MoKS HELIWORKSHOP NOORTELE 2 9-
11 detsember 2005 ÜLEVAADE Workshop'pi toetavad: Täpsem
info: Jane Remm, workshopi koordinaator MoKS SOUND WORKSHOP FOR YOUTH 9-
11 december 2005 Sound Files From the workshop: Composition 1 - Merili and Leelo 5:28 | 4.9mb Composition 2 - Liina and Riin 5:10 | 4.7mb Composition 3 - Kelli and Piret 6:32 | 5.9mb Composition 4 - Seth and John 5:47 | 5.2mb Sound Installation - In the Gallery 3:36 | 3.2mb OUTLINE ---- Day One Opening discussion - what is your experience with music or sound, any instruments played or recording devices used? Talk on the history of sound art with slides and examples: - Pierre Schaeffer “Études aux chemins de fer” - John Cage “Williams Mix” - Terry Riley “Persian Surgery Dervishes” - Karlheinz Stockhausen “Gesang der Jünglinge” - Xenakis “Concret PH” - Seth Nehil/Jgrzinich, untitled multitrack file, isolating individual tracks Discussion - favorite sounds Sound Walk, 25 minutes. Two listening stops, 2 min. eyes open, 2 min. eyes closed Discussion - sounds heard, difference between the two listening stops, experiences of space, distance and relative quiet ---- Day Two Making simple instruments - slate chimes, rattles with peas and cups Demonstration - dictaphone recording and speed variation Group sound-making exercises in large room: - rattles with conducting (loud/soft) - rattles with passing leader, exploring different ways of playing - chimes while wandering throughout the first floor, away and back Discussion - distance, echo and reverberation, sound and time, the effect of reflective surfaces, exploring reverberant spaces Group sounds in small glass-walled tower room: - pitch pipe and imitating tone and rhythm, passing leaders - pitch pipe imitations + dictaphone, alternating between live and recorded - looking out windows (away from group), passing vocal sounds around the circle - passing vocal sounds + individual mutation - passing phrases as quickly as possible - passing phrases + overlap Demonstration - Mini-disc recorder and stereo microphone Independent recording in groups of two, throughout building and outside Discussion - recording experiences and adventures Listening to recordings separately Listening to sounds together, random mix on multiple speakers ---- Day Three Demonstration - editing software (WaveLab) cutting, copying, pasting, inserting silence, pitch adjustment, reverb and echo Independent work period in groups of two - computer editing Demonstration - multi-tracking and volume curves Listening to individual compositions Discussion - ideas, titles, elements used Concert/Installation in Gallery space: -Mix of groups 1-4 - Group 1 x4 (Merili/Leelo) - Mix of groups 1-4 -Group 2 x4 (Liina/Riin) - Mix of groups 1-4 - Group 3 x4 (Kelli/Piret) John Grzinich (EST/US) is a mixed media artist who has been working mainly with sound since 1995. He has performed and worked extensively throughout Europe and the US and has published a number of CDs on such labels as Staalplaat (NL), CMR (NZ), erewhon (BE), Intransitive Recordings (US), Elevator Bath (US), Pale-Disc (JP), Cloud of Statics(CH), and SIRR(PT). These works consist of solo and and collaborative productions of experimental electro-acoustic sound pieces that result from studio and performance activity. Currently John is a project and media lab coordinator for MoKS - center for art and social practice, an artist-run international residency center and project space in southeast Estonia. Seth Nehil (US) is a sound and visual artist. He has composed sound works for recorded media, multi-speaker installation, solo and large-group concerts, dance, theater and multi-media performance. Published recordings include collaborations with jgrzinich and Olivia Block and solo works such as Tracing the Skins of Clouds (Kaon FR); Uva (20City JP); and Umbra (...edition US), among others. He has performed throughout the US, in Europe and Japan. Seth Nehil is also co-editor and designer of FO A RM magazine, a yearly journal of arts and research with a focus on sound art. Partner of the workshop: Workshop is supported by: More information: Jane Remm, workshop co-ordinator |
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