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instructions / Inside of classroom activities

Outside of classroom activities
20-Jan
  • Intro.
    • hardware & software, cloud storage, expectations, readings, grading, attendance, contact info, ...
    • Projects
  • introduces the main idea of the course and the topics that the course covers
22-Jan
  • Listening
    • Pauline Oliveros
    • Max Neuhaus
    • Murray Schafer
    • Akio Suzuki
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
27-Jan
  • Lectures/ demonstrations / Learn the basic of Pikimov and BandLab
29-Jan
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
3-Feb
  • Sound art
    • Types of sound art
      • The beginning
      • Site-specific
      • Contemporary sound art
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
5-Feb
  • Sound art
      • Soundwalks
      • Sound structure | installation | sculpture
      • Film and video as Sonic art
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
10-Feb
  • Noise
    • The West
    • The East mainly Japan
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
12-Feb
  • Silence
    • The Aesthetic of Silence
    • John Cage: About silence
    • Minimal art
    • China
    • Film
    • Music
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
17-Feb
  • Animated sound
    • Animated Sound
    • New technologies
    • Computer-generated imagery
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
  • keep learning and working on Project 1
19-Feb
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on Project 1
24-Feb
  • Group critique
  • Explore and practice Pikimov interface
26-Feb
  • Lectures/ demonstrations
    • Grasp a basic understanding of the software
    • Learn the fundamental animation principles
  • Practice, practice and practice
3-Mar
  • Lectures/ demonstrations
    • Learn the fundamental animation principles
    • View the process of making moving image as an artistic and personal expression
  • Explore and practice BandLab interface
5-Mar
  • Lectures/ demonstrations
    • Grasp a basic understanding of the software
    • Learn the fundamentals of sound making
  • Practice, practice and practice
10-Mar
  • Lectures, demonstrations
    • Learn the fundamentals of sound making
    • View the process of making sound as an artistic and personal expression
12-Mar
  • Abstract animation
    • Abstract art
    • Abstract animation
    • Musical influences
    • Spiritual fulfillment
    • Watching abstract animation
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
17-Mar
  • Spring Break
  • Spring Break
  • Spring Break
19-Mar
  • Spring Break
  • Spring Break
  • Spring Break
24-Mar
  • Analyze your own work and the work of your peers through project critiques
  • keep learning and working on Project 2
26-Mar
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on Project 2
31-Mar
  • Group critique
 
2-Apr
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
7-Apr
  • Experimental animation
    • Experiment
    • Noteworthy artists
    • Experimental animation
      • Characteristics of experimental animation
      • Orthodox Animation vs Experimental Animation
      • Relationship with music
      • Fringe groups
      • Expanded Cinema
      • Conclusion
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
9-Apr
  • Japan
    • Japanese Aesthetics
      • Mono no aware
      • Wabi sabi
      • Yugen
      • Iki
      • Kire
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
14-Apr
  • Japan
    • Zen
    • Visual arts
    • Traditional music
    • Contemporary music
    • Literature
    • Film
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
  • keep learning and working on your final
16-Apr
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • Prepare for the critique
21-Apr
  • Project 3: In-progress critique
  • Analyze your own work and the work of your peers through project critiques
  • keep learning and working on your final
23-Apr
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on your final
28-Apr
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on your final
30-Apr
  • Final presentations and critique
 
*This is a general schedule which, like most schedule, is subject to change.
*All images and text, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the internet and books.