Field-recording and Sound Creation for Film, Video-art and Sound-works

Display Schedule

Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
373MFB Z 2 2/D English summer

Subject guarantor

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Name of lecturer(s)

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are acquainted with the artist, active in audio-visual arts, radio, including dramaturgy pieces and sound.

Mode of study

workshop and screening

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Course contents

In one day masterclass reputable sound artist Félix Blume will share his approach of sound and listening in his work, as a sound engineer for film and documentary, as well as in his own artisitc projects. He will present excerpts of films he has worked on to explain in detail his methods, primarily based on field recordings, presenting different microphones setup and comparing them, defining how technique can deserve ideas and creation. He will present as well some example of sound editing, in film industry as well as in artistic projects. Trough discussion and listening session, he will explain how his work moves to personal projects, as soundscapes, sound installation and video art.

Schedule

March 1

9.30 - 12.30

1.introducing, presentation, studies, sound library (listening to some sounds and

recordings)

2.sound recording for documentary (with examples and discussion around a few

excerpts of film)

  1. presentation of different microphones setup as ORTF, AB, MS and binaural use of lavalier microphones.

4.sound editting / sound design (with examples and discussion around a

few excerpts of film)

  1. sound for video art (with examples and discussion around a few excerpts of film)

6.soundscape and field recording as an artistic practice (with examples and discussion)

12.30 - 14:lunch

14 - 17

1.listening exercise outside,

  1. about sound installation and sound art

Part of the workshop is the screening of two films on March 4th, 8:30pm at Kino Ponrepo (Curupira: Creature of the Woods, France, 2018, 35 min) and Fevers/Fiebres, France, 2013, 45 min). This event is organized by the Agosto Foundation as part of a series of film screenings and discussions on the theme of the future, nature,landscape, society, art, ecology and entropy.

For individual consultations possible to arrange for 2 days until March 4th

contact:felix.blume@gmail.com

Félix Blume is a sound artist and sound engineer. He currently works and lives between Mexico and France. His personal work is based on field recordings using sound as a basic material in various audio works, videos, actions and installations. He also works with communities in public spaces. Blume blurs the line between sounds and music by changing the noise inherent in sounds. As a sound collector, he has a large sound library recorded from different parts of the world that he freely shares on the Internet.

His sound pieces were broadcasted in galleries and radios from all over the world: Arte Radio (FR), Kunst Radio (AT), Deutschland Radio Kultur (DE), Radio Nacional de Espana (ES), Phaune Radio (FR), ABC Radio (AU), Radio Panik (BE), Radio Grenouille (FR) among others, as well as in different spaces such as Centre Pompidou and Musée d’Orsay. His work Los Gritos de México was granted the “Pierre Schaeffer” prize in the French festival Phonurgia (Paris) and an honourable mention in the Bienal de Radio in Mexico City. His work as a sound engineer centers around sound recording and sound design for documentaries, feature films and video art, as well as collaboratons with different directors and visual artists (as Francis Alys). Felix graduated from INSAS Film School in Belgium and an Audiovisual Technician Brevet in France. He has given workshops in France, Mexico, Italy or Belgium. His last film Curupira: Creature of the Woods is on the program of THE BERLINALE 2019.

http://www.felixblume.com

Recommended or required reading

R. Murray Schefer The New Soundscape, https://quote.ucsd.edu/sed/files/2014/01/schafer_1.pdf

Assessment methods and criteria

100% attendance on 1.3 at the workshop and on 4.3 at the screening in Ponrepa. An essay of 2 standard pages on one of the presented works by Felix Blum.

Note

Félix Blume is a sound artist and sound engineer. He currently works and lives between Mexico and France. His personal work is based on field recordings using sound as a basic material in various audio works, videos, actions and installations. He also works with communities in public spaces. Blume blurs the line between sounds and music by changing the noise inherent in sounds, which allows to be perceived anew. As a sound collector, he has a large sound library recorded from different parts of the world that he shares on the Internet.

He has participated in exhibitions in Spain (LOOP Festival, CCCB), Mexico (Ex-Teresa, Fonoteca Nacional, Casa de Francia, Quinto Piso), Chile (CENTEX, Festival Tsonami),France (Instants Chavirés), Germany (Labor 19) and Belgium (Festival Monophonic). His sound pieces were broadcasted in galleries and radios from all over the world: Arte Radio (FR), Kunst Radio (AT), Deutschland Radio Kultur (DE), Radio Nacional de Espana (ES), Phaune Radio (FR), ABC Radio (AU), Radio Panik (BE), Radio Grenouille (FR) among others, as well as in different spaces such as Centre Pompidou and Musée d’Orsay. His work Los Gritos de México was granted the “Pierre Schaeffer” prize in the French festival Phonurgia (Paris) and an honourable mention in the Bienal de Radio in Mexico City.

His work as a sound engineer centers around sound recording and sound design for

documentaries, feature films and video art, as well as collaboratons with different directors and visual artists (as Francis Alys). Felix graduated from INSAS Film School in Belgium and an Audiovisual Technician Brevet in France. He has given workshops in France, Mexico, Italy or Belgium. His last film

Curupira: Creature of the Woods is on the program of THE BERLINALE 2019.

http://www.felixblume.com

Further information

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
01.03.2019 09:30–17:00 Projection Room
Lažanský palác 		parallel1
04.03.2019 20:30–22:00 Bio Konvikt
 parallel1

The subject is a part of the following study plans