ARTS 2030 A (CRN: 95741) —
Art Studio: Sound Art (A)
3 credit hours—Seats Available!
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About ARTS 2030 A
Students will work with interdisciplinary approaches to art subjects. Representative topics: Multi-Media Documentary; Socially-Engaged Art. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: ARTS 1010, ARTS 1011, ARTS 1014, ARTS 1100, or ARTS 1400.
Notes
Prereqs enforced by the system: ARTS 1010, ARTS 1011 ARTS 1014, ARTS 1100, or ARTS 1400; SART, AHST and ARTE majors only until after the third day of registration; then ARTS and AHST minors may also enroll; beginning Monday April 13th any student may enroll space permitting. FS1V $140
Section Description
Sound Art - What is it? How is it different from music? Let's learn about feedback, loops, glitch, sampling, field recording, contact microphones and other fun stuff! We'll develop acoustic awareness, and cultivate the practice of DEEP LISTENING. Come get weird!
In Sound Art, the auditory experience is the primary medium, creating immersive and interdisciplinary sonic experiences that explore spatial relationships, acoustics, performance, and the physicality of sound. We'll study artists like Pauline Oliveros, Florian Hecker, Susan Philipz, Tarek Atoui, Janet Cardiff, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, and many others. This course demands dedication to attention. This means actively resisting how our attention economy is inherently structured. It may be challenging to listen to atonal sound work for extended lengths of time, but that is the challenge sound art provides!
Section Expectation
Over the course of the semester you will make five different audio projects. We will use the Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) of Audacity to start with and work our way up to exploring Ableton Live and MAX. You will also complete one group research presentation and one-two reflection papers. Sound art is a porous, multifaceted terrain, and students will be encouraged to mine whatever skills they bring to the table as they pursue class projects. Are you a coder? A sculptor? A zoologist? A poet? An activist? An architect? All of these skills and subjectivities can productively contribute to the sound art projects you produce in this class. No prior training in music is required.
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