Composing Reality

Composition in its broadest sense can encompass not only all forms of music and sound, but also transdisciplinary practices such as the performative and social. In this course we will explore together the potential of using compositional methods to bring together and organize different elements of artistic, theoretical and social forms and use that as a basis to create new performative works, including work in the public sphere. There will also be a focus on rehearsal and scoring as artistic mediums in their own right.

We will do this through various performative exercises and tasks - both sounding and unsounding - starting in our given space and slowly moving out from there into the public realm, thereby defining for ourselves new extended areas of action and production as well as new relationships between rehearsal and performance, performer and audience, public and private.

Course leader

Ari Benjamin Meyers

Target group

Anyone interested in performance, sound, music, social practice

Course aim

Over the course of the two weeks, the participating students will transform into an ensemble of composer-performers. We will work together as a whole, in smaller groups and individually. At the end of the course, we will determine together the form our scores will take, where we publicly show them, and how we will activate the resulting compositions.

To compose reality, rehearse the future, and activate both through a score: this will be the focus of the course. Put another way: the composing, rehearsing, and scoring of a moment, of a situation, of social relationships, of a context, of a body, of bodies.

Fee info

EUR 100: Participation Fee
The fees consist of the enrolment charge of € 100.– (non-refundable) and a course fee which varies according to the length of the course. Students are entitled to the reduced fee on production of a valid confirmation of enrolment at an educational institution for the 2024 summer term as well as SN-Card-holders and members of the Society of Friends of the Summer Academy.

Costs for material used in the courses are not included in the participation fee, and will be charged separately at the beginning of the course.

On acceptance, the enrolment charge of € 100.– should be paid immediately. The course fee must be entered in the Summer Academy account by 30 June 2024.


Payments will be accepted using the following credit cards: Mastercard and Visa
EUR 670: Students attending two consecutive courses pay the enrolment fee only once; the course fee is calculated according to the total number of weeks.
2-week course:
€ 670.– (normal fee)
€ 495.– (reduced fee)

Scholarships

https://www.summeracademy.at/en/studies/scholarships/