ZD_09 Sound studies I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 N21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Sound studies is a modern interdisciplinary project with aim to grasp and explain the function of sound in human communication and culture in general. Sound studies therefore utilizes and combines the knowledge, attitudes and methods of various disciplines, as cultural anthropology, psychology, semiotics, acoustics, musicology, and last but not least also philosophy and aesthetics.
Learning outcomes
One-semestral course “Sound studies I.” offers the historical overview of philosophical-aesthetical reflection of sound representation since ancient times till today with emphasis to use of sounds in arts. The course includes also the interdisciplinary topics, such as sonology, aural history and acoustic ecology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the sound studies;
  • 2. Philosophical-aesthetical reflection of sound representation in historical overview (semiotics, Jacques Attali);
  • 3. Audio-visuals as a natural consequence of spatial-temporal experience (relations of sound to time, space, movement and human body and perception);
  • 4. Aesthetics of performing arts;
  • 5. Musical and non-musical sounds;
  • 6. Noise aesthetics of the Futurists;
  • 7. John Cage: Art of listening and extended sound-making;
  • 8. Conceptualization of sound in the avant-garde arts;
  • 9. Sound in modern and intermedia and multimedia;
  • 10. Sound art as a natural phase in modern art development;
Literature
    required literature
  • ATTALI, Jacques. Noise : the political economy of music. Edited by Fredric Jameson - Susan McClary, Translated by Brian Massumi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1985, xiv, 179. ISBN 9780816612864. info
  • CSERES, Jozef (ed.). Antologie textů k zvukovým studiím. ÚHV FF MU, Brno, 2019.
  • COX, Christoph – WARNER, Daniel. Audiokultúra: Texty o modernej hudbe. Bratislava: Hudobné centrum, 2013.
    recommended literature
  • CAGE, John. Silence. Praha: Tranzit, 2010.
  • CSERES, Jozef. Hudobné simulakrá. Hudobné centrum, Bratislava, 2001.
  • VOEGELIN, Salomé. Listening to noise and silence : towards a philosophy of sound art. New York: Continuum, 2011, xvii, 231. ISBN 9781441126436. info
  • Od analógového k digitálnemu-- : nové pohľady na umenia v audiovizuálnom veku. Edited by Jozef Cseres - Michal Murin. Banská Bystrica: Fakulta výtvarných umení, Akadémia umení, 2010, 219 s. ISBN 9788089078783. info
  • DELEUZE, Gilles and Félix GUATTARI. Tisíc plošin. Translated by Marie Caruccio Caporale. Vydání první. Praha: Herrmann & Synové, 2010, 585 stran. ISBN 9788087054253. info
  • LABELLE, Brandon. Background noise : perspectives on sound art. 1st pub. New York: Continuum, 2006, xviii, 314. ISBN 0826418449. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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