Beyond Guitar Hero: New Paradigms in Interactive Performance

MAS.825j Musical Aesthetics and Media Technology Fall 2009

Syllabus

September 09Intro to “Beyond Guitar Hero”
September 16Death and the Powers: Opera of the Future
September 174:30 PM — Powers Workshop at ART*
September 23Diane Paulus: Powers, Donkey Show, HAIR and breaking the 4th wall
September 24Performance of The Donkey Show at ART*
September 30TM & PT: Hyperinstruments, Disembodied Performance, and Virtuosity
October 07Eran Egozy: The Beatles: Rock Band and interactive music for everyone
October 14(Media Lab Sponsor Week; Informal class meeting, start class project discussion)
October 16Sleep No More*
October 21Marc Downie: Autonomous media in performance and installation
October 28Jay Scheib: Low-Tech Media | Hi-Impact Result
November 04Felix Barrett: Site-Specific Theater and Audience Immersion
November 11Gili Weinberg: Beatbugs, Improvising Robots and Musical iPhones
November 18Cynthia Breazeal: Future Storytelling for Film, Games, and Networks
November 25(Thanksgiving Week; Informal class meeting, continue class project discussion
December 02Review class projects
December 09Final project presentations

* Attendance Required

Tod Machover
Professor
Peter Torpey
TA
Taya Leary
Administrative Assistant