Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound

Duke University

À propos de ce cours

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. Also included are guest presentations from key thinkers and practitioners, like: Christopher DeLaurenti, Jen Delos Reyes, Tina Haver Currin, Quran Karriem, Christina Kubisch, Thomas Kusitzky, Scott Lindroth, Mark Anthony Neal, Bill Seaman, and John Supko. As the ‘ART of the MOOC’ title implies, learners and participants are encouraged to treat the MOOC itself as a public art medium. This happens mostly through the course’s optional practical components, local project productions, global exchanges, and critical feedback. While no prior sound production or musical experience is required, projects also offer challenging options for advanced learners. For other course offerings or language versions in this series, just search 'ART of the MOOC' in the Coursera catalog.

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Cours en ligne à 100 %

Commencez dès maintenant et apprenez aux horaires qui vous conviennent.

Niveau débutant

Approx. 16 heures pour terminer

Recommandé : 4 hours/week

English

Sous-titres : English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

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. ...

2 videos (Total 15 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

2 videos

Welcome to Experiments with Sound5m

Analytical Concepts9m

2 readings

Course Structure10m

Course Information and Resources10m

1 practice exercises

Analytical Concepts10m

2

Section

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....

10 videos (Total 110 min), 1 quiz

10 videos

Archeoacoustics, Resonant Frequencies & Silence9m

Silenced Voices, Improvisation & Instruments12m

Timbre, Rhythm & Synchronization8m

Duration, Streaming & the Studio as Instrument9m

Demonstrations & Fan Culture13m

The Sound of Athletes & Traffic10m

Social Conventions & Sound Rules9m

Air Horn Orchestra with Tina Haver Currin9m

Bands & Socially Engaged Art with Jen Delos Reyes12m

Sound Art & Protest Recordings with Christopher DeLaurenti15m

1 practice exercises

Elements of Sound and Social Practices20m

3

Section

2 hours 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 video (Total 1 min), 1 quiz

1 videos

Playing with Sound Rules Project Prompt1m

4

Section

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....

8 videos (Total 85 min), 1 quiz

8 videos

Scores & Notations13m

How Sound Travels9m

Buildings & Urban Spaces15m

Transit Sites & Rural Spaces16m

The Garage & Found Metal Ensemble with Scott Lindroth9m

The Sound of Electromagnetic Waves with Christina Kubisch7m

Materializing & Sonification of Movement with Matthew Kenney6m

Auditory Architecture with Thomas Kusitzky7m

1 practice exercises

Notations, How Music Travels, and Public Space20m

5

Section

2 hours to complete

Project: Erase the Sound of a Space

The practical component is optional, inviting learners to ‘erase a sound in space’ through a range of possible strategies....

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 quiz

1 videos

Erase the Sound of Space Prompt2m

6

Section

2 hours to complete

LISTENING AS PRACTICE, GLOBAL FORMS & THE SOUND OF THE NET

This lesson provides an overview of the methods and ideas from different schools of listening. It also presents a critical examination of the term ‘world music’ and how it has evolved in relation to economic and cultural globalization. With this global perspective in mind, the concluding portions of our lectures are dedicated to acoustic experience and musical experimentation on the net, the radio, cellular networks, and various social media, including all of the glitches, accidents, and failures we associate with these platforms. ...

8 videos (Total 98 min), 1 quiz

8 videos

Deep Listening, Open Ears & Decolonial Thought10m

Anthropocene & Listening Case Studies13m

Global Forms13m

Sound of the Net, Plunderphonics & Brain Opera12m

Social Media, GPS, Sonic Bikes & ASMR13m

Black Culture & Global Music with Mark Anthony Neal11m

Collaboration & Generative Aesthetics with Bill Seaman & John Supra15m

"Endings" Project & Interactive Compositions with Quran Karriem8m

1 practice exercises

Listening as Practice, Global Forms, & the Sound of the Net20m

7

Section

2 hours to complete

Project: Experiment with Failure

The practical component of this module is optional, asking learners to produce their own experiment with media and technical failure....

1 video (Total 4 min), 1 quiz

1 videos

Experiment with Failure Prompt4m

8

Section

2 hours to complete

Open Project

This module is optional and only for those who wish to put what they learned from the course into one final project that is more open and ambitious in scale. Two options are given for this, one being your most ambitious project, and the other based on the creation and use of your own musical instruments....

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 quiz

1 videos

Open Project Prompt2m

Instructors

Pedro Lasch

Visual Artist and Associate Research Professor

Candice Hopkins

Documenta 14 Curator, Producer, and Author

Jace Clayton

Composer, DJ, Author, and Lecturer

Mathias Hinke

Composer, Researcher, and Professor University of the Arts (UdK) - Berlin

About Duke University

Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world....

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Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound