In this course, students will access the mysterious and generative properties of language that are vital to every art discipline. As bell hooks says, “Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries.” In this spirit, we will use language and sound as catalysts to subvert our own habits and enter into a wider sphere of experience. The two instructors meet at the intersections of text and sound, body and thought, score and improvisation. Our combined practices provide the ground for a robust investigation of the materiality of language. Students will engage in new ways of thinking about their primary disciplines through listening, writing, translation and improvisation. There will be opportunities to investigate personal interests in a variety of modes including performance, video, sound, multimedia installations, design renderings, and public space interventions with projects that engage language and activate its inherently social and sensory nature. Field trips, visiting artists and professionals, screenings and discussions of works of literature, art and design will provide context and inspiration. Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studios extend a student's cross-school experience from Core Studio up into their upper division years. 3 units of Interdisciplinary Studio are required of all majors and must be completed in the junior or senior year. This advanced level studio is thematic in nature. Technical demonstrations are paired with thoughtful readings, seminar discussions and ambitious projects. Collaboration, experimentation and presentation skills are developed in concert with critical thinking.

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