Students of this course may try their hand at their own sound interventions and musical compositions, or simply focus on learning more about diverse musical traditions, sonic experimentation, and acoustic phenomena in everyday life. Designed by artist and Duke professor, Pedro Lasch, and UdK composer Mathias Hinke, this course is also co-taught by scholar and musician Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture) and curator Candice Hopkins (Documenta 14). The lectures link major artistic developments of recent decades to wider ideas about sound in specific social and spatial contexts.
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Berlin University of the Arts
Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound
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English
Subtitles: English
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Duke University
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
Introduction & Analytical Concepts
This module introduces the four co-teachers of the course (Lasch, Clayton, Hinke, Hopkins), along with five analytical concepts that we will use throughout its sections and projects: Frequency, Perspective, Material Frame, Time Frame, and Concurrency. These concepts are designed to encompass a wide range of acoustic phenomena within spatial and social experience.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 15 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Elements of Sound and Social Practices
This lesson expands on specific terms or ‘sound elements’ that include tuning, resonance, silence, improvisation, rhythm, synchronization, duration, and timbre. It also addresses traditional tools in sound production, from musical instruments to sampling, auto-tunes, and other more recent technologies. The module concludes by exploring the role of sound in specific non-musical social settings and practices, such as clapping, fan culture, sports, traffic jams, mass demonstrations, and more.
2 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 110 min)
1 hour to complete
Project: Playing with Sound Rules
The practical component of this section is optional, asking learners to choose a space with specific ‘sound rules’ and change or alter these rules through actual experimentation.
1 hour to complete
1 video (Total 1 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
NOTATION, HOW MUSIC TRAVELS & PUBLIC SPACE
This lesson begins by focusing on the relationship between experimental practices and scores or notation systems. It also examines how sound has been used and understood by artists in specific urban contexts, such as ports, train stations, and airports, as well as rural settings, including forests, gardens, and the wider landscape. We conclude with an examination of how sound and music travel, be it through the populations who produce it, or the objects and digital files that are used to record and share it.
2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 85 min)
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TOP REVIEWS FROM ART OF THE MOOC: EXPERIMENTS WITH SOUND
by SMJan 29, 2019
Very Good Course I would encourage every Musician to take this course. It is very informative and broadens one knowledge in Global World Music Perspective
by DHJul 24, 2020
Great fun and insights, and motivation to re-question my perception and interaction with sounds in the physical environment. Thank you!
by SKFeb 14, 2020
A very interesting and different perspective on Sound and Music for me given that I am from an Engineering background.
by MKNov 28, 2020
it was very interesting, it covered all levels in our llives, taught us new concepts and introduced us to new topics
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