Sounding Queer Asian Diaspora (led by Casey Mecija and Heidi Chan) is a DSF workshop research project that explores how modular sound synthesis can be used as a tool for queer diasporic expression and representation.
The workshops begin with an engagement in conceptual theorizations of diaspora, queerness, sound, and affect and subsequent workshops will introduce participants to sound synthesis through an experiential curriculum developed by the DSF working group.
Research questions focus on if and how modular synthesis provides alternative aesthetic frameworks for working with sound and technology beyond Western/Eurocentric forms to support traditionally marginalized communities.
Also see: the Polaris Festival’s Patchwork: Modular Worldmaking. Co-Led by Casey Mecija and Heidi Chan, co-supported by DSF and hosted at the TMU Re/LAB.
research workshops taking place in 2025-26
Mecija and Chan exploring synthesis techniques for the Sounding Queer Asian Diaspora project.
