Paul Jasen

Arts Technologist / Digital Media Producer (SSAC)

• MA and PhD (Carleton University)
• St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• Email Paul Jasen
• (613)520-2600 ext 8327

I am the Arts Technologist / Digital Media Producer for the School for Studies in Art and Culture (SSAC). Working with Art & Architectural History, Canadian Studies, Film Studies, Music and the AVRC. I am the School’s first point of contact for enquiries related to:

• SSAC-owned systems, studio spaces, musical instruments, and technology collections.
• Communications and media development, including websites and social media accounts
• Policies, protocols and procurement related to media and technology
• Liaison with other technology-focussed offices on campus
• Media-related student employment (projectionists, social media assistants)

Teaching

I am also an educator, teaching in Carleton’s School for Studies in Art and Culture, and previously in the School of Journalism and Communication. My areas of specialization include cultural theory, sound studies, media production, electronic music production and media studies. 

Publications and Talks

Paul Jasen, ‘The Ether is Free’ (artist talk) at A Sonic Bridge (Presented by Debaser and the Carleton University Art Gallery, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa, 2025.)

Paul Jasen, ‘Perfect Music’ in Perfect Music: High Voltage (Exhibition catalogue; Vernon Art Gallery, 2017).

Jasen, Paul.  Low End Theory: Bass, Bodies and the Materiality of Sonic Experience. (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Jasen, Paul. “Transversal Strategies: Perceptual Abstraction from Eleh to Op Art,” The Senses and Society. 9 No. 1 (March 2014).

Jasen, Paul, editor. Surrounding Sound – An Electric Fields Symposium. Ottawa: Art Engine. (Fall 2013).

Jasen, Paul. “Acoustemes: How does sound shape knowledge?” in Surrounding Sound – An Electric Fields Symposium. Ottawa: Art Engine. (2013; in above) 

Paul Jasen, ‘Bass: A Myth-Science of the Sonic Body’ (artist talk) at the Electric Fields Festival (Presented by Artengine, Arts Court, Ottawa, 2010).

Braunn, Glenn, Sebastien Caquard, Paul Jasen, Benjamin Wright. “Designing Sound in Cybercartography: From Structured Narratives to Unpredictable Sound/Image Interaction,” International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 22 No. 11 (2008).

Music and Sound

My audio work has been featured on radio and podcasts in Europe and the Americas. Recent projects have revolved around radio, handmade electronics and modular synthesis.

Left: ±° (audio and postcard, Ref. No., 2024). Centre and right: The Ether is Free (audio, essay and micro-FM transmitter kit; Ref. No, 2024). 

Above: A sub-centric audio mix produced to accompany a 2010 talk called ‘Bass: A Myth-Science of the Sonic Body’ at the 2010 Electric Fields Festival (Artengine, Ottawa, 2010).