Digital Sound and Remix:Sound Art Lecture

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Artists 3 Articles 4 Questions 5 Themes 6 Processes 7 Sound Art Timeline 8 Glossary 9 Resource Links

Summary

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_art
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
• Quick History

Artists

• John Cage
  • Father of Sound Art
  • 4'33"
    • "The premiere of the three-movement 4? 33? was given by David Tudor on August 29, 1952, at Woodstock, New York as part of a recital of contemporary piano music. The audience saw him sit at the piano, and lift the lid of the piano. Some time later, without having played any notes, he closed the lid. A while after that, again having played nothing, he lifted the lid. And after a period of time, he closed the lid once more and rose from the piano."
  • "Chance" or aleatoric or random music or sound
  • Zen Buddhism
  • mycologist
  • studied with Schoenberg
  • He defined harmony, which he now defined as sounds noticed at the same time.
  • Joined faculty of Black Mountain College in 1948
• Steinski 1 2 3
• Chris Willits
• http://www.bradsucks.net/
• Alloy Orchestra
• Alloy samples
• Matmos
• Luigi Russolo and the Italian Futurists
• http://www.rejon.org/
• Rejon's page, check it out
• Animal Collective
• http://thereminkits.com/?gw
• Race In Digital Space - Art Exhibition & Conference
• http://www.reverberant.com/index.htm
• http://www.mcachicago.org/cm_media/run-index.htm [christian marclay]
• http://members.tripod.com/~JFGraves/zorn-index.html [john zorn]
• http://www.omnology.com/zorn03.html#nakedcity [john zorn's "naked city"]
• http://www.inbetweennoise.com [Steve Roden]
• Steve Reich
• Christian Marclay
• Grand Wizzardtheodore
• Maywadenki
• Maywadenki samples
• [1]

Articles

• http://downhillbattle.org/interviews/mia.php
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/saturday_review/story/0,3605,596122,00.html

• http://www.transom.org/shows/2001/200103.shows.audioart.jschuman.html

• http://www.ascap.com/playback/2004/fall/radar-calderon.html

• Sensor system for interactive surfaces.

Questions

• How is "Sound Art" different from "Music"?

• What is the difference between Sound Art and Art?

• What is and is not Sound Art?

• Who are the top five figures in sound art?

• What is the general timeline for sound art?

• How does sound art relate to your personal practice?

Themes

• Technology
• Sound vs. Music
• Man vs. Machine

Processes

• cut-up
• repetition
• basic effects
• technological experimentation
• collage

Sound Art Timeline

• 1912 - John Cage born (September 5, 1912)
• 1913 - Russolo stated in his 1913 essay, "The Art of Noise":
  • "This musical evolution is paralleled by the mulitplication of machines" and indeed, as technology evolves--becoming increasingly available, mobile, and integrated throughout our lives, the world of sound art has also exploded into various forms, concerns, and approaches.
• 1952 - John Cage releases composition 4'33"
• 1992 - John Cage born (August 12, 1992)

Glossary

• Sound Art
  • "Sound art is a new media art practice rooted in early 20th century experimentation. From the Western art historical tradition early examples include the Italian Futurist "Intonarumori" or noise machines created by Luigi Russolo, and subsequent experiments by Dadaists, Surrealists, the Situationist International, Fluxus, Happenings, and many other contemporary practitioners. Russolo stated in his 1913 essay, "The Art of Noise": "This musical evolution is paralleled by the mulitplication of machines" and indeed, as technology evolves--becoming increasingly available, mobile, and integrated throughout our lives, the world of sound art has also exploded into various forms, concerns, and approaches."
• Musique Concrete
  • "(French; literally, "concrete music"), is the name given to a class of electronic music produced from editing together fragments of natural and industrial sounds. It is the opposite of traditional composing (known to some as Musique Abstraite, literally, Abstract Music) as the sounds are recorded first then built into a tune as opposed to a tune being written then given to players to turn into sound. Concrète was pioneered in the late 1940s and 1950s, spurred by developments in technology, most prominently microphones, and the commercial availability of the magnetic tape recorder, utilized as tape loops."

Resource Links

• Hey people, I think that the possibilities of working with audio from a programming point of view opens up a lot of doors. Pd and Max/MSP are dope but check out SuperCollider. Some say this is a program is more efficient than Pd or Max/MSP because it is more text based syntax as opposed to GUI based. It's only for Macintosh and it is free at the link.

• Also check this out. You can build your own midi interface. It might be some cool stuff to be able to know how to do. Although it might take some time and effort...Specially considering that they are getting cheaper and cheaper.

*Generator Online Resource for Sound Art Projects