Handbook

In Rethinking Sound and Music you will produce original sound/music works drawing on analysis of traditionally separated histories, genres and definitions of sound and music. In particular, you will examine the effect of technology on the subsequent formation of sound/music genres and their implicit structures, including the synthesis and remix of ideas, and the sampling and quotation of structure. The studio focus involves exploring shifting notions of authenticity in regards to the post-recorded instrument by examining ways in which the structures of creative audio practice oscillate between popular cultures and the avant-garde.

Building on your previous studies in relation to the composition of sound sequences, you will expand your skills in recording, synthesising, sampling and sequencing of audio by working in the sound recording studios to produce a sound/music work with a written analysis that contextualises your work within the histories of creative practice that it references. You will also create/remix a further work constructed from the work of your classmates.