Welcome to RT362i Summer Sound Art Practice

Professor: Dr. Phylis Johnson, 453-6901, phylisj@yahoo.com
Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor:
Adam Pearson at adamdpearson@hotmail.com
Meeting Times: M-F, 1 – 3
Office Hours: 12:00 to 1 p.m. – Tuesday, Wednesday, and by appointment

Blogs:
http://www.soundpractice.blogspot.com/
http://transonicmission.blogspot.com/
http://sonicwalden.blogspot.com/

RT 362i Sound Art and Practice
Text: Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Culture (ed., Christoph Cox & Daniel Warner, Continuum, 2004)

Recommended Reading :
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES,
DIANE ACKERMAN,1990, Vintage Books

The idea that artists are capable of producing organized sound that is somehow distinct from that created by musicians and composers has existed ever since the publication of Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo's manifesto "The Art of Noises" in 1913…(Doug Harvey, The Noise of Art) http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/12/features-harvey.php

Course Objective:
to introduce students to the critical theory, art, and practice within the field of sound

Learning Outcomes: *understand/apply sound theory*develop critical listening/expression*nurture creative expression through sound and related audio arts*develop writing and storytelling skills through sound*understand/apply specific terminology of sound *participation in some aspect of audio production outside of class.

Everyday Links: In Class ListeningThe ABC Classic/Australia Listening Room
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/listeningroom/
Also see: http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/

Ear Clips (3 minutes)
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/earclips/default.htm
Deep Wireless
http://www.trentu.ca/trentradio/csirp/rwb04/
Hearing Voices
http://www.hearingvoices.com/
Sound Galleries
http://www.earthear.com/catalog/gallery.html
Sound and Spirit Program
http://www.wgbh.org/pages/pri/spirit/previous.html

"Today, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore." - Jacques Attali

Robert Minden/Otter BayA playfully eclectic composer whose engaging and emotive works are populated by instruments such as vacuum cleaner hoses, glass bottles, and theramin. His web site includes a fun Flash presentation on several of his favorite instruments: http://www.lostsound.com/http://www.lostsound.com/sounds/default.html

John HudakHas released some real gems, including a quietly mesmerizing pondscape and a piece built of recordings of the Brooklyn Bridge . He also posts new pieces regularly on his Live365 streaming radio channel.
http://www.turbulence.org/Works/itravel