Research

My research interests lie at the intersection of sound, music, technology and sociocultural inquiry. I explore how technologies shape musical creation and listening, as well as cultural meanings and relationships between performers and audiences. My completed research includes a spectromorphological study of AI-generated “error sounds” in electroacoustic music, drawing on Denis Smalley’s theoretical framework to examine how these sonic materials acquire perceptual and structural functions within a musical work.

        My current research centres on the Zhongruan, a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument, and the creative and cultural practices surrounding it. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience as a Zhongruan performer, my practice-based research explores how real-time sound processing and interactive technologies can expand its timbral possibilities, performance techniques and expressive potential in live performance. I am particularly interested in the relationships among plucking techniques, resonance, bodily gesture and electronic sound. Alongside this work, I examine the Zhongruan’s representation and circulation on digital platforms, investigating how short-form video, livestreaming and audience interaction shape its cultural meanings, public perception and transmission, as well as performers’ musical identities.