The Workshop will consist of two sessions:

1. Introduction

-Learning about recording techniques in various types of spaces and environments.
-Discussion about which sort of equipment to use/buy for various recording situations/budgets/needs.
-People can start with just their phone, or with a handheld recorder/microphone if available.
-Everyone also gets to use my pro-equipment to record something – of course the students get to keep the files.
-I come up with exercises and send my students out to collect specific types of audio material and to explore different types of spaces.
– The philosophical part of the lecture deals with the question why the same space sounds different when “heard through the ears of another”, recorded by another.

Questions posed to participants

Is there truly such a thing as an ugly sound?
Which sounds define our physical and cultural living spaces?
How they change over time?

2. Processing the Recordings/Making a Piece
-We download free audio software and learn how to cut and process the sound, which material to choose, and how to create a simple sound collage, a composition.
-All students exchange their favorite sounds recorded during the workshop and make a small piece (up to one minute) with these sounds.
-Listening to the results, final discussion.