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# Audiovisuelle Gestaltung

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**Audiovisuelle Gestaltung (Audio-visual Design)** 

17.0285, Laborübung (LU)\
Wintersemester 2026 

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz \
Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik 

Lektor: Andreas Pirchner <br>
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#### Course Structure&#x20;

Mondays, 16:30 – 18:00, Hörsaal (PT116EG002)&#x20;

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1       05.10.2026 Introduction \
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~~2      12.10.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark>~~ ~~(Introduction)~~\
2      19.10.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark> (Introduction)\
3      09.11.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark>, Presentation 1+2\
4      16.11.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark>, Presentation 3+4, \
5+6  23.11.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark>, Presentation 5+6, Discussion Exercise 1\
7       30.11.2026 <mark style="color:$warning;">Processing</mark>, Presentation 7+8\
8       07.11.2026 <mark style="color:blue;">TouchDesigner</mark> (Introduction), \
9       14.12.2026 <mark style="color:blue;">TouchDesigner,</mark> Discussion Exercise 2\
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10  11.01.2027 <mark style="color:blue;">TouchDesigner,</mark> Video Workflow/ Projection Mapping\
11  18.01.2027 <mark style="color:blue;">TouchDesigner,</mark> Work/coaching final project\
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12  25.01.2027 Final Presentations<br>
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#### Exercises

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**Exercise 1 – Visual Music, Processing**

Compose a process like you would for music (in SuperCollider, PureData, Max,…), but it produces change in shapes, colors in Processing. Connect via OSC, work in 2D.
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**Exercise 2 – TBA**
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#### Oral Short Presentations

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Teams of two students per topic, duration 10–12 minutes, projector (PowerPoint) presentation. The sources (STSAV, VMM) provide starting points for your talk, add further (conetmporary) examples when they are useful. YOu can exceed the 12 minute time limit if you want to show some more outstanding examples.

**Topics:**

1. *Visual Music*: Abstract Films, VMM
2. *Visual Music*: Music and Abstract Art, VMM
3. *Interrelations*: Color-Tone Analogies, STSAV  [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/maintext/43/1.html#textbegin)
4. *Interrelations*: Audiovisual Parameter Mapping in Music Visualizations, STSAV [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/abstract/72.html)
5. *Structuring time*: Audiovisual Montage, STSAV [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/abstract/77.html)
6. *Structuring time*: Between the Poles of Mickey Mousing and Counterpoint, STSAV [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/essays_en/SeeThisSound_Between-the-Poles-of-Mickey-Mousing-and-Counterpoint.pdf)
7. *(Audio-)Visual Instruments*: Color Organs (STSAV [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/abstract/69.html)), Luminous Instruments (VMM)
8. *AV-Performance*: Musical Theatre, STSAV [Link](http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/abstract/49.html)

**Sources**

**STSAV**: Daniel, Dieter & Nauman, Sandra (Eds.) (2015): See this Sound Audiovisuology Reader (Vol. 1+2).
Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König. (New Edition.)\
IEM-Library: [Link](https://search-kug.obvsg.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=KUG_alma2184564520004545\&context=L\&vid=KUG\&lang=de_DE\&search_scope=default_scope\&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine\&tab=default_tab\&query=any,contains,See%20this%20Sound%20)\
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**VMM**: Abbado, Adriano (2017): Visual Music Masters. Abstract Explorations: History and Contemporary Research. Milano: Skira. \
IEM-Library: [Link](https://search-kug.obvsg.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=KUG_alma2184564740004545\&context=L\&vid=KUG\&lang=de_DE\&search_scope=default_scope\&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine\&tab=default_tab\&query=any,contains,Visual%20Music%20Masters\&offset=0)<br>
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#### Final Project

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**Assignment**\
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Compose material for an audiovisual installation.  \
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Use Processing to produce the visual materials and TouchDesigner for projection mapping.\
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The work can translate visual elements to sound, or sound into visual shapes and colors. It may involve random processes, operate autonomously according to the rule-set given when it was created, or be stimulated by interaction. \
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The audiovisual events can also emerge entirely from the code. Everything together is also possible. What connections of auditory and visual material emerge? \
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Make sure that the installation is designed to be feasible at the current level of knowledge.
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For more information about the final project see the page "[Final Project](/lectures-and-courses/sessions/final-project.md)".