Multimedia in Performing Arts

Code:

MM0041

Acronym:

MPA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Visual Arts

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Multimedia

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MM	10	Syllabus	1	-	6	45	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

1) Knowledge of performing arts, both historical and contemporary.

2) Development of technical and creative skills on "live arts" and interactivity.

3) Development of performance skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

After successfully finishing this class, the student will aquire:

1) Knowledge of the main platforms, techniques and methodologies for performing arts.

2) Familiarity with relevant digital media works for performing arts.

3) Participate in the conception, creation and interpretation within the context of performing arts.

4) Develop works applying digital media in performing arts.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1) The performing arts:

1. the implicit contract between performer and audience;
2. vanguard movements;
3. emerging cultural paradigms;
4. time structuring;
5. the impact and experience of digital media.

 

2) Technological platforms of performing arts:

1. computer vision techniques;
2. computer audition techniques;
3. communication protocols: MIDI, OSC, DMX;
4. digital projection mapping;
5. immersive sound systems;
6. sensors and actuators;

3) Practical applications of digital media in performing arts.

Mandatory literature

Steve Dixon ; with contributions by Barry Smith; Digital performance. ISBN: 978-0-262-04235-2
Alvin Lucier; Music 109: Notes on Experimental Music, Wesleyan University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-8195-7297-4
Michael Nyman; Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN: 978-0-521-65383-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course unit is composed mainly by practical applications of the performing arts methodologies, with some comprehensive seminars on the theorical program contents.
The practical projects are developed both as laboratorial work and outside contact hours.

Software

Pd
Processing
OpenFrameworks
Max/MSP/Jitter
Arduino

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Communication technology > Media production
Humanities > Arts > Performing arts

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho laboratorial	100,00
Total:	165,00

Eligibility for exams

The practical work will be assessed, during the laboratory classes, by the delivery of the expected assignments.

Given the practical nature of the subject, it is not possible to take a single exam in lieu of practical work.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation Formula: 0,4 * pt + 0,6 * tf

pt - assignments carried out during the semester;
tf - final assignment.

Classification improvement

Substantial improvement of the final assignment or presentation of another assignment previously approved by the professor.

Observations

Classes will be taught in English. Students can either present their assignments in Portuguese or in English.