Instructions for Art: Text Scores in Art, Music and Performance

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What is gained or lost when we use an algorithm to create a work of art? This class will look at early text scores (or event scores) and instructions from artists and composers such as Sol Lewitt, Adrian Piper, Felix Gonzales Torres, Yoko Ono, Benjamin Patterson, Raven Chacon, Alison Knowles, Clifford Owens, and Pauline Oliveros to recent work done with artificial intelligence. The class will consist of weekly score discussions, screenings, and listening sessions. Students will critique and produce original scores in the class. (PMA-AU)