Simon-Pierre Gourd is a composer and professor of “sound creation and experimental media” at UQAM’s School of Media. A founding member of the University Institute of New Media, now known as the Hexagram Research-Creation in Media Arts, Design, Technology and Digital Culture, his research focuses on developing interactive systems for new media, as well as studying sound-related issues in the context of interactivity and the use of new technologies. He is particularly interested in the perception of sonic language and the phenomena of representation emerging from current practices, especially im...