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This is the Sound Studies Group, a loose and idependent group of likeminded sharing an interest for researching various aspects of the world through the lens of sound. The group is led by Dr. Qiushi Xu who is an assistant professor at the SUSTech School of Design in Shenzhen, and Dr. Marcel Zaes Sagesser who is Academic Director of Audio and Visual Media at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria. 

Our research focuses on sound in relationship with technology, the environment, and human listening. It includes sound technology, sound studies, philosophy of science and technology, humanities research, sound design, spatial audio, interactive audio, and creative media. The output of this team is published in prestigious international journals and proceedings, at international conferences, and in exhibitions and concert halls.

Sound Studies Group ● 声音研究科研组

#Sound Studies
#Creative Media
#Digital Media Arts
#VR + Sonic Architectures
#Interaction Design
#Sound Design
#Auditory Interaction
#Human Computer Interaction HCI

Marcel Zaes Sagesser






Marcel Zaes Sagesser (he/him) is an artist and researcher investigating how humans are increasingly intertwined with their technologies. Focusing on the material qualities of sonic media, his work reimagines environments that let us listen to human-technological relations. Mixed practice-based and academic methods enrich this critical practice. The ongoing series, High & Low Tech Sonic Materialities, renders multiple strata of ‘tech’ audible to rethink how they shape human experience in dense urban spaces.

Marcel’s work has appeared internationally at Fridman Gallery New York, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Center for New Music San Francisco, Gray Area San Francisco, Hong Kong Arts Center, HEK House of Electronic Arts Basel, Wuhan Biennial and Shanghai Cadillac Concert Hall, but also at research-based venues such as at Columbia University, Standford University, CHIME Fest at University of Chicago, Designing Intearctive Systems at Carnegie Mellon University, ISEA at City University of Hong Kong, or ICMC at New York University Shanghai. His work has been awarded with prestigious grants such as the Fulbright Fellowship or Zhejiang Conservatory’s Keylab Grant for Digital Music. Publications include venues such as the Journal of Media Art Study and Theory, or Norient Sampling Politics.

Marcel received his PhD in Music+Multimedia Composition from Brown University. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Media Arts & Technology at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen.

Personal website: marcelzaes.com
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