Who

Sound artist / composer / performer
Interested in data sonification and the body
Studied Music at University of Oxford
Studied Composition at Royal Academy of Music
Based in London

What

3D Audio
Audio recording & production
Audiovisual pieces
Generative sound
Interactive sound
Installations
Performances
Sonification

How

Ableton Live
Arduino
Electric bass
Logic Pro
Max/MSP (& M4L)
TouchDesigner
Wearable devices

Contact me:

Email

hani.elias2000@gmail.com

Projects

Smile, you’re on camera (2025)

Audiovisual installation incorporating live webcam streams projected onto plexiglass world map. Collaboration with Lucía Claus, to exhibit at Ars Electronica Festival, Linz.

A Room with a View (2025)

Interactive installation incorporating webcam streams, field recordings, and audience motion-tracking. Collaboration with Lucía Claus, to exhibit at Ars Electronica Festival, Linz.

Sonifying Crystal Structures (2021-2025)

Collaboration with Physics Faculty, University of Oxford, to devise a method for translating crystal structures into sound. Presented in various iterations 2021-2025.

Pacemakers (2024)

Music for two bass guitarists and Max/MSP, including sonified ECG signals of the performers using ESP32 based wearable devices. Premiered at Royal Academy of Music by Chris Diamand and myself.

Replay (2024)

A solo cello piece with playback, based on data relating to memory consolidation and neuron spike sequence replay. Premiered at Royal Academy of Music by Oona Lowther.

Duo (for four instruments) (2024)

An ASMR-inspired piece for alto flute, bass clarinet, prepared harp and cello (with Ableton Live & M4L). Premiered at Royal Academy of Music by Lydia Walquist, Grace Tanner and CHROMA ensemble.

Pastorale (2023)

Audiovisual electroacoustic piece for bass flute, contrabass recorder, Max/MSP & TouchDesigner, based on an aerial view of sheep herding (footage shot by Lior Patel). Premiered at Royal Academy of Music by Sophie Hooper and Lizzie Knatt.

A Way of Watching (2023)

Audiovisual piece for two trios, with animated graphic score controlled live using a PS5 controller. Score made in TouchDesigner, premiered by Rocío Bolaños, Daisy Noton, Elizabete Gulbe, Carys Barnes, Meadow Brooks & Marianne Schofield. Recorded, re-performed and released through OctoberHouse Records.

Browser (2022)

A set of miniatures for classical guitar, electric bass and Max/MSP, based on Borges’s story The Library of Babel. Premiered at the Royal Academy of Music by Maddie Ashman, Mack Kniese and myself.

What leaf? What mushroom? (2021)

A piece for 16 voices and electronics inspired by mycological processes, setting text by Anna Tsing. Workshopped by BBC Singers and premiered at Royal Academy of Music.

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