Teaching period: 17th-21st of November, 2022
Location: Vilnius Academy of Arts (Vilnius)
Teacher(s):
Vygintas Orlovas
ECTS: 2 ECTS
Number of available places for KUNO students: 10
Level: BA /MA
About the course
The course is aimed at exploring Vaporwave and publishing the results of the workshop as an album. On the surface Vaporwave, is a microgenre of electronic music and a meme, however, the ideas behind it are a statement and a position towards music production and art in general. The course will provide extended knowledge on the background, core ideas, strategies and methods for functioning applied in Vaporwave.
Organization of the course
The course will start with an introductory meeting on the evening of the 17th of November to discuss the field where Vaporwave formed, the ideas behind it and the methods and strategies applied in it. Afterwards, we will divide into groups depending on the interests: source scouting, audio editing, image editing, video editing. On the 18th, we will start by having short introductions to using the basic features of related free and cross-platform software: Audacity, Gimp and AVID Media Composer|First. Afterwards, we will have a hackathon type workshop to create a collaborative album and the relevant materials for it. Depending on how productive we will be, the workshop can last till the evening of the 20th - we will have to finalize the release by then to do the final mastering and share the results on the evening of the 21st.
Notes
* All participants should bring a laptop. Those who wish to work with sound editing, need to bring a set of headphones as well. Those, who wish to work with video editing, should have 8 GB of RAM in the laptop or an alternative video editing software. We will be using google drive for sharing files and working together as a group.
* The result of a similar course hosted in 2018 was a project called “One Person And” (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SMh8NTSaJjzc1jiQutIsR?si=WD2a8u9cQQmcJbGj8qOUpQ). The result could be the fourth album of this project, but if it ends up being different, it could be a new project instead.
Application deadline: 16th October, 2022
How to apply: apply by filling in this form: https://forms.gle/wjBdKvBTkbGuLowu8
Financial Support by KUNO:
Travel support between countries: 330 € (except 660 € to/from Iceland)
Subsistence per week: 100 €
In case of any questions please contact Vygintas Orlovas at: vygintas.orlovas@vda.lt
