Max Gausepohl is a composer and sound designer from Hamburg, Germany who will be joining the Institute for Electronic Arts from May 6th to 17th. In his work as a film sound designer, he is continuously drawn to finding a strong and meaningful relation between two modalities, the visual and auditory. This exploration implies finding cross modal similarities, which has deepened his understanding of similar gestures and dynamics in different fields of sensory experience.
This insight serves as the foundation for his current research on the perceptual relationship between sound and space, which applies to the development of new performative tools and techniques that integrate spatiality into the process of designing abstract sound.
Gausepohl’s master’s degree in time-based media and sound design focused on silence as a means of communication inherent to sound design. Following his graduate studies, he has held teaching positions in sound design and music production. Throughout various theatre projects and fulldome planetarium shows, as well as in an academic context through master classes with Nicolas Becker, Gerriet K. Sharma or Mathias Josefson, he gained a profound knowledge of different immersive sound design workflows and spatial audio techniques.
