Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will gain new skills in sound synthesis, interface design, protocols and conventions used in open source art projects. Students will be familiar with basic technologies for mapping sensor data to sound or graphical data. 

Credits: 4

Schedule: 09.05.2022 - 13.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Antti Ikonen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This seminar and workshop focuses on sound and code as artistic material 
  in the fields of new music, sound synthesis, extended instruments, installations 
  and live coding. In order to get familiar with building experimental new 
  instruments, interfaces and sound installations, the powerful SuperCollider audio
  programming environment will be introduced. Others tools and frameworks are also 
  supported (Pure Data, Processing, Arduino, JavaScript, etc...). The Open Sound 
  Control (OSC) protocol will be introduced in the context of networked 
  systems between different software, machines or geographical locations. 
  Participants will read key texts in the field and contextualise their 
  own practice within the theoretic and art-historic area in which they work. 

  Keywords: live coding, generative, extended instruments, sound synthesis, non-linear composition 

   

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course consists of lectures, demos, reading groups, and practical 
  work. In order to get credited, the student must complete a practical 
  hands-on personal project. This can take any form, as long as it relates to the course topic and fits the
  background and interests of the participants. A strong element in the 
  seminar is theoretical and aesthetic reflections on the work produced 
  and analysed; students will be asked to read and participate in group 
  discussions on key academic papers on the field. 

   

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The workshop consists of lectures with case examples and tutored hands-on work. 36h teaching.

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  http://www.nime.org, 
  http://www.icli.org, 
  http://www.iclc.org 

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Period:

  (2020, 2021) - No teaching

  2021-2022 Spring V

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E5075

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  In Weboodi, at the latest one week before the course starts.

   

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

   

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