Biography

Gascia Ouzounian is associate professor of music at the University of Oxford. She writes on experimental music and the sound art traditions of the last century. Her book Stereophonica (forthcoming from MIT Press) examines a range of phenomena in relation to sound and space: space in early modern acoustics, psychological studies of auditory space perception, early stereo and binaural technologies, wartime listening devices, multichannel electroacoustic music, sound installation art, and sound and noise mapping. Along with the architect Sarah Lappin, Ouzounian co-directs the research group Recomposing the City, which brings together sound artists, architects, and planners in investigating sound in urban environments. She is artistic director of Optophono, a label that publishes interactive music and sound art.