Live Electronic Music and Multimedia
Short Course Description:
A collaborative workshop for anyone interested in creating live electronic music, multimedia performance, and sound installations. Public extension of a course currently being offered through the Video Department at MICA this Spring.
This course will provide students with an immersive laboratory in which they can experiment with new modes of sound manipulation in live performance. We will explore sound-manipulation skills in real time, using audio technology ranging from contact microphones to turntables to laptop software such as Ableton Live. DJing and audio improvisation will be practiced in dialogue with live video mixing and a variety of other performance media. Broad topics of study will include looping and evolving sonic space, dissonance and synchronicity, form and time. Creative projects will follow the students' individual interest, while also contributing to a common performance event, "The Vigil", at the Cohen Plaza at MICA (April 1, 2010). A second module, following this performance, will focus on interactive sound installations that allow an audience to perform.
Students will gain familiarity with DJ mixer techniques, MIDI mapping and controllers in combination with audio software, digital and analog effects processing, basic soldering, and a small amount of music theory. Experience with live electronic improvisation and composition will be informed by a familiarity with the work of a range of artists throughout the history of live remix.
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LIVE VIDEO OF PERFORMANCES WILL BE STREAMED ONLINE!
http://www.jasonsloan.com/courses/em/live
Date and Time:
Repeats every 2 weeks until Tue Apr 20 2010 .
February 8, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
February 22, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
March 8, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
March 22, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
April 5, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
April 19, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
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