MONDAY
LECTURE: AUDIO ART
No audience, no player, no composition: this popcorn controlled robotic drumset is the most hygenic and the random performance I ever built. All sounds are triggered by popcorn, sensed by piezo elements, converted to MIDI, transfered to a robotic system and played live on drums without the interference of a human composer. MORE MUSIC ROBOTS INSTAGRAM / moritzsimongeist
AUDIO STUDIO ASSIGNMENT:
Make a one-minute work of AUDIO ART.
RECOMMENDED LENGTH: Approximately one minute.
Final works will be posted on the blog, or your choice of audio sharing services/sites
No late assignments will be accepted.
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Students will create an audio art piece between 30 seconds and 1 minute in length.
While the conceptual parameters for this project are open, consider some of the themes and strategies of the artists listened to in class.
Some strategies may include:
-You may assign yourself (or others) a conceptual feat, and perform it, or document it in sound.
-You may combine different layers of sounds reflecting places, times, popular music, and voices.
-You may interpret or translate non-audio experiences or spaces in sound.
-You may re-interpret noise or other found sound as music.
-You may perform a list, or other kinds of interesting found or constructed language.
-You may distort or edit found sound or music, to change its original meaning and effect.
Consider audio works by some of the following artists:
Dave Dyment
Santiago Sierra
Yoko Ono
Daniel Olson
Matthew Sawyer
Jonathan Monk
Christian Marclay
Kelly Mark
John Cage
Janet Cardiff
Steve Reinke
Emeka Ogboh
After critiques and final revisions – students will post their works with a title and short description on our class Blog.
RECORDING demo with Nathan
WEDNESDAY
More audio art examples
Audio Editing Demo with Nathan
Due: Roundtable presentation of ideas for audio art
COMPLETE BLOG POSTS due for everything week 1-6 including:
- Km assignment with description/notes
- Work in progress for video
- Field Trip Notes
- Video assignment with description/notes on each group member’s own page
- Comments on your classmates’ blog pages about their final video
- Response to Bridget Moser’s video My Crops Art Dying but my Body Persists