Film & Media Studies 314 - Rhythm Beyond Music

Rhythm Beyond Music

Fall
2025
01
4.00
Brian House

M/W | 1:05 PM - 2:20 PM

Amherst College
FAMS-314-01-2526F
bhouse@amherst.edu
ARHA-339-01-2526F, MUSI-339-01-2526F

(Offered as ARHA 339, FAMS 314, and MUSI 339) This studio-seminar course foregrounds the concept of rhythm as it appears across disciplines including philosophy, ecology, neuroscience, and media theory. We explore what rhythm means in these contexts and how it relates to aesthetic practices in the sonic and visual arts. The course takes a hybrid theory/practice approach. Classes consist of discussing texts and exemplary artworks in a seminar format. In addition, students are expected to independently produce studio-based art in any medium for in-class critique.

Prerequisite: Two practice-based courses in ARHA, FAMS, or MUSI or instructor permission.

Fall 2025: Assistant Professor House

 

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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Studio art projects in textual, visual, and aural mediums, in-class critiques including visual and verbal analysis, textual analysis of readings, oral presentations, systems thinking

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.