Summer 2019 A-term
Meeting:
MTWTh 1:30pm - 4:30pm / RAI 205
SLN:
11202
Section Type:
Studio
Instructor:
BODY SOUND INTERFACE: IS A STUDIO
COURSE THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE USE
OF WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY TO CONSTRUCT
PERFORMATIVE EXPERIMENTS WHERE THE
BODY IS SEEN AS AN INTERFACE OF
CONTROL. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL
FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE
OF ARTISTS THAT USE THEIR BODIES AS
A MEANS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION,
AND WILL EXPLORE PRACTICE-BASED
APPROACHES TO CONSTRUCT MEDIA
PERFORMANCES. SPECIFICALLY, THEY
WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY,
EXPLORING MOVEMENT AND SOUND
IMPROVISATION, AS WELL AS CRITICAL
MEDIA THEORY AND GENDER STUDIES TO
FRAME THEIR PERFORMATIVE ARTWORKS.
SOME OF THE METHODOLOGIES TO BE
USED FOR CREATING THESE WORKS WILL
BE GRAPHIC SCORES, FEEDBACK SYSTEMS
CRITICAL LISTENING/READING/WRITING,
LIVE CODING, AND HANDS-ON
EXPERIMENTATION WITH ELECTRONICS.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN DANCE, MUSIC
PERFORMANCE AND INTERFACE DESIGN IS
RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT NECESSARY.
Catalog Description:
Taught by UW faculty and visiting artists, engineers, scientists, and humanities scholars.
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
July 26, 2025 - 9:18 pm