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Academic Year 2003/2004

Composition in the Arts
MUSC 225 SP

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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