Sound Art

Code:

AS500

Acronym:

AS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	15	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	4,5	64	121,5
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

• Develop technological expertise, historical, theoretical and practical on the Sound in Arts.

• Encourage a critical and reflective, promoting habits of argument and discussion of projects.

• Understand the specific aggregate to Sound Art and adjust multiple available media resources and to develop projects in this area.

• Design and develop Sound Art work, valuing methodologies and experimentation.

Learning outcomes and competences

• As a result of learning, project-based so developed over the semester, it is intended that students acquire skills in sound art, knowledge integration, project management, content production adjusted to the proposed project work.

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Sound Art aims to develop and consolidate the knowledge acquired in the discipline Audio continue learning theoretical and technical language specific sound in plastic production, with special emphasis on application of knowledge in the development of a working draft of Sound Art. Develop a sound art project bearing in mind the plasticity of sound.

Mandatory literature

Landy Leigh; Understanding the art of sound organization. ISBN: 978-0-262-12292-4
EVENS, Aden; Sound Ideas, University of Minnesota Press. ISBN: 0-8166-4537-X
LICHT, Alan; Sound Art, Rizzoli, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8478-2969-9
Chion Michel; L. audio-vision. ISBN: 2-09-190704-9
Bosseur Jean-Yves; Sound and visual arts. ISBN: 2-906571-26-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

• The course will develop according to a theoretical-practical classes will alternate monitoring and discussion of the project to develop throughout the semester, with classes in presentation / seminar guest artists.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Trabalho de campo	0,00
Trabalho laboratorial	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The students evaluation is based on the development of the creative research project, in a continuous way, in the class; on the participation in colective discussions around their own work and their colleagues' work; on the final presentation of the work and critical written report.

Calculation formula of final grade

• The student will develop an individual project throughout the semester, which will be accounted for the content of the proposal, its practical application and its defense. The continuous assessment will be required to comply with a minimum of 50% of classes.