Theory: Theory of Sound: The Play Head (gLV) 

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Nummer und TypBKM-BKM-Th.19F.014 / Moduldurchführung
ModulTheorie 
VeranstalterDepartement Fine Arts
LeitungBilly Davis
Anzahl Teilnehmendemaximal 20
ECTS3 Credits
VoraussetzungenEnglish Language
LehrformSeminar
ZielgruppenBA Art & Media students

Interested students of other study programmes can contact studium.dkm@zhdk.ch and will be informed at the end of calendar week 6 about a possible participation.
Lernziele / KompetenzenThe aim of the course is to heighten the participants' awareness of such sonic phenomenon as it relates to tonal preferences and how it may connect to other art forms.
InhalteThe Play Head, provides an historical introduction to music and sound recording over the last 150 years.

The course will survey the development of recording technologies and the associated
sonic artefacts that have broadened our perceptions of natural acoustical spaces throughout the 20th century.

With wax cylinders, shellac, vinyl, magnetic tape as the main archive materials for recording over that span of time, we will take a deeper look at some of the intrinsic properties and artefacts associated with such materials. As well, compare it in opposition to current digital hard disk recording positions.

Further discussions relating to cognitive psychology and the effects that personal expectations, prejudices, and predispositions may have on listeners' relative evaluations and comparisons of sonic aesthetics from such recording materials will be pursued.

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William (Billy) Davis is a composer, recording artist, music producer and founder of workhorsesong studio in Berlin.
Recently, he has started to work with the Richard Thomas Foundation (London/Berlin), developing artists’ projects related to music, sound and performance.
Currently, he is a guest lecturer in Video and Sound at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden.
Bibliographie / LiteraturPerfecting Sound Forever, The Story of Recorded Music, Greg Milner, 2009

Sounds of Modern History: Auditory Cultures in 19th-and 20th-Century Europe, Daniel Morat, 2014

There will be additional reading materials provided.
Leistungsnachweis / TestatanforderungActive participation in class discussions. 80% mandatory attendance.
TermineMonday 13:30 - 17:00 o'clock

25 February
18 / 25 March
15 / 29 April
13 / 20 / 27 May
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