Syllabus - Weekly schedule
Week 1
Lesson title : Introduction to Cutting Time, Revealing Time, Hiding Time
Date : September 3, 2007
Topics : Introduction the the layout and scope of the course.
Weeks 2-3
Lesson title : Theoretical underpinnings of time and time perception
Date : September 10, 2007
Topics : Timing systems, Theory of relativity, Psychology of time perception
Weeks 4-5
Lesson title : Time perception in music, part 1: classical traditions
Date : September 24, 2007
Topics : Contemporary classical music North and south Indian classical music West African and the music of African diaspora
Readings :
---Western Classical Music (to be reduced)
John Cage: (1952) 4:33
John Cage: (1985) Organ
Olivier Messiaen: (1959-60) Chronochromie ("Time-colour") for orchestra
Oliver Messiaen: (1949-50) Quatre études de rythme ("Four studies in rhythm") for piano
2. Mode de valeurs et d'intensités
Steve Reich: (1974–76) Music for 18 musicians
Steve Reich: (1970-71) Drumming for 4 pairs of tuned bongo drums, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, 2 female voices, whistling and piccolo
Conlon Nancarow: player piano works
György Ligeti: (1961) atmospheres
György Ligeti: (1962) Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes
Morton Feldman: (1971) Rothko Chapel
Harison Burtwhisle: (1971) The Triumph of Time for orchestra
Robert Ashley: (1977-83) Perfect Lives, DVD from Lovely Records (http://www.lovely.com/titles/dvd4917.html)
Meredith Monk: (2001) Mercy (http://www.meredithmonk.org/interdisc/mercy_vid01.html)
Xenakis: Pithoprakta (1955-1956), for orchestra of 50 instrumentalists
---Indian classical music
Ali Akbar Khan Zakir Hussein T. H. Vinayakram Ram Narayan
---West African and African Diaspora
Aje Addey (Ghana)
Voodoo Drums (Haiti)
Master Drummers of Dagbon (Dagbon)
Los Muñequitos de Matanza (Cuba)
Weeks 6-7
Lesson title : Time perception in film
Date : October 8, 2007
Readings : Buster Keaton: Sherlock Jr. (1924), Alfred Hitchcock: Rope (1948), Chris Marker: La Jete (1962), Andy Warhol: Empire (1964), Michael Snow: Wavelength (1967), Carlos Saura: Bodas de sangre (1981), Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Hal Hartley: An Unbelievable Truth (1989), David Lynch: Inland Empire (2006) , Vernon Herzog: Lessons of Darkness (1992),
Weeks 8-9
Lesson title : Time perception in music, part 2: electronic traditions
Date : October 22, 2007
Topics : Time perception and techniques in electronic and and computer aided music
Readings : Milton Babbitt, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Pole, Rioji Ikeda
Weeks 10-12
Lesson title : Time perception in dance and theater
Date : November 5, 2007
Readings : Butoh: Min Tanaka, Akira Kasai, Kazuo Ohno, Dutch National Ballet: Before After, Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robert Wilson: concept of Theater of Images, William Forsythe: concept of "/webct/RelativeResourceManager/Template/Multi-timed Bodies", Molissa Fenley: "Hemispheres"
Weeks 13-14
Lesson title : Time in visual and mixed-media arts
Date : November 19, 2007
Readings : Roman Signer, Matthew Barney (1994-2002) Cremaster Series, Andy Goldsworthy: Epheral works, Michael Heizer: Large Sculptural Works, Jant Cardiff: Pre-recorded real-time audio tours, Bill Viola: The Passions (2003), Five Angels for the Millennium (2001), Ali Momeni: An[tic]