Sound Art: Audio-visual Design, Installation and Sculpture
Workshop Date:
Mon, 07/15/2019 - Fri, 07/19/2019
Sound Art: Audio-visual Design, Installation, & Sculpture is a week-long intensive workshop aimed at a hands on approach to working with sound in relation to artistic practices, co-taught by Nolan Len and Stephanie Sherriff. In this seminar style workshop students will engage in the investigation of historical works that culminate in a combination of site, sound, kinetic, light, moving imagery, or otherwise. This interdisciplinary, project-based workshop is aimed at artists and musicians interested in working with sound as an expansion of their practice through technical and theoretical support, and is tailored to engage the unique interests of the group. The final day of class will culminate in a group showing of new works by participating students, where the overall goal of the workshop is to provide students with ideas, methods, and technical processes which can be further investigated and applied to future creative practices.
Workshop Participation Includes Full Access to CCRMA Facilities Including:
The Garage:
The Garage:
Basic Hand Tools
Laser Cutter
Drill Press
Circular Saw
Air Compressor + Pneumatic Tools
Band Saw
Table saw
Router
Multi Channel Audio Systems/Studios:
56.8 channel speaker array [CCRMA Stage]
21.8 channel speaker array [Listening Room]
8.8 channel studio(s)
The Max Lab:
3D Printer
Soldering needs
Basic and unique sensors
Electrical/circuit components
Work space
Other Gear:
Projectors
Tripods
Audio Interface(s)
Audio Recorder
Microphones
Mic Stands
Headphones
Nolan Lem is an artist and researcher whose work reflects a broad range of influences and mediums. His work examines issues related to emergent dynamics, machine learning, and the synchronization of auditory phenomena.
He has premiered his work and research at a number of spaces both in the US and abroad including the Hayden Planetarium at the Natural History Museum, Pioneer Works, L'HOSTE Art Contemporain, and the NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) Conference among others. He has held residencies at IRCAM, MassMoCA, Cité Internationale des Arts, and Pioneer Works. He holds degrees in saxophone performance, Electrical Engineering, and received his MFA at Columbia University where he studied at the Computer Music Center.
Nolan is currently a PhD candidate at Stanford University where he studies at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Stephanie Sherriff is an interdisciplinary sculptor, performer, composer, and media artist. Her artwork is experiential in nature and consists of sculptural, time-based installations and performances that are often living, changing, and sometimes dying. In her process she observes, collects, deconstructs, and recomposes plants, light, sound, video, and scents in order to create abstracted, ephemeral forms and sensory experiences.
