IPCA Current Course Offerings
Collaborative Arts courses are listed under the subject "Interdisciplinary Program in Collaborative Arts" at One Stop. The course designator for Collaborative Arts courses is COLA. View Fall 2007 course offerings.
Although IPCA is an undergraduate program, some of our upper level courses will be appropriate as elective courses for graduate students. IPCA courses can be a great way for graduate students to fulfill their requirements "outside of the major."
COLA 1001 Art of Collaboration
Characteristics/challenges of collaboration, through three representative approaches from the visual arts, music, and theater. Concrete problematic situations arising from a collaborative/multimedia-enhanced project. More Info
Mazzola,Guerino
mazzola@umn.edu
Momeni,Ali
ali@umn.edu
Sommers,Michael J
somme034@umn.edu
COLA 1521 Collaboratory I: Collaborative Research Laboratory
The Collaboratory will be an informal way to discuss ongoing projects, collaborative creativity, interdisciplinarity, and other topics of concern to students and faculty. The idea behind this course, required of all Collaborative Arts majors, is to build a sense of community within the program. We envision a freewheeling, brown bag lunchtime meeting of one hour per week. The grade will be based solely on participation. More Info
Brown bag round table discussions.
Momeni,Ali
ali@umn.edu
COLA 3011 Move to Question: A Lab for Creative Practice
Move to Question is a laboratory course taught by nationally recognized choreographers/directors/writers/multidisciplinary artists who are founding members of the Center for Creative Research. Participants in the course will get to know these artists, their histories and their working theories of contemporary practice emerging from the intersection of multiple fields which include, but are not limited to: dance, theater, visual art, history, politics and literature. Through a series of projects, assigned readings, journal writing and in-class assignments, participants will gain conceptual and compositional skills, improve collaborative strategies and kinesthetic awareness and hone their ability to recognize and honor interdisciplinary connections. More Info
This course will be co-taught by Ain Gordon and David Gordon, founding members of the Center for Creative Research. For information please call Mary at 612.625.5297 or mmlien@umn.edu.
COLA 3012 Crossing Boundaries to Imagine New Worlds
Boundaries/intersections where multiple art forms/practices converge. Students collaborate to co-author/-create works for in-class/public performance. More Info
Sommers,Michael J
somme034@umn.edu
COLA 3215 Towards a Theory of Collaboration
Eleven topics for student symposia. Flow psychology, jazz, action painting, human-computer interaction, Bacon's graphs, dance/music, gestures in music, French diagrammaticians, collaboratories, Raifael Project, Rubato software for music. More Info
Mazzola,Guerino
mazzola@umn.edu
COLA 3416 The Documentary
Documentary digital video production. Historical/contemporary documentary film/video. Students collaboratively produce short documentary digital videos and participate in a public documentary festival screening of completed projects. More Info
Lukkas,Lynn Tjernan
lukkas@umn.edu
COLA 3521 Collaboratory II: Collaborative Research Laboratory
The Collaboratory will be an informal way to discuss ongoing projects, collaborative creativity, interdisciplinarity, and other topics of concern to students and faculty. The idea behind this course, required of all Collaborative Arts majors, is to build a sense of community within the program. We envision a freewheeling, brown bag lunchtime meeting of one hour per week. The grade will be based solely on participation. More Info
Brown bag round table discussions.
Momeni,Ali
ali@umn.edu
COLA 3950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(52743-001) Body (Landscape) That Remembers & Forgets
This experiential course will be offered in two thematically-linked laboratories (?Delicious Movement for Forgetting, Remembering and Uncovering? and ?Tracing the Body at Risk ? an investigation of the body at risk, in extreme action and as a cultural language?). We will begin with an investigation of the ways in which the body becomes site of extreme physical, social, and political risk or action. We will then embrace body to ?taste? movement, time and space, and will individually and collaboratively explore how movement affects seeing/learning and creativity. This course is emphatically non-competitive and appropriate for every level of training and experience. More Info
This course, co-taught by CCR Artists RALPH LEMON and EIKO OTAKE, is appropriate for all student levels/majors and welcomes participation by those without dance/movement experience. NOTE: Required attendance to CCR Symposium 10/25/08, 10am-6pm. Class meets in the Barbara Barker Center for Dance. No class 11/24/08 to 11/28/08. For registration information please contact Mary at 612.625.5297 or mmlien@umn.edu.
COLA 4521 Collaboratory III: Collaborative Research Laboratory
The Collaboratory will be an informal way to discuss ongoing projects, collaborative creativity, interdisciplinarity, and other topics of concern to students and faculty. The idea behind this course, required of all Collaborative Arts majors, is to build a sense of community within the program. We envision a freewheeling, brown bag lunchtime meeting of one hour per week. The grade will be based solely on participation. More Info
Brown bag round table discussions.
Momeni,Ali
ali@umn.edu
COLA 4950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(57602-002) Video Technology
This course will be an in depth approach to the area of Video Technology. By the end of the course the student should understand and be comfortable with common approaches to lighting, camera operation, audio, and production practices for video production. This course is based both in studio as well as field. We will also discuss the specifics of video protocols and formats. The creative discussions in the class will include aesthetics, continuity, and composition. The students understanding of the topics and techniques discussed in this course will culminate in their final project. This course has no pre-requisites and is open to any student on campus who has an interest in video or film production. It is also the gateway into the other video production courses within the department including TH4560 Preproduction for Film/Video, TH5550 Video Project, TH5551 Editing & Postproduction, TH4554 Graphics and Animation for Film/Video, TH4557 Audio for Film/Video, TH5553 Video Production Design and Aesthetics, and TH5554 Multimedia Production for Live Performance. Realize we will meet on More Info
Gwinup,Martin Bruce
gwinu001@umn.edu
Ludwitzke,Gary
ludwi010@umn.edu
COLA 4950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(57603-003) Audio Technology
Audio Technology is a course which delves into the areas of Sound and acoustics and the technology to manipulate those elements. The course begins with the discussion and demonstration of sound as a science. From there the course moves into the technology available for the manipulation of sound including, recording, amplification, mixing, effects processing, live reinforcement, and editing. Acoustic principles are also discussed. The course involves lecture, demonstration, laboratory, and theory. Projects require the student to work in the recording studio and gain hands on experience working with current audio technology. The course has no prerequisites. The course is open to anyone interested and often includes students from Music, Studio Arts, Computer Science, and Engineering as well as Theatre. This course is a prerequisite to TH5550 Sound Design, TH4557 Audio for Film/Video, TH5558 Audio Systems Analysis and Installation and is recommended before taking Th4-556 Digital Audio and MIDI in Performance and TH5554 Multimedia for Live Performance. More Info
Gwinup,Martin Bruce
gwinu001@umn.edu
COLA 5215 Towards a Theory of Collaboration
Eleven topics for student symposia. Flow psychology, jazz, action painting, human-computer interaction, Bacon's graphs, dance/music, gestures in music, French diagrammaticians, collaboratories, Raifael Project, Rubato software for music. More Info
Mazzola,Guerino
mazzola@umn.edu
COLA 5950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(53061-001) Computer Music 1 Studio Techniques & Theory
This class, the first in a two-semester sequence, is meant to be an accelerated introduction to music composition with electronic software and hardware. At the beginning we will assume no prior knowledge on the students? part, and will introduce basic concepts of digital sound and technology. However we will quickly move towards creative pursuits, using the studio?s hardware and software to create, process, record, edit, and mix musical sounds. Then, with these basic skills in hand, we will study techniques of computer music composition, sound synthesis, and digital signal processing. During this semester, we will focus mostly on studio composition. Next semester, we will turn towards creating works with live electronics. In addition, this class will investigate the history of electronic music, comparing our techniques with those used in the past and with musical examples listened to and discussed in class. The class will not, present a comprehensive history of electronic music, as the course title may suggest. More Info
COLA 5950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(57604-002) Editing & Post Production for Film and Video
In the realm of film and video, editing is what makes the difference between a series of somewhat related images and a riveting and engaging story. This course will explore the concepts and techniques of editing and some basic visual effects. It will also discuss the post production process and responsibilities in the area of dramatic film/video production. The students will recieve hands on training with state of the art editing equipment and will work on putting together pieces to tell a story. The editing part of the class will be based on non-linear editing equipment such as AVID DV Express Pro, AVID Media Composer/Adrenaline, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Vegas Video. (Students taking this course need or have or currently be taking TH4550 Video Technology, or have instructor permission.) More Info
Topic prereq - Th 4550 or instr consent
Gwinup,Martin Bruce
gwinu001@umn.edu
COLA 5950 Topics in Collaborative Arts
(57605-003) Multimedia Production
This course will center around the use of multimedia, both conventional and non, in the development and creation of a live performance. This course will have opportunities for designers, composers, musicians, artists, and possibly computer science students. The class will work together to create the environment (visual, aural, visceral, emotional) for a production. The course will be used to first train the students in necessary technologies and then to utilize that knowledge and the individuals creativity towards the final product. Topics or potential areas include, composition for live performance (both visual and aural), incorporating the actor into multimedia production, use of special technologies such as digital video, audio, graphics, projections, and control systems, MIDI sequencing and control, lighting control and tricks, scenic/costume materials and approaches to this type of production. More Info
Topic prereq TH 5553 or instr consent
Gwinup,Martin Bruce
gwinu001@umn.edu