Michael Lukaszuk

Michael Lukaszuk will take up the position of UmArts Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Arts at the Department of Creative Studies and the Department of Informatics. He is an experimental music composer and sound artist with a Doctorate in Musical Arts Composition from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, and a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. In Umeå he will use research-creation to investigate how digital musical instruments can incorporate generativity (automated creative processes, including the use of AI) to augment their use in education and interdisciplinary settings. This work will build on his recent PhD thesis, which explored how generativityin sound-based artistic practices connects with existing musicological frameworks and relates more broadly to the use of algorithmic media in culture.r