Of Sound and Vision

Week 1
1/3 Introduction to Max
> patches | reading | addendum
Week 2
1/9 Minimalism and the History of Techno
> patches | reading
1/10 Basics of Synthesis
> patches | reading
Week 3
1/16 Sound and Our Environment
> patches | reading
1/17 Aesthetics of Noise
> patches | reading | addendum
Week 4
1/23 Introduction to Jitter
> patches | reading | addendum
1/24 History of Visual Music, "Synaesthesia in Art"
> patches | reading | addendum
Week 5
1/30 History of Circuit-Bending and the Aesthetics of Failure
> patches | reading | addendum
1/31 Alternate Interfaces
> patches
Week 6
2/6 Getting more from your data
> patches
2/7 Work day
Week 7
2/13 Final crit
1/24 History of Visual Music, "Synaesthesia" in Art

Review video mixers, informal critique and discussion

Screenings:
  • Thomas Wilfred - "Visual Counterpoint," Opus 140
  • Dr. Hans Jenny - Bringing Matter to Life with Sound
  • Evelina Domnitch + Dimitry Gelfand - Xenon Wind
Discuss reading + screenings

Sound Analysis:
  • Fiddle~ / Bonk~
  • Analyzer~ / Pitch~ / Noisiness~ / Loudness~
3D Basics:
  • jit.gl.render
  • jit.gl.gridshape
  • jit.gl.handle
  • jit.gl.videoplane
  • jit.gl.texture
  • jit.gl.nurbs
  • jit.gl.model
  • jit.gl.sketch
  Assignment 1:
Audio-Controlled Video Synthesizer or Munger
  Assignment 2:
Bring in children's toy or household item to hack
  Reading:
Reed Ghazala - Bending the Headspace of Electronic Design and Designing Your Personal Alien Orchestra from Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments

Kim Cascone - Aesthetics of Failure: 'Post-Digital' Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music

Brandon LaBelle - Language Games: Yasunao Tone and the Mechanics of Information from Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art