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Fall 2016

Introduction to Relief Printing — PRI2105.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

This course is an introductory level print class. Students will learn about relief printmaking through demonstrations of techniques, hands-on experience, and critiques. Techniques include but are not limited to wood cut and linoleum cut. With this simple process, we will be able to explore color printing in depth. Please note that this course may require additional

Visual Arts

Introduction to the Atmosphere — ES2111.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Hugh Crowl

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Credits: 4

Through weather, air pollution, and climate, the atmosphere impacts the health and safety of our daily lives. This ever-present influence prompts many of us to ask questions about the atmosphere from a very young age. Questions like: Why is the sky blue and a sunset red? How do clouds form? What drives the wind? We will explore all of these questions and more as we examine the

Science and Mathematics Environment

Introduction to Video — FV2303.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Karthik Pandian

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Credits: 4

This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Drawing on the energy, intensity and criticality of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices, students will complete a series of projects exploring dimensions of cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing and sound design before producing a final self

Visual Arts

Introduction to Video: Eye and Ear Control — FV2310.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Jonathan Schwartz

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Credits: 4

This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in moving image and sound. As this course highlights possibilities and experiences in time-based media, there will be intentional emphasis on sound and image pairings- including their separations and unifications. For instance, there will be at least one project where imageless films (or sound only

Visual Arts

Is Anybody Out There? Creating Bennington Radio — MSR2121.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Thom Loubet

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Credits: 2

Radio has existed at Bennington in various forms for years, but if you could create Bennington Radio from scratch, and make it into anything you can dream of, what would it sound like? What would it provide to our community, and how would you identify that community? What could we create that would change life both on campus and around the world? What would it

Music

Jane Austen — LIT4266.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Ben Anastas

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Credits: 4

Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote a five novels (not counting her unpublished fiction) that rate among the most powerful produced in Great Britain during the nineteenth century. These works still astonish readers with their sensitivity to hidden or nameless emotions, to the subtleties of conversation, and to the complexities of domestic life. The unfolding of many of these stories

Literature

Javanese Gamelan — MPF2201.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

A practicum in playing and hearing the gamelan, the Central Javanese percussion orchestra. Students will learn about court and local traditions of Indonesia while playing classic works of karawitan (loosely translated as “weaving”), the multilayered repertoire of Central Java. Weekly rehearsals will focus on navigating the intricate levels of irama (rhythm), pathet (tonality),

Music

Jazz Ensemble — MPF4250.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

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Credits: 2

This ensemble will perform a wide range of Jazz music (a genre that is constantly evolving), with an emphasis on both ensemble playing and improvisation skills. By playing together, students will learn how blues, swing, latin, and rock elements have all fueled this music called jazz. Students will also learn how major Jazz artists such as Ellington, Monk, Mingus, Wayne Shorter,

Music

Jazz Piano Lab — MIN4335.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

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Credits: 2

This course will utilize Bennington’s Piano Lab to explore and develop the skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered are: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Students will take turns learning and playing bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Music

La novela de la tierra — SPA4720.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher

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Credits: 4

Whether or not they form a genre is debatable, but a series of books were published over the first thirty years of Spanish America’s twentieth century that were and are collectively known as “regional” novels. Their telluric inclination supposedly tends to reassert inherent origins, national symbolism, linguistic difference, environmentalism, the lower classes, and indigenous

Languages

Language Series —

Fall 2016

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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The Isabelle Kaplan Center for Languages and Cultures presents the Language Series every term. The purpose of the Language Series is to provide students opportunities to explore and deepen their knowledge in the study of foreign languages and cultures. The Language Series events such as presentations and workshops are related to the foreign language courses that are

Learning Japanese Language and Culture with Manga — JPN2109.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida

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Credits: 4

Have you read manga before? Did you watch Japanese animation when you were a child? The Japanese pop culture has gained popularity in the US, and many American children read Japanese manga and watch various Japanese animations while growing up. However, lack of Japanese cultural knowledge sometimes makes it difficult for the American audience to fully understand the

Languages

Letterpress Printing from Metal, Wood, and Photopolymer — PRI4697.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline

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Credits: 4

In this intermediate level course, we will focus on learning letterpress printing within a framework of making visual art. This can be a precision process and it affords a huge range of possibilities for artists who wish to work with multiples and/or use text in their work. It is a rigorous course and each student will develop and design print projects

Visual Arts

Life Drawing Lab — DRW2118.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 2

Drawing Lab provides an opportunity for student artists of all experience levels to further develop their skills with observational-based drawing. Working primarily with the human figure, students build increased understanding of the poetic, dynamic, and inherently abstract nature of drawing, while paying close attention to the potential of formal elements such as shape, line,

Visual Arts

Linear Algebra — MAT4115.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Andrew McIntyre

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Credits: 4

Together with calculus, linear algebra is one of the foundations of higher level mathematics and its applications. There are several perspectives one can take on linear algebra: it is a method for handling large systems of equations, it is a theory of higher dimensional geometry, and it is a theoretical construct that appears throughout mathematics and physics, among other

Science and Mathematics

Making from Scratch/ Sourcing the Body — DAN2256.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 2

This is a practice for participants of any discipline to activate the awareness towards the detailed body, vigorous body, sensitive body, rebellious body, fantastic body, in their chosen form or medium. Trusting the intrinsic intelligence of the body in making, we will source multiple systems (eg. muscular, skeletal, fluid, organ) and other ways of reading the body (eg. energy

Dance

Making the Third Ear — MUS4356.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke

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Credits: 2

This class will start with a grounding in the history and science of psychoacoustics. We will listen to binaural beats, watch psychostrobic flicker, create beating patterns using oscillators, and conduct other experiments in the sound studio to gain a deeper understanding of psychoacoustics. We’ll study an array of musical examples in popular culture (iDosers) and contemporary

Music

Mallet Percussion Ensemble — MPF4106.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

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Credits: 2

Mallet Percussion Ensemble explores a variety of compositions and techniques for the mallet keyboard instrument. This includes compositions for Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, and African Balafon. Compositions are adapted from classical, jazz, and rock, as well as movie themes and popular songs. No prior experience for playing mallet keyboards is required,

Music

Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: John Kirk

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Credits: 2

Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Student will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be

Music

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149; section 1

Fall 2016

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Credits: 4

The fundamentals of drawing are the basic tools for this investigation into seeing and translation. Using simple methods and means, the practice of drawing is approached from both traditional and experimental directions. The focus of this inquiry is on drawing from observation, broadly defined. In class drawing sessions are complemented by independent, outside of class work and

Visual Arts

Markmaking and Representation — DRW2149; section 2

Fall 2016

Instructor: Colin Brant

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Visual Arts

Media and Democracy — APA2132.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Erika Mijlin

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Credits: 4

In the midst of the heat and noise of an election season, we will pursue an inquiry into the deeply entangled, complicit, and often conflicted role of media in a democratic society. Topics may include: historical precedence for media influence before and beyond American democracy, the role and responsibilities of a free press, the implications of corporate media

CAPA

Media Archaeology: Signs and Representation — APA2131.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Erika Mijlin

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Credits: 4

An introduction to the study of media technologies and their social impact. We will move somewhat chronologically from the emergence of writing systems through the printing press, photography, and the development of moving images - these mechanical technologies of documentation and communication each initiated a subsequent ripple of social and cultural changes in their time.

CAPA

Metal Workshop — SCU2107.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: John Umphlett

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Credits: 2

This course is project based and students are evaluated on their ability to use the shop tools with proficiency and safety.Metal workshop is recommended for all students considering working in sculpture and interested in any ferrous fabrication methods. There are fundamental introductions to acetylene cutting / welding, electric welding (GMAW and stick welding) forging,

Visual Arts

Metal Workshop Part 2: Non-Ferrous — SCU4111.02

Fall 2016

Instructor: John Umphlett

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Credits: 2

This course is project based and is a second part to the first seven weeks metal workshop course. In this course we will focus on cutting and welding non-ferrous metals. Hand cutting and CNC assisted plasma cutting will be the methods in which stock will be cut. The fabrication processes will begin through brazing methods (acetylene) for connecting non-similar metals. We will

Visual Arts