The Visual Artist’s Guide to Audio in Max/MSP

Visual artists of all kind are welcomed.  We are going to explore how to take concepts from visual art and apply them to creation of music and sound art in Max/MSP.  Topics covered will include turning photographs into music, converting motion and color from video into sound, and sculpting three dimensional soundscapes out of color, shapes, and film.  The last portion of the class will focus on hands-on exercises customized for the skill level of each participant, and will make sure that everyone leaves with a set of patches to explore, perform with, and develop into complete works.

Adam Rokhsar is a multimedia artist with degrees in psychology from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Music Information Retrieval Laboratory, the head coordinator of the Music Technology student interest groups. While earning a Master’s degree in Music Technology from New York University, Adam designs sound for interactive installations, teaches computer music and video programming, and is working on a Master’s thesis on machine learning algorithms. His sound design work can currently be seen in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and his video work was displayed in the Jakopic Gallery as part of multimedia project Senza Televisione.