"
The
electrical
device
essentially
differs
from
the
mechanical
in
that
its
components
do
not
move
.
Movement
implies
freeing
oneself
from
the
ground
in
some
way
or
other
."
Dick
Raaymakers
,
the
art
of
reading
machines
(
1978
/
2008
) <
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We
will
use
texts
and
voice
,
toys
and
microphones
,
antennas
,
computers
,
generated
sound
,
recorders
,
radios
,
and
loudspeakers
to
compose
sonic
miniatures
and
sound
collages
.
Every
week
each
participant
creates
a
one
minute
long
piece
.
Course
presenations
will
take
place
as
a
podcast
and
a
radio
broadcast
.
Participants
should
have
a
pair
of
headphones
,
an
interest
in
creative
listening
,
experimental
radio
,
composing
,
editing
and
mixing
recorded
and
generated
materials
and
have
basic
experience
in
using
portable
sound
recorders
and
editing
software
(
daw
).
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Reading
will
include
Roland
Barthes
,
Lewis
Carroll
,
Christina
Kubisch
,
Dick
Raaijmakers
,
Arundhati
Roy
and
Susan
Sontag
. <
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