September 20, 2018

Due this Class:

  • Your final post (Phase 4: Deliver) for Project #1
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: You will receive a grade and comments from the Professor on this post. If you do not create this post, you will not receive a grade for the project.
  • Turn in your reworked inked compositions. They should be professionally presented with a protective tracing paper cover. (Demo: Protecting and submitting your work)

Materials Need for This Class:

  • Sketchbook
  • Pencils (wide range from 4h to 4B)
  • A favorite song or piece of music that you like
  • Headphones / Earbuds

Discussion (60 min)

The Elements: basic components used as part of any composition, independent of the medium.

  • Line: An series of points, which has length and direction. It can be the connection between two points, the space between shapes, or the path of a moving point. A closed line creates a shape.

The Principles: basic assumptions that guide the design practice.

  • Rhythm: Is a repeated pattern, such as what we hear in music. In different art forms, it can be a very complex interrelationship or a regular, steady beat.
    • Repetition: Repeating a sequence; occurring more than a few times. In design, repetition can create visual consistency and a sense of unity.
    • Pattern: Unbroken repetition, the repeating of an line, object or symbol.
    • Variety: Visual rhythm is often punctuated with variations or changes in color, texture, or form. Creating variety is easy. Too much variety can lead to chaos and confusion for the viewer. A designer must effectively use pace and spacing to create rhythm and achieve unity in a composition.
    • Monotony: Without variety or change, excessive repetition (or no repetition) can lead to uninteresting compositions.

References:

Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix on Vimeo

Field Trip Prep

  • Listen to THE SENSES: DESCRIPTIVE AUDIO TOUR
  • Choose one work in the exhibition that you can imagine most clearly, just by hearing the Curator describe it.
  • In  your sketchbook, write down what you imagine this experience will be like. Try drawing a picture of the work she is describing.
  • On our Field Trip on Monday, we will compare your visualization of this work (based on the auditory explanation) with the in-person experience.

Lab: Project #2 | Sound Visualization Mashup

Phase 1: Discover

Listening and Drawing

  • In your sketchbook, while listening to your favorite piece of music, draw the sounds that you hear.
  • Imagine how the sounds would look if they were lines or shapes and consider how they relate to each other.
  • Do you hear repeated patterns and an overall rhythm?
  • Are some sounds rough or sharp and other smooth and flowing?

Writing

  • Compose a minimum 2-paragraph description of the sounds you hear.
  • Describe them in terms of pattern, line, shape, variety. Consider how some sounds repeat to create rhythm.
  • Do any of these observations affect how you understand the meaning of the music or the intention of the composer/songwriter/artist?

Documentation

  • Create a new blog post called Sound Visualizations: Phase 1.
  • Add a link to the piece of music via  YouTube, SoundCloud, or similar.
  • Refine your writing and add it to the post.
  • Include the hours that you worked on this part of the project.

Feedback

  • Don’t forget to comment on at least 1 other student’s post.

Homework

Post Project #2: Phase 1 to the class blog 

  • Comment on at least 1 other student’s post.

Field Trip Prep:

  • Listen to THE SENSES: DESCRIPTIVE AUDIO TOUR
  • Choose one work in the exhibition that you can imagine most clearly, just by hearing the Curator describe it.
  • In  your sketchbook, write down what you imagine this experience will be like. Try drawing a picture of the work she is describing.
  • On our Field Trip on Monday, we will compare your imaginings of this work from the audio recording with the real-life experience using all of our senses.

FIELD TRIP NEXT CLASS!

  • We will be leaving from ENG1101 at 1pm. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE!
  • If you are late, meet us at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. We will be there until 4pm.
  • Bring your sketchbook and a pencil or pen to take notes.

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
2 East 91st Street 
(between 5th and Madison Avenues)
New York, New York 10128