Course: 4D Studio

The New School, Parsons School of Design

The Fine Arts Core Studio 1: 4D is a medium-specific platform, which works in tandem with a cross-disciplinary Core Seminar. The combination of media specificity on the level of production (Core Studios) and the cross-media approach on the level of the discursive critiques and contextualizing discussions (Core Seminar) is intended to provide a comprehensive package in which students can develop both practical and critical faculties alongside each other.

Class Visits & Trips: Steve Norton; Julian Shapiro-Barnum; The Shed; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Greenwood Cemetery (cairns); Performance Space

Student Work

Project: Past & Present Video Project
Using found and original footage of your own, create a 3-5 minute video work exploring a relationship(s) between the past and present.

Tools: Adobe Premiere; Canon 50D

Project: Past & Present Soundscape
Select and research a location in New York City of historic importance. Using found and original audio footage, create a soundscape that explores your findings. Some of your original recordings must include an “activate” of some kind that you lead and/or directed. i.e. a performance, a conversation, use of the space, etc.

Tools: Adobe Audition; Voice Recorder Pro; Zoom Recorder

Project: Group Foley Workshop

In groups of 5, you have 2 hours to create the soundtrack for a 30 seconds to the the opening credit sequence of the film Se7en.

Tools: Adobe Audition; Voice Recorder Pro; Zoom Recorder; Found Objects