Part I – The Materialism of Sound
Jan 14 – Welcome & Fundamentals I
Jan 16 – Fundamentals II
*Reading 1: Oliveros&Chion (readings for Writing Assignment 1)
Luigi Russolo - The Art of Noise*
Jan 21 (MLK Day) – No class
Jan 24 – Recording basics, defining sound sources
Due: Writing Assignment #1 Pauline Oliveros – Deep Listening Michel Chion – The Three Listening Modes
Jan 28 – Sound manipulation i
*Reading 2: Chris Chafe - A short history of digital sound synthesis by composers in the USA*
Jan 30 – Sound manipulation ii
Feb 4 – Synthesis/synthesizers
*Viewing 1: Discovering Electronic Music (access on the course Youtube list)*
Feb 6 – Visit Carnegie Library Oakland
Feb 11 – Structuring a soundscape i
*Reading 3: Manuella Blackburn- Other People’s Sounds*
Feb 13 – Structuring a soundscape ii
Feb 18 – Basics on sound perception and psychoacoustics
*Reading 4: Jan Schnupp, Isreal Nelkin, Andrew King - Auditory Neuroscience: Making sense of Sound (pp. 51 - 60, till “end of section 1”, but please feel free to continue through the rest of the chapter as it gives a really thorough explanation of how the ear works!)*
Feb 20 – Lab time: working on Project 1
Feb 25 – Project 1 presentation (Soundscapes)
Due: Project 1 – an acousmatic composition
Feb 27 – Project 1 presentation (Soundscapes)
Pt II – Cracked Media – Hand-made electronics
March 4 – Cage and Fluxus
*Reading 5: George Maciunas - “Manifesto on Art”/ Fluxus art amusement
Clive Phillpot - Fluxus: Magazines, Manifestos, Multum in parvo
John Cage - The Future of Music: Credo*
March 6 – From Cage to Sound Art “Amplifying everything”
March 8-17 – Mid Semester break
Pt III – Sound as part of the multi-modal experience
March 18 – Guest Artist: Viola Yip (workshop for Project 2)
*Reading 6: Seth Kim-Cohen - In the blink of an ear (introduction)
**Due: Writing assessment #2 Leta E. Miller – Cage, Cunningham, and Collaborators: The Odyssey of Variations V
March 20 – Viola Yip Workshop 2
March 25 – Project 2 Presentation (Groups)
Due: Project 2 – The different modalities of signals
March 27 – Sound in Space
*Reading 7: Varese - The Liberation of Sound*
Cox - Sound art and the sonic unconscious
April 1 – Creating Sound with Space
*Reading 8: Alex Potts, Moment and Place: Art in the Arena of the Everyday
*Due: Project 3 final design
April 3 – Creating Space with Sound
*Reading 9: Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter - introduction to Aural Architecture (from Spaces speak, are you listening)*
April 8 – Site-Specific Sound Installations i
*Reading 10: Tittel - Sound art as sonification, and the artistic treatment of features in our surroundings
April 10 – Site-Specific Sound Sound installations ii
Due: Writing Assignment #3 – Music at Borders and Fences
(April 11-13: Spring Carnival)
April 15 – Final Project Fabrication
April 17 – Final Project Fabrication
April 22 – Final Project Installation
Due: Project 3 – Sound Installation at the Carnegie Library Oakland
April 24 – Final Project Installation
April 29 – TBC (Remounting Project 2)
May 1 – Project 2 performance
Concerning Bodies in Space
*Reading 11: Gascia Ouzounian - Embodied Sound: Aural Architectures and the body*