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instructions / Inside of classroom activities

Outside of classroom activities
01
Aug 29
  • 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

02
Sep 3

  • Listening
    • Pauline Oliveros
    • Max Neuhaus
    • Murray Schafer
    • Akio Suzuki
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
03
Sep 5
  • Lectures/ demonstrations / Learn the basic of Pikimov and BandLab
04
Sep 10
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
05
Sep 12
  • Sound art
    • Types of sound art
      • The beginning
      • Site-specific
      • Contemporary sound art
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
06
Sep 17
  • Sound art
      • Soundwalks
      • Sound structure | installation | sculpture
      • Film and video as Sonic art
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
07
Sep 19
  • Noise
    • The West
    • The East mainly Japan
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
08
Sep 24
  • Silence
    • The Aesthetic of Silence
    • John Cage: About silence
    • Minimal art
    • China
    • Film
    • Music
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
09
Sep 26
  • Animated sound
    • Animated Sound
    • New technologies
    • Computer-generated imagery
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
  • keep learning and working on Project 1
10
Oct 1
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on Project 1
11
Oct 3
  • Group critique
  • Explore and practice Pikimov interface
12
Oct 8
  • Lectures/ demonstrations
    • Grasp a basic understanding of the software
    • Learn the fundamental animation principles
  • Practice, practice and practice
13
Oct 10
  • 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
14
Oct 15
  • Lectures/ demonstrations
    • Grasp a basic understanding of the software
    • Learn the fundamentals of sound making
  • Practice, practice and practice
15
Oct 17
  • Lectures, demonstrations
    • Learn the fundamentals of sound making
    • View the process of making sound as an artistic and personal expression
16
Oct 22
  • Japan
    • Japanese Aesthetics
      • Mono no aware
      • Wabi sabi
      • Yugen
      • Iki
      • Kire
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
17
Oct 24
  • Japan
    • Zen
    • Visual arts
    • Traditional music
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
  • Prepare for the critique
18
Oct 29
  • Fall break
  • Fall break
  • Fall break
19
Oct 31
  • Project 2: In-progress critique
  • Analyze your own work and the work of your peers through project critiques
  • keep learning and working on Project 2
20
Nov 5
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on Project 2
21
Nov 7
  • Group critique
22
Nov 12
  • Japan
    • Contemporary music
    • Literature
    • Film
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
23
Nov 14
  • Abstract animation
    • Abstract art
    • Abstract animation
    • Musical influences
    • Spiritual fulfillment
    • Watching abstract animation
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
24
Nov 19
  • Lectures/ work & film presentation
25
Nov 21
  • 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
26
Nov 26
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • Prepare for the critique
27
Nov 28
  • 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
28
Dec 3
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on your final
29
Dec 5
  • Lab: work in class
  • Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
  • keep learning and working on your final
30
Dec 10
  • 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.