HELLO!

 

I am a musician, sound artist, and researcher working across diverse practices of sound and music (both artistic and scholarly). My interest across different projects lies in tracing, mapping, and attending to how sounds move in-between/across spaces, places, bodies, media, and modes of listening.

 

My sonic works involve the making/composing/creating of songs and sound collages often in the form of music albums. I interweave field recordings and ambient/electronic music together into poetic assemblages to rethink how everyday sounds/soundscapes can be activated in contemporary music production beyond sample uses. I also actively perform across the US and China at various spaces and settings.

 

My PhD research works on the diverse sonic practices in my hometown, Yunnan, at the border of Southwest China. My current dissertation project attends to the circulations of ethnic minority musical and sonic practices, including Hani, part of my maternal heritage. I also attempt to experiment with intermedial/multi-modal research and experimental (sound) writings to diversify my creative inquiries. 
 

Please, feel free, to navigate my website pages for details on my works.

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For commissions, collaborations, and other forms of inquiries, please reach out to haotianwmusic@gmail.com :)