solved Part One (average 400 words): Read the full pdf article

Part One (average 400 words):
Read the full pdf article by Modirzadeh (2009, Leonardo Journal).

Discuss (for 2%) at least one of the following sections on: “Resistance, Disintegration, and Liberation Prophecy” (pgs 254-55), “Chromodal Concept” (pgs 256-57), and/or “Collapsing Pyramids” (pg 257).

In particular (for 5%), regarding the article’s music-making introduction and section on Improvisation as Compost (pgs 253-254), watch/listen to the two brief excerpts of the actual event as described (two links below), and relate this collective sound approach to the link by soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause (watch the last two links for additional background).
Chromodal Consort “Compost Sonata” Excerpt One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZugkJen6U
Chromodal Consort “Compost Sonata” Excerpt Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqivaZc55SY
Bernie Krause – The Great Animal Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBl6gwp5Eg&list=RDfeexRcCHh3k&index=3

Bernie giving background and context to his work with nature’s soundscapes:

“This Is What Extinction Sounds Like”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnpsMG0PWRY&list=RDfeexRcCHh3k&index=2

Bernie Krause TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTbA-mxo858
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Part Two (average 250 words for 3%): After reading Chris Smith’s article on the semiotics of jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis (PDF below) watch/listen to the excerpts below of Miles Davis – then, try to tie together Smith’s descriptions of “ritual space” with Krause’s natural soundscapes, as well as the “ambiguously symbolic” with Modirzadeh’s “compost music” performance.

For Smith article – excerpts from Miles Davis’ Paris Concert (1989):

PDF article by Hafez Modirzadeh https://ilearn.sfsu.edu/ay2021/pluginfile.php/1314…