Florian Grond

Florian Grond is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University, where he is also Co-Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies. He is also a digital artist whose practice and research are rooted in immersive sound, sonification, auditory display, participatory design and accessibility. After completing a PhD in Germany (University of Bielefeld) and a postdoctoral fellowship in research-creation at McGill University, he developed expertise in the capture, mixing and diffusion of immersive sound.

His projects explore the creation of inclusive devices and experiences, in close dialogue with marginalised communities, particularly blind and neurodivergent people. He has initiated and led several artistic co-creation projects with artists with disabilities, and collaborated with researchers in sensory ethnography. With the late Belgian writer and researcher Piet Devos, he adapted the use of binaural technology as an innovative method for ethnographic research. His work is supported by the CALQ, the CAC, the FRQSC and the SSHRC, and spans the fields of sound arts, research-creation and sensory studies, with a view to developing new forms of listening and cultural mediation.