts from the most di­ver­se are­as of mu­sic, dra­ma and dance in­vi­te stu­dents to look bey­ond the bounda­ries of their sub­jec­ts and work tog­e­ther on joint pro­jec­ts.

With the elec­tive sub­ject In­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry Pro­ject, the stu­dy re­gu­la­ti­ons pro­vi­de for a ves­sel that opens up far-reaching crea­ti­ve pos­si­bi­li­ties for the stu­dents. The par­ti­ci­pa­ting stu­dents get tog­e­ther in­de­pendent­ly, come up with the pro­ject, find their own ar­tis­tic part­ners and, if ne­cessa­ry, a coope­ra­ting in­sti­tu­ti­on. They in­de­pendent­ly ap­p­ly for coa­ching, draw up a sche­du­le and a bud­get and, if ne­cessa­ry, ap­p­ly for fun­ding. The elec­tive is de­li­ber­ate­ly de­si­gned to be very fle­xi­ble. This me­ans that smal­ler pro­jec­ts can be im­ple­men­ted just as ea­si­ly as lar­ge pro­jec­ts, which may even run for two se­mes­ters.

Col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons bet­ween at least two par­ti­ci­pants are clas­si­fied as in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry if they com­bi­ne dif­fe­rent art di­sci­pli­nes or dif­fe­rent con­tent spec­trums from dif­fe­rent de­gree pro­grams. For stu­dents on the KAM (Ar­tis­tic Mu­sic Stu­dies) de­gree pro­grams, this could be, for examp­le, in­ter­nal uni­ver­si­ty col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons with

• Dance
• Ac­ting, di­rec­ting
• Com­po­si­ti­on
• Jazz/big band
• sci­en­ti­fic sub­jec­ts
• Pro­jec­ts bet­ween ar­tis­tic and ar­tis­tic-edu­ca­tio­nal fields
• Pro­jec­ts bet­ween mo­dern and prac­ti­cal per­for­mance are­as

or pro­jec­ts with ex­ter­nal coope­ra­ti­ons, for examp­le from the fields of

• Li­te­ra­tu­re
• Vi­deo, per­for­mance
• Sci­en­ces, e.g. so­ci­al sci­en­ces, ae­s­the­tics, psy­cho­lo­gy, phy­sio­lo­gy etc.

Ad­vice

Stu­dents can seek ad­vice from the Di­rec­to­ra­te of Edu­ca­ti­on (Prof. Flo­ri­an Höl­scher, flo­ri­an.hoel­scher@hfmdk-frank­furt.de and Prof. Hans­ja­cob Sta­emm­ler, Hans­ja­cob.Sta­emm­ler@hfmdk-frank­furt.de). Stu­dents should have held preli­mi­na­ry dis­cus­sions with the re­le­vant spe­cia­list col­leagues at the in­sti­tu­ti­on and with pos­si­ble coope­ra­ti­on part­ners.

When must an ap­p­li­ca­ti­on be sub­mit­ted?

If pro­jec­ts are to be su­per­vi­sed by in­ter­nal or ex­ter­nal lec­tu­rers and/or lar­ger room ca­pa­ci­ties are re­qui­red, the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on must be sub­mit­ted no la­ter than the 5th week of the pre­ce­ding se­mes­ter, i.e. mid-May for the win­ter se­mes­ter and mid-No­vem­ber for the sum­mer se­mes­ter.

Pro­jec­ts for which no ad­di­tio­nal ca­pa­ci­ty is re­qui­red can be ap­p­lied for at the end of the pre­vious se­mes­ter.

What must an ap­p­li­ca­ti­on con­tain?

Plea­se sub­mit the fol­lo­wing do­cu­ments to the KAM di­rec­tors (Prof. Flo­ri­an Höl­scher, flo­ri­an.hoel­scher@hfmdk-frank­furt.de and Prof. Hans­ja­cob Sta­emm­ler, hans­ja­cob.sta­emm­ler@hfmdk-frank­furt.de):

• A me­a­ning­ful de­scrip­ti­on of the con­tent and or­ga­ni­za­ti­on of the pro­ject or plan, in­clu­ding a sche­du­le and a list of the ex­pec­ted workload. The workload also in­clu­des wri­ting the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on do­cu­ments and the fi­nal re­port. Length ap­prox. 2 to 5 DIN A4 pa­ges.
• List of pro­ject par­ti­ci­pants
• Bud­get plan
• (If re­le­vant) De­scrip­ti­on of how the ne­cessa­ry funds will be ap­p­lied for: HfMDK, Kunst­PAKT, foun­da­ti­ons, spon­so­ring
• Ap­p­li­ca­ti­on for coa­ching, sup­port incl. scope

What sup­port can I ex­pect?

• Funds for in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­jec­ts can be ap­p­lied for via the Kunst­PAKT fun­ding pro­gram.
• Fur­ther pro­ject fun­ding can only be ap­pro­ved in ex­cep­tio­nal ca­ses. Howe­ver, ad­di­tio­nal third-par­ty fun­ding is pos­si­ble. Re­spon­si­bi­li­ty lies with the stu­dents who wish to car­ry out the pro­ject.
• The HfMDK pro­vi­des ex­cel­lent ar­tis­tic su­per­vi­si­on and ad­vice. It pro­vi­des sup­port as far as pos­si­ble with in­fra­st­ruc­tu­re (rooms, ad­ver­ti­sing).

Fi­nal re­port, per­for­mance, do­cu­men­ta­ti­on

Part of the pro­ject is a pro­ject con­clu­si­on with one of the fol­lo­wing op­ti­ons:

• Per­for­mance/pre­sen­ta­ti­on and fi­nal re­port. The stu­dents in­vol­ved are re­spon­si­ble for the or­ga­ni­za­ti­on and rea­li­za­ti­on of the per­for­mance/pre­sen­ta­ti­on. The Di­rec­to­ra­te of Edu­ca­ti­on is avail­ab­le for ad­vice. The writ­ten fi­nal re­port should in­clu­de me­a­ning­ful ma­te­ri­al and a text sec­tion of 4-10 DIN A-4 pa­ges.
• In­s­tead of a per­for­mance, a do­cu­men­ta­ti­on (vi­deo/au­dio) is also pos­si­ble. In this case, the fi­nal re­port should also be 4-10 pa­ges long.
• If the in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­ject is in the field of re­se­arch, a re­se­arch re­port of ap­prox. 4-10 A4 pa­ges must be sub­mit­ted.

Ad­ver­ti­sed in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­jec­ts

In ad­di­ti­on to the pos­si­bi­li­ty of in­de­pendent­ly de­si­gning and car­ry­ing out in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­jec­ts, the­re are oc­ca­sio­nal­ly also ad­ver­ti­sed in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry pro­jec­ts. The con­di­ti­ons are set out in the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on in­for­ma­ti­on.

Di­rec­to­ra­te of Ar­tis­tic Mu­sic Stu­dies, Prof. Flo­ri­an Höl­scher
Frank­furt am Main in May 2024