Week 3 (5/26-5/30): Reconstruction

Moonwalks & Soundwalks

Mon: Reconstructing Sound – Film & Radio, Sci Fi Sounds – Show and Listen Day3
Tues: Marshall McLuhan (12), Lopez (15), Pierre Schaeffer (14); Janet Cardiff, Ian Chambers (18) and other Soundwalkers
Wed: Soundwalk – Field Essay 3 and Map
Thurs: Soundwalk – Field Essay 3 and Map
Fri: Soundwalk – Reconstruct as Class

Text Readings
“Modes of Listening,” p. 65
Chapter 12: “Visual and Acoustic Space” by Marshall McLuhan, p. 67
Chapter 15: “Profound Listening and Environmental Sound Matter” by Francisco Lopez, p. 82
Chapter 14: “Acousmatics” by Pierre Schaffer, p. 76
Chapter 18: The Aural Walk by Iain Chambers p. 98

Web Readings
Janet Cardiff’s Audio Walk in Central Park
http://publicartfund.org/pafweb/projects/05/cardiff/cardiff-05.html
Route 66 – Memories and History
http://www.national66.com/
http://www.route66fest.com/
Tesla’s Lounge (Raymond Scott, Bob Moog, etc.)
http://transonicmission.blogspot.com/
Related Web Sites
1. NYC Soundwalk http://www.soundwalk.com/
2. Sound Artists Online
http://www.earthear.com/about/artistsites.html
3. Sonic City (Mobile Wearable Sound)http://www.tii.se/reform/projects/pps/soniccity/index.html
4 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ (radio)
5. Audio Theater
http://www.audiotheater.com/
6. Science Fiction on Radio
http://www.otr.com/sf.html
7. 2001 Space Odyssey
http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/video_detail/2001/


"Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite." - Thomas Carlyle