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Academic Year 2002/2003
Composition in the Arts
MUSC 225 FA
Composition, the manner in which elements are combined or related to form a whole in space and time, is a basic practice in all the arts. In this seminar, we will explore the compositional process through a series of
problems
that address the concept of site--by site, we mean either a physical location or semantic field within which the artist acts. Participants will compose individual and collaborative interventions with a wide range of
sites--public,
private, corporeal, and electronic--in response to the problems posed.
MAJOR READINGS
SITINGS, Hugh Davies and Ron Onorato SILENCE, John Cage RADIOTEXTE, Neil Strauss (editor) ECHO, THE IMAGES OF SOUND, Paul Panhuysen (editor) WORDS AND SPACES, Stuart Smith and Thomas DeLio (editors)
ILLUMINATIONS, Walter Benjamin (translated by
Hannah Arendt) THE ANTI-AESTHETIC, Hal Foster Note: specific articles from these antholgies will be used to help identify specific 'sites' and the compositional problems they create.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly compostions. Term project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
The course is intended for upper division arts majors with interest in composition. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class,
they will be dropped from the class
list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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