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Systems and techonologies of Sound Art
Intensive Sound Art Workshop
May 10, 11, 12 | from 10.00 to 16.00
Church of Santa Caterina da Siena
Systems and techonologies of Sound Art
Intensive workshop led by Roberto Pugliese
Participation in the workshop is free of charge; to register, please complete the following form
For three days, students, enthusiasts, and sound professionals are invited to participate in a co-creation workshop led by Roberto Pugliese.
The integration of sound into contemporary visual arts is the result of a historic break from the conventions of pure musical performance, which took place in the middle of the last century. Since the earliest explorations in the fields of phonology and electronic music, sound material has gradually permeated the artistic sphere through innovative performative practices and avant-garde experimentation. Music is not the only organised subset of the sound universe! The ‘sound continuum’ is rich and varied; it may or may not be associated with the visual world, in various multimedia contexts and in different ways. The course in Sound Art Systems and Technologies aims to explore, from both a historical and a technical-scientific perspective, the various opportunities that sound can offer in the artistic sphere.
The course is divided into two parts: a theoretical phase, which will cover the historical development of sound art and ‘classical’ electronic music, the fundamentals of acoustics and psychoacoustics, the basics of music computing, various audio formats, the use of audio editors, object-oriented graphical programming languages (MAX/MSP, Pure Data) in the audio field, microcontrollers and audio playback systems; and a practical phase, which will cover the design of a sound installation, the analysis of the technical resources required for the project, the realisation of the audio component of the work and optimisation for audience experience. The aim of the course is to provide participants with the basic knowledge required for the design and realisation of installations, sculptures and sound environments. To participate, you must have your own laptop (Mac/Windows) with the demo versions of the programmes (Cubase, Pure Data, Max/MSP) already installed and configured to speed up the setup process. A basic knowledge of the use of the aforementioned software and the use of microcontrollers and sensors is preferable, but not essential.
Systems and Technologies of Sound Art is part of the Contemporarily Timeless project, curated by the Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini and supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
Systems and techonologies of Sound Art
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