Week Fourteen

HOMEWORK:

– Continue to work on the final project. Due in next class.

– As promised, I’ve added a bonus tutorial introducing you to Video Synthesis and getting started using Lumen, a software video synthesizer for Mac. The tutorial is located in the tutorials section of the class site.

– Before you get started download and install Lumen
– If you want to record the output you can use Syphon Recorder

– The history of video synthesis, sound art and electronic music from the 1960’s forward share a rich, collaborative history as seen in the short documentary below.

– Check out California Images – Hi-Fi for the Eyes. This is a rare 80’s VHS compilation of collaborations between electronic musicians and video artists using analog video synthesizers. Download or Watch Here.

Week Thirteen

HOMEWORK:

– Begin work on the final project.
– Download and install Granulator II for Ableton
– Watch the new tutorial I added on installing and working with Granulator II.
– Have a happy, safe and healthy Thanksgiving Break

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– Robert Henke speaking about his Granulator synth for Ableton Live.

Week Ten / Eleven / Twelve

Project 3 is due next class. Please come to class with your work documented, ready to share and critique.
– Today we will be finishing up our working critiques and discussion from last week.

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Check out this binaural, mobile sound installation by Janet Cardiff.

Week Eight

HOMEWORK:

– Continue to work on Project 3. Due in two weeks.
– Read: Licht – Chapter 1 – What is Sound Art? from the Sound Art textbook.
– Come to class next week ready to share what you’ve been working on for a short pre-critique.

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– Below are a couple videos showcasing some recent works by Trimpin, the sound artist we talked about in class today.

• Below are two new, upcoming documentaries looking at women pioneers in electronic music and sound design. Looking forward to these!

Week Seven

HOMEWORK:
– Begin work on Project #3.

– Be on the lookout for a questionnaire I’m sending via email later this week. I’d like to get feedback about your experience so far with my online version of Intro To Sound. It’s only going to be a few questions and shouldn’t take much time 🙂

– Below are two inspirational artist talks with pivotal Sound Artists Annea Lockwood and Christian Marclay. We looked at a some works by both in today’s class.

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– A conversation with Annea Lockwood, April 16, 2020.

– An Artist Talk with Christian Marclay in 2006.

Week Six

Project Two is due today. Please be sure your work is uploaded to your SoundCloud before the critique.

-Below are our scheduled critique times. Please join our Zoom classroom at your assigned time.

4 PM EST Group One:
– Elaine
– Lila
– Esther
– Gabe
– Zach
– Tyler
– Sim
– Evie

5:30pm Group Two:
– Tae
– Nick
– Quinn
– Bao
– Emily
– Fabi
– Yihui
– Torrance

HOMEWORK: Breathe. Relax. Listen 🙂

Week Five

HOMEWORK:

PROJECT 2 – DUE NEXT WEEK. Please be sure to upload both your graphic score and audio to your SoundCloud before the start of class next week.

-New Ableton tutorial videos have been added to the tutorials area.

-Please check your email for instructions from Ableton on extending your Live trial through January ’21.

-Check out the Fluxus Workbook of performance scores.

-View Maciunas’s Expanded Arts Diagram

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John Cage: Fontana Mix (1958) – Aleatoric Music


Anis Haron Audio Palimpsest, Aleatoric Sound  Installation/Sculpture – 2010

Week Four

Continue to work on Project Two. Now due 10/6.

HOMEWORK:
-If you’re new to Ableton please watch the new tutorial videos on getting started with Ableton Live. If you need to install Ableton Live get it here.

-Check out this Pinterest board for Graphic Scores

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HIGH ZERO FESTIVAL – THIS WEEKEND

The High Zero Festival brings together 22 core musicians, but also involves a much larger subculture of musicians in Baltimore and on the East Coast. Unlike many related festivals, High Zero is not narrow in terms of sensibility or subculture, but rather widely inclusive of all the different types of experimental music-making in the moment. The fact that half of the festival’s core participants are from Baltimore speaks to the depth of Baltimore’s experimental music subculture, which in recent years has grown to be one of the richest cities in the country for experimental art. –

Stream Live on TWITCH

Festival Schedule

High Zero Website

Week Three

HOMEWORK:
• Watch new tutorial video for Adobe Audition covering the basics and the wave editor.
• Listen: Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
• Continue to work on Project 2. – Due in 2 weeks.

-John Cage and Merce Cunningham in conversation about Chance Operations as a creative process. (Below)

-Curd Duca – Touch (Example from the reading)