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This is the Sound Studies Group at the SUSTech School of Design, Shenzhen. It is led by Dr. Qiushi Xu and Dr. Marcel Zaes Sagesser. Our research focuses on sound in relationship with technology, the environment, and human listening. It includes sound technology, sound studies, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), sound design, philosophy of science and technology, spatial audio, interactive audio, and creative media. The output of this team is published in prestigious international journals, at domestic and international conferences, and at international exhibitions and concert halls.

We are continuously looking for exceptional students for short-term or long-term internships and visiting student positions in our group. Please send us your CV and your portfolio if you are interested.

SUSTech School of Design ● Sound Studies Group
南方科技大学创新创意设计学院 ● 声音研究科研组

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Publications


-> Qiushi Xu
-> Marcel Zaes Sagesser

The Grain No. 12/11 W4 102 1 From the City: Integrating a 3D Model with Audio Data as an Experimental Creative Method
Enza Migliore, Marcel Zaes Sagesser, Yujing Ma
In International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI), Taiwan
Conference publication, 2024 (forthcoming)

I Light U Up: Exploring a New Emergent Narrative Paradigm through Physical Data Participation in AI Generative Experiences
Wu, Z., Wen, R., Sagesser, M. Z., Ma, S. Y., Xian, J., Wu, W., & Braud, T. (2024).  
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers, 1–9. 
Conference publication, 2024
doi

Metric Displacement: The Sound of Network Friction
Brian House, Annie Aries, Marcel Zaes Sagesser
The Journal of Media Art Study and Theory
Journal article, 2023
link

Mediating Place as Staging Time in “Setting”: Sonic Interactive Mobile Technology as an Art Performance
Marcel Zaes Sagesser
In DIS Companion ’23: ACM Designing Interactive Systems, Pittsburgh PA
Conference publication, 2023
doi

Listening Through Technology: an Interactive Sound Walk for a Suburb in Shenzhen
Marcel Zaes Sagesser and Binghuang Xu
In 12th International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability, HCI International (HCII)
Conference publication, 2023
doi

A Grain of: A Multimodal Representation of the City’s Ecology Through Material and Sound
Enza Migliore, Marcel Zaes Sagesser, Hanyu Qu
In Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI) 
Conference publication, 2023
doi

A Digital Archive of Participatory Location Rhythm Performances: Listening as a Way of Attending to the Pandemic
Marcel Zaes Sagesser
In Sounds of the Pandemic: Accounts, Experiences, Perspectives in Times of COVID-19
Focal Press, Waltham MA
Chapter, 2022

Rhythms, Textures, Identities: Folding as a Technique in Kyoka’s Signature Sound
Marcel Zaes Sagesser
In IIPC International Insitute for Popular Culture, IASPM South Korea
Conference publication, 2022
link

#otherbeats: A Hypermediated Playback System in Web Audio
In ICMC International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Santiago, Chile
Conference publication, 2021
link

#otherbeats: Performing a Participatory Archive of Social Rhythm
Marcel Zaes
In New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Shanghai, China
Conference publication,  2021

The Material Politics of Techno Punk
Marcel Zaes
In Sampling Politics Today, Norient Sound Series 1
Norient, Switzerland
Essay, 2020
link
doi

Schnittmuster in der Populären Musik (in German)
Brockhaus, Immanuel, Michael Harenberg, and Marcel Sagesser.
In Inside The Cut. Digitale Schnitttechniken und Populäre Musik. Entwicklung – Wahrnehmung – Ästhetik
Transcript, Berlin
Chapter, 2010
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