Programming as extended thought experiment

Subject guarantor:

Martin BLAŽÍČEK, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Martin BLAŽÍČEK, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

An introduction to the creative aspects of writing programs and their links to artistic practice. The practical is focused on an introduction to the creative use of SuperCollider software.

Mode of study:

Group exercises, indepedent work

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

A laptop computer is recommended. It will be possible to work on a limited number of school computers.

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

24. 4. 17:30 - Alberto de Campo: Programming as an extended thought experiment

Original lecture - musician, programmer and multi-media artist Alberto de Campo will in his lectures, talk about programming as an artistic activity. In a wider context, he will present his current work for galleries and the concert podium. He will focus on device development and their use aspects.

25. 4. 10-17:00 - Alberto de Campo: How to write programs while they are already running.

A creativity workshop focused on working with the sound programming language SuperCollider as a medium for researching potential music, or as a medium for proposing personal sound instruments. SuperCollider is designed such that it is possible to intervene during the running of the program in real time and therefore the ideal medium for life performance. In the workshop, basic creation strategies and their potential performance as functional instrumest for concert use will be presented.

Recommended or required reading:

http://albertodecampo.net

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, independent supervised work with the instructor.

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance

Course web page:

Note:

Alberto de Campo studied classical composition, jazz guitar and electronic music in Austria and the USA. During his work at the University of California Santa Barbare he developed, with Curtis Roades, the currently used software for sound particle synthesis. His current artistic works use elements of improvisation in acoustic and electronic surroundings. He is active, among others, with the group powerbooks_unplugged and Republic111, where he uses sound sources from laptops without additional amplification. As an electro-acoustical music player he has recorded with ensembles such as Quiet Noise Quartet and Trio Brachiale. His work for galleries deals with topics of communication and media archeology. He has initiated extensive collaborative projects such as Varia Zoosystematica Profundorum devoted to deep-sea communications and The Ways Things May Go about artificial causality. Among his most frequent collaborators are Hannes Hoelzl, with whom he over a long term developed the concept of audio-visual anarchisvism. He is a professor at the Universities of Duesseldorf and Berlin where he is devoted to generative art, music and information technology.

http://albertodecampo.net.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
24.04.2014		17:30–20:00	BLAŽÍČEK M.	Učebna CAS Lažanský palác	Lecturer: Alberto De Campo	paralelka 1
25.04.2014		17:00–19:30	BLAŽÍČEK M.	Učebna CAS Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Production - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Editing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography EN - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Photography EN - Master (optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject, optional subject)