Software and the sonic subconscious of the digital (OER)

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In composer Edgàrd Varese's words "music is organized sound". But what else can be organized from sound than music? Pleasant and annoying noises certainly, and perhaps time itself? And what æsthetic, phenomenological and political role do technical media such as software code and algorithms, Spotify, MIDI, and the MP3 play in this work of organization? In this praxis oriented OER we will use synthesizers, recorders and specialized programming languages for sound (p5.sound, Pure Data) to explore and reproduce familiar sonic phenomena of the digital condition.

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This course is a product of the teaching research project "Medienpraxiswissen" (http://medienpraxiswissen.rub.de). As an Open Educational Resource, it serves to make a course from the project accessible to other teachers. The course is designed for media practice teaching. The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the the media, technical, social and economic aspects of (visions of) the metaverse.

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  • Author
    Mace Ojala
  • Faculty
    Information Science & Technology
  • Format
    Course
  • Licence

    Reuse as OER expressly permitted: This work and its contents are - unless otherwise indicated - licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Please attribute according to the TULLU rule as follows: "Software and the sonic subconscious of the digital" by Mace Ojala, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Excluded from the license are differently licensed contents, works, creations and quotes.

  • Date of Publication
    Mon, 01/08/2024 - 17:11 (updated on Wed, 01/29/2025 - 12:12)
  • Language of the Content
    English