Olifa Hsieh
Olifa Hsieh specializes in electroacoustic composition, sound installation, theater, and new media performance. She connects her musical experiences to multimedia platforms, often utilizing immersive audio technology to create multidimensional auditory experiences. Through technology, she constructs participatory digital mind-body consciousness. She has presented her works and research at events such as the Taipei Digital Arts Festival, the New Music Art Festival in Oldenburg Germany, the National Taichung Theater, the Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts, the International Computer Music Conference (ICMA, ICMC), and the International Women in Technology and Art Symposium (AWMAS). Her research project, “Infinity: SoundBody in Virtual Reality,” was selected for the 2019 Technology Art Experimental Guidance Program, and “(Aural)Embodiment” was selected for the 2023 Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Art Residency Program. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Architecture at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and a visiting scholar at the Department of Media Arts and Technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, supported by a research grant provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2023