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Week 5 readings
This week's readings are both related to Greg J. Smith, who works with sound and maps. Making an historic record of sounds of Toronto Sound Mapping: A Primer
Listening Exercise: Environmental Sound List
With a notebook (or laptop) in hand, find a public place to sit for a period of ten minutes. As you sit, try to focus in on all the sounds you are hearing. If you feel comfortable doing so, close … Continue reading
Soundscape Project
Create a 60 second audio piece using Soundflower (or, for Windows, try Virtual Audio Cable) and Audacity. Respond to one of the places from your "Mapping My City" project and create an audio "soundscape" for that place. This does not … Continue reading
Week 4 Agenda
Artist Presentation: Amy on Erik Loyer Nonlinear Narrative presentations Reading Discussion: Jaron Lanier and Douglas Rushkoff Listen to Steve Reich's Come Out Intro to Audacity Audio Lecture Lab Time Assignments: Listening assignments (do this before the Audacity part) Audacity Exercises
Audacity Exercises
Using the two provided MP3 tracks (linked below) or 2 tracks of your choice with similarly distinct content*, create a unique two minute composition that is significantly different from either of the source files. You are free to experiment, but … Continue reading
Listening: Week 4
Our "readings" this week consist of two radio segments about the editing process. Radiolab: Making Radio Lab On the Media: Pulling Back the Curtain
Week 3 Agenda
Administrative stuff: next week we meet Wednesday instead of Monday! Also, artist presentations and group communication issues. Nonlinear Narrative Project Presentations Reading Discussion: Nicholas Carr, Vannevar Bush Video: Paul Otlet and the Mundaneum Hypertext 2 Lecture Mapping in Art Resources … Continue reading
Mapping my city
Using Google Maps "my maps" feature, make a personalized map of places in the city that are important to you. Think about the places you would want to discover if you were new to the city, or the places you … Continue reading
Readings: Jaron Lanier and Douglas Rushkoff
This week we have another pairing of printed and online readings. Come next Wednesday prepared to discuss! Reading 1: Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivisim by Jaron Lanier (pdf). Reading 2: Chapter 1 of Douglas Rushkoff's Program … Continue reading
Week 2 Agenda
Artist Presentation: Hulika on Christophe Bruno Discussion: McLuhan Playboy Interview Lecture: Hypertext On the Night of Mr. Melvin's Murder Nonlinear Narrative Project Demo: Image maps Group Work Week 2 Assignments: Nonlinear Narrative Project Readings: Nicolas Carr and Vannevar Bush