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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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Semaine

1

Semaine 1

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

2 vidéos (Total 15 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz

2 vidéos

Welcome to Experiments with Sound5 min

Analytical Concepts9 min

2 lectures

Course Structure10 min

Course Information and Resources10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Analytical Concepts30 min

Semaine

2

Semaine 2

2 heures pour terminer

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 heures pour terminer

10 vidéos (Total 110 min)

10 vidéos

Archeoacoustics, Resonant Frequencies & Silence9 min

Silenced Voices, Improvisation & Instruments12 min

Timbre, Rhythm & Synchronization8 min

Duration, Streaming & the Studio as Instrument9 min

Demonstrations & Fan Culture13 min

The Sound of Athletes & Traffic10 min

Social Conventions & Sound Rules9 min

Air Horn Orchestra with Tina Haver Currin9 min

Bands & Socially Engaged Art with Jen Delos Reyes12 min

Sound Art & Protest Recordings with Christopher DeLaurenti15 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Elements of Sound and Social Practices30 min

Semaine

3

Semaine 3

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

1 vidéo (Total 1 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

1 vidéo

Playing with Sound Rules Project Assignment1 min

1 lecture

Playing with Sound Project 10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Self-Reflection of Playing with Sound Project30 min

Semaine

4

Semaine 4

2 heures pour terminer

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 heures pour terminer

8 vidéos (Total 85 min)

8 vidéos

Scores & Notations13 min

How Sound Travels9 min

Buildings & Urban Spaces15 min

Transit Sites & Rural Spaces16 min

The Garage & Found Metal Ensemble with Scott Lindroth9 min

The Sound of Electromagnetic Waves with Christina Kubisch7 min

Materializing & Sonification of Movement with Matthew Kenney6 min

Auditory Architecture with Thomas Kusitzky7 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Notations, How Music Travels, and Public Space30 min

Semaine

5

Semaine 5

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

1 vidéo (Total 2 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

1 vidéo

Erase the Sound of Space Project Assignment2 min

1 lecture

Erase the Sound of Space Project 10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Self-Reflection of Erase the Sound of Space Project 30 min

Semaine

6

Semaine 6

2 heures pour terminer

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.

2 heures pour terminer

8 vidéos (Total 98 min)

8 vidéos

Deep Listening, Open Ears & Decolonial Thought10 min

Anthropocene & Listening Case Studies13 min

Global Forms13 min

Sound of the Net, Plunderphonics & Brain Opera12 min

Social Media, GPS, Sonic Bikes & ASMR13 min

Black Culture & Global Music with Mark Anthony Neal11 min

Collaboration & Generative Aesthetics with Bill Seaman & John Supko15 min

"Endings" Project & Interactive Compositions with Quran Karriem8 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Listening as Practice, Global Forms, & the Sound of the Net30 min

Semaine

7

Semaine 7

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

1 vidéo (Total 4 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

1 vidéo

Experiment with Failure Project Assignment4 min

1 lecture

Experiment with Failure Project 10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Self-Reflection Experiment with Failure Project30 min

Semaine

8

Semaine 8

1 heure pour terminer

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 heure pour terminer

1 vidéo (Total 2 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz

1 vidéo

Open Project Assignment2 min

1 lecture

Open Project Assignment 10 min

1 exercice pour s'entraîner

Self-Reflection of Open Project Assignment30 min

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Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound