Course Description

»Advanced Sound Projects and Theories« is designed for students invested in sonic-related practices (i.e., practices that involve sound in one way or another) who want to develop a sound-based work and seek regular feedback from a group motivated to explore sound in its material and conceptual dimension. The course divides into a critique (practice) and theory section to discuss works in progress and related texts on sound, art, philosophy, and cognate fields.

 

Loopholes #9 - #15

Loophole #9 »Without a Strong Voice«
by Valentina Gaete Urrutia

I have an insecurity inside me and I know I'm not the only one who does. A friend has told me she feels the same way I do. It's related to speaking in a foreign language, to voice and power. And with being a woman.

Loophole #10 »Approaching Nothing«
by Timo Johannes

What happens when we approach nothing? The void. In its liminal regions, there is only noise. Murmurs, undefined shadows. Inspired by Karen Barad's »What Is the Measure of Nothingness?« (2012), »Approaching Nothing« is an initial sonic experiment in a search that tries to define where nothing starts and where something ends.

Loophole #11 »Cosmo Spacey«
by Brandon Fernandes

Inspired by sci-fi movies, »Cosmo Spacey« imagines a cityscape set centuries in the future, with houses, stores and cars floating in space high above the ground.

Loophole #12 »Gaze From the Unnameable«
by Sangbong Lee

We marvel at the inventions we have created, but we never fully grasp them. Instead, when we try to see a whole, we encounter the uncanny layers of reality beyond our comprehension that evoke fear. Inspired by Timothy Morton's »Hyperobjects« (2013) and H.P. Lovecraft's »The Music of Erich Zann« (1922), this radio play-like teaser (forthcoming in long form) attempts to fuse the aesthetics of cosmic horror novels with the notion of the hyperobject to transform the familiar territory of technological endeavor into blasphemous black magic.

Loophole #13 »Qincidence«
by Maria Prosvirnikova

»Qincidence« is an excerpt from a sonic exploration that investigates modern conspiracy theories and issues of censorship and propaganda in the internet age, the festering dynamic between the rule of capital and the political process, the nature of perception, and the search for truth in the age of declined meaning. The drone results from manipulating sound spectrograms of offensive images that surfaced during research on the subject and its actors, such as QAnon, Pizzagate, etc.

Loophole #14 »And What if an Artist Tends to Make Works That Are«
by Renen Itzhaki

An introspective gaze into what constitutes the center of an artwork and what is destined to bide in the periphery.

Loophole #15 »Mirla and Me«
by Miguel Chaparro

An audio sketch in which the artist attempts to communicate with a blackbird (Mirla in Spanish). The field recording is underlaid with an electric piano track that mimics the bird's song and tries to initiate a dialogue. At the heart of this exploration are questions about the dichotomy between natural science and cosmogony, the pragmatic and the suggestive, the logical and the magical. 

Modulation #28

Featuring Hakeem Adam's »Ghana Airways«, Ep. 1-3 (MA Thesis 2022; https://thesis-opal.vercel.app/)

Modulation #29

Featuring Rami Abadir's »Melting«, Ep. 1-2 (MA Thesis 2022; https://abadir-melting.netlify.app/)

S&RC (SNRC)

SOUND&RESEARCHCREATION, also known as S&RC or SNRC, is a podcast format that traverses the middling events of sound, art and philosophy. Under the aegis of S&RC, the podcast series MODULATIONS ON THE FLY and the latest LOOPHOLES present student projects of »Sound Studies|Research-Creation« courses at the University of the Arts Bremen, which continue to explore sound in its material and conceptual dimension. S&RC is produced by Dr. Petra Klusmeyer.

S&RC LOOPHOLEs
S&RC MODULATIONs ON THE FLY

In this season’s MODULATIONS ON THE FLY, students of the interdisciplinary courses »Research-Creation, Art Writing, and the Making of Podcasts« (WT 2021-22) and »Sound and Research-Creation« (ST2022) present works and research-creation processes that cut across diverse realms such as science fiction, artistic writing, sound art, experimental and pop musics, and performance. Students probe their area of investigation for unique artistic methods, seeking experimental new forms of inquiry and forms of expression specific to their practices and interests. Individually or in conversation with guests, the listener learns about aspects of the project in the idiosyncratic approach each podcasting event will take. https://www.mixcloud.com/soundstudies/

S&RC Extracurricular (P Klusmeyer)

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Schizopodcast Project (P Klusmeyer & P Ruano)

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