Use your voice recordings to create a piece Use loops available in your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to accompany voice, think of the mood, the tempo (slow/fast), the layering of different ...more

Due next Monday Nov. 17, 6pm Reading at Salon "Please Attend to" Section and in PDF at https://www.dropbox.com/s/zpes85702cpa8hj/2%20-%20Beginning%20and%20Forms%20-%20From%20A%20Belkin%20Practic...more

This is a two part Assignment. The first part will ask you to identify the work and explore the process of a professional photographer. You will describe their techniques, processes and methods in...more

The goal of this exercise is for you to practice: finding good subject matter; finding the best vantage point (perspective on your subject matter); and considering the composition You should ta...more

-Choose a poem or excerpt from literature -Record two minutes of a classmate speaking that text [25 p] -Recording must have at least two distance variations (microphone proximity), be careful to...more

Go to a Museum and spend time with at least one work of art. The Carnegie Museum of Art is free to CMU students and open every day except Tuesday: see http://www.cmoa.org/visit/ Pick one realist...more

Edit down your sound journal recordings to a piece with a point of view, using at least one basic composition concept (Belkin reading) Duration: 40-60 sec [10 p] Do not tolerate clicks and p...more

Individual ‐ Due Wednesday Nov. 5, 6pm Record the world around you: 1. Capture a minimum of ten minutes of raw field recordings using a portable device (Zoom H1) [25 points]. Remember to use...more

Individual - Due Monday Nov. 10, 6pm: Search one example of any of the items described at the first Composition reading from any music, sound creation or soundtrack, etc. you like different from...more

Go to a relatively quiet space (it should be a location off campus). Spend a minimum of 30 minutes experiencing the visual world around you. This practice will prepare you for seeing works of art l...more

Your goal is to create a visual composition that could be displayed as a work of art in the Hunt Library and which broaches the topic of ‘art and engineering’ The manner in which you approach th...more

Using the discussion of foundational visual elements and visual techniques, construct a series of visual compositions to express 1) an emotion 2) the build environment 3) the human body in the foll...more

You have been assigned to study Kasmir Malevich's artwork, Paul Klee's artwork, or Wassilly Kandinsky's artwork. For Thursday as a group you should select one work per person (2-3 works) [Recommen...more