HaydenRyan
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I am a First Nations (Yuin) sound scholar and artist from the south east coast of New South Wales, currently residing in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). My work centres Indigneous sonic an spatial practice, a concept that realises the inextricability of land, body sound and culture within Indigenous knowledge systems. The role of sound and space within cultural practice has been disrupted by the colonial project, my work aims at utilising sound technologies in order to recentre these epistemological structures.
Recently, I completed a Master of Music in Music Technology at New York University, where I wrote my thesis on Indigenising Sound Recording - focusing on colonial histories of audio technologies and their extractive functions that have remained unchallenged. This influenced me to publish a paper for the 2024 Audio Engineering Society conference in Madrid, Spain, addressing the inherently colonial foundations that audio technology disciplines settle on.
I am currently at RMIT Univesity, working on a PhD in Design at the Sound Innovation Audio Research Lab. My research forgrounds the importance of cultural space, in attempt to formulate a robust framework that allows sonic and spatial aspects of culture to play a prominent role in land and heritage protection.
EDUCATION
RMIT University
PhD in Design (2024 - Present)
New York University
Master of Music in Music Technology (2022 - 2024)
RMIT University
Bachelor of Arts (Music Industry) (2019 - 2021)
PUBLICATIONS
SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
2024 Liquid Architecture x Blindside Emerging Curator Mentorship
2023 Audio Engineering Society - Educational Foundation Award
2023 New York University - Dean Mary Brabeck Scholarship
2022 Roberta Sykes Scholarship
2022 Australia Council for The Arts - First Nations Emerging Career Development Award
2021 American Australian Association - Aurora Indigenous Scholarship
SOUND & MUSICAL WORKS
White Noise (2023-2024)
Sound Shell (2022)
53&17 Music Video (2020)