A HISTORY OF SOUND ART
massachusetts college of art and design
What is Sound Art? Imagine mind-bending sound pieces created with a piano filled with nails/bolts/nuts/screws, a floor tiled with LPs, a secret tone playing underneath a grate in New York City for 30 years, or nothing but the echo of a space. The course will provide a solid knowledge of sound history and basic acoustic principles, and examine works by artists who have blurred traditional boundaries between music and other disciplines such as science, design, visual arts and philosophy.
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course will give you the background you need for understanding and appreciating the relatively new artistic category designated as “sound art,” as well as introducing you to a number of current artists in the field. We will first explore various historical threads that may illuminate reasons for the formation of the movement and then will examine works by a variety of artists in the 20th Century that have created significant relationships between the aural domain and other areas of thought and perception. You will develop skills to critically experience sound in a variety of contexts, including the acquisition of a basic vocabulary in acoustics and psychoacoustics.
You do not need prior knowledge of music or sound to take this course.
SYLLABUS OVERVIEW
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For more information contact: [email protected]
Teacher Bio
Judy Dunaway is an internationally known sound artist, performer and composer. She has a Ph.D. in music composition from Stony Brook University, where she studied primarily with composer and Director of Computer Music Dan Weymouth (in the Music Department) and multimedia artist and Digital Studios Director Christa Erickson (in the Art Department). She has an M.A. from Wesleyan University where she studied experimental music composition with Alvin Lucier. For more information go to: http://www.judydunaway.com
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course will give you the background you need for understanding and appreciating the relatively new artistic category designated as “sound art,” as well as introducing you to a number of current artists in the field. We will first explore various historical threads that may illuminate reasons for the formation of the movement and then will examine works by a variety of artists in the 20th Century that have created significant relationships between the aural domain and other areas of thought and perception. You will develop skills to critically experience sound in a variety of contexts, including the acquisition of a basic vocabulary in acoustics and psychoacoustics.
You do not need prior knowledge of music or sound to take this course.
SYLLABUS OVERVIEW
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For more information contact: [email protected]
Teacher Bio
Judy Dunaway is an internationally known sound artist, performer and composer. She has a Ph.D. in music composition from Stony Brook University, where she studied primarily with composer and Director of Computer Music Dan Weymouth (in the Music Department) and multimedia artist and Digital Studios Director Christa Erickson (in the Art Department). She has an M.A. from Wesleyan University where she studied experimental music composition with Alvin Lucier. For more information go to: http://www.judydunaway.com