curd duca elektro-akustic poems.

exercise
	german version the creation of electro-acoustic poems using the aesthetic techniques of electronic music in combination with language... short texts/ single lines/ words will be manipulated with electronic aids/ disassembled/ mounted/... through editing... digital processing... overlapping... the spectrum stretches from subtle incisions, that leave the text more or less intact, to editing excesses, of which only abstract sounds remain... technical aids: computer, sampler, tape recorder, electronic effects raw material: language, noises, effects,... your own words or samples from TV, radio, CD, the street... musical elements can be used as support material but the relationship to the language must remain in the foreground... length of contributions: 10-30 seconds... the shorter and stronger the better... format: mp3 material/starting base through writing, more and more, story telling has experienced a loss of its dimension of sound... in the past, reading silently to oneself was not common and even considered odd... the voice (and sounds in general) can open the relationship to and experience of kinesthetic space... suggestions: the participants will take on 2 different roles: 1.) directors... what do I choose? how do I use it? do I speak myself or should I let someone else speak? how should the words be spoken? fast/slow... loud/quiet... controlled/out of breath... what kind of feelings am I trying to convey? is the language German? or klingon? 2.) sound designer... the chosen language-piece will be analyzed as a sound-structure... what sounds/ incisions/ effects support the "artisitic statement"? is it possible to discover something acoustic to add? incisions are possible within the time frame (cuts, turn-arounds, cut-ups, granular sprinkles...)and in the sound (space, effects, overlapping...) although working with a sampler and a tape recorder are possible, it is recommended, in your approach with the computer (PC or Mac) to use audio-programs like cool edit (http://www.cooledit.com/), wavelab (http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~wavelab/), peak (http://www.bias-inc.com/peak.html) or dgl...experience with sound structure is preferred... the border between language- and noise composition and music is a flowing one... therefore please try to keep some distance... no speaking along to a CD playing in the background... no songs... oif music is used then artistically manipulated or changed... abstracted... in fragments... media-justified presentation... 80% of communication in non-verbal... the other 20% in the text... quick understanding... if you want to occupy the listener and get them to think then you have to give them a good reason to... please send files, out of space reasons, in mp3 format... conversion programs can be found on the internet, (for example mp3.com)... judging criteria: inventiveness concerning sound design and production... stability in the choice of text... daring placement in the acousitc space... awakening interest and feeling...