IMK106 Music within New Media

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject is intended to be the gateway to the possibilities of new media interpretation. The aim of the course is the student's ability to approach theoretically a work of new media based on sound material.
Syllabus
  • Music and new media - a marriage of convenience? Technological conditionality of music - music of machines and instruments. Digitality of music and music encoding (from Neum to MP3, the possibility of visual representation). Modularity of music (music as a kit, the impact of mobile technology). Music as a hypertext (redefining the author concept - performer - audience). Music interactivity - interface changes (J. Cage, G. Levin, D. Long, T. Dvorak, etc.). Multimediality (music in the context of other media), Space music - music in space / space in music. Aesthetics of Music in New Media (functional × absolute, authentic × eclectic, high x low). Artwork in the age of its digital reproducibility. Music mobility - metamorphosis of the memory. Materialization of sound - music as a physical object.
Literature
    required literature
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxix, 354. ISBN 0262133741. info
    recommended literature
  • Sound unbound : sampling digital music and culture. Edited by DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2008, xi, 426. ISBN 9780262633635. info
  • Music, sound and multimedia : from the live to the virtual. Edited by Jamie Sexton. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, xi, 204. ISBN 9780748625345. info
  • Multimedia : from Wagner to virtual reality. Edited by Randall Packer - Ken Jordan - William Gibson. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002, xxxviii, 4. ISBN 0393049795. info
Teaching methods
A lecture combined with practical interpretative output.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 4x za semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017.
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