Module: CMT5001-20 Sonic Art

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Joseph Hyde

Module Tutor Contact Details: J.Hyde@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module develops critical awareness of Sonic Art, characterised as an open field encompassing all areas of contemporary art practice based on sound. It offers a global perspective and a historical basis in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Lecture presentations and discussion that cover a breadth of contexts and aesthetics in the field will inform personal research into a chosen area of sonic art practice.

The module aims to enable you to:

• Explore Sonic Art as a field of contemporary practice, in the context of its historical antecedents

• Extrapolate aesthetic principles from specific exemplars of good practice

• Develop a practice-led approach to independent research into a chosen topic

2.Outline syllabus

The following thematic areas will be covered on the module:

• Musique concrète

• Electronische Musik

• Minimalism

• Noise Music

• Plunderphonics

• Live coding

• Hardware hacking

• Glitch

• Sound Art

• Installation

• Visual Music

3.Teaching and learning activities

The module is delivered through weekly lectures and small-group seminars. Further online study materials are made available through Minerva that should be used to support self-directed study.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Essay (3000 words)

• % Weighting: 70%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Annotated Bibliography (1500 words)

• % Weighting: 30%