Dr Krisztián Hofstädter
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Profile

Biography

Besides developing this website, I research Enhancing Audio Description at the University of York and draft funding applications to help continue my work with brain-computer music interfaces to support sense making practices. After three years of teaching the Navigating the Digital World module at the University of Essex, I am now a visiting fellow there. 

More info at krishofstadter.com.

My key research interests are around the following domains:

• brain-computer music interfacing (BCMI)
• altered states of consciousness (ASC)
• auditory entrainment to support meditation practices
• sound design and music for film
• animal rights

Publications

Full publications list

Publications

Hofstädter, K. 2022. Journeys around the secret place. In Musical Psychedelia (pp. 171-191). Routledge.

Hofstädter, K. 2022. Developing brain-computer music interfaces for meditation (Doctoral dissertation, Anglia Ruskin University).

López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2021. Enhancing Audio Description: Inclusive Cinematic Experiences Through Sound Design in Journal of Audiovisual Translation.

López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2020. Seeing films through sound: Sound design, spatial audio, and accessibility for visually impaired audiences, British Journal of Visual Impairment.

López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. & Balla, G. 2020. Enhancing audio description: accessible filmmaking, sound design and the importance of educating- filmmakers. Media Practice and Education, 21:4, 289-304.

López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2018. Audio Description in the UK: What works, what doesn’t, and understanding the need for personalising access. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 36(3), pp. 274–291.

Presentations, Demonstrations, Performances and Exhibitions

Hofstädter, K. 2019. NeuroMeditation with music (presentation and live performance with BCMI-2). In: 2019 Cambridge Festival of Ideas. 14-27 October 2019, Cambridge. Performance video.

Ryan, D. et al. 2019. Aphorisms (live sound design and engineering). 13 June 2019, Recital Hall, ARU, Cambridge.

Hofstädter, K. 2019. Demonstration of Brain-Computer Music Interfacing Soundscape with Generative Rhythmic Entrainment. In: 2019 Audio Engineering Society International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio. 27-29 March 2019, University of York, York.

Hofstädter, K. 2018. Brain-Computer Music Interfacing for Meditation (presentation). In: 2018 Festival of Ideas, The Archive and the Contested Landscape. 15-28 October 2019, ARU, Cambridge.

Hofstädter, K. 2018. Brain-Computer Music Interfacing for Meditation (presentation). 18 April 2018, University of Qujing, Yunnan, China.

Hofstädter, K. 2018. A Brain-Computer Music Software Interface (BCMI) for Mindfulness (presentation). In: StoryLab Symposium. March 14 2018, ARU, Cambridge.

Hofstädter, K. 2018. Software Interface (BCMI) for Mindfulness (presentation) at Multilingual Conference, University of Essex, Colchester.

Hofstädter, K. 2017. Introducing BCMI-1 for meditation and artistic performance (demonstration with on-line EEG). Clip Sound Workshops. 16 January 2017, Firstsite Art Gallery, Colchester.

Hofstädter, K. 2016. Brain-computer music interfacing software development (demonstration of BCMI-1 prototype with real-time EEG). In: Musedelica Symposium. A Symposium for Researchers in the Field of Psychedelic Music and Related Areas. 14-15 June 2016, The Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex, Brighton.

Hofstädter, K. 2016. Compulsive music waves (screening and audio-video installation). In: 2016 Pint of Science Festival. 22-26 April 2016, St Barnabas Church, Cambridge.

Hofstädter, K. 2016. Brain-computer music interfacing for stress management (poster presentation). In: 10th Annual Anglia Ruskin University Research Conference. 6 June 2016, Chelmsford.

Hofstädter, K. 2011. Strophic Variables (installation). In: FUTURE FLUXUS event (part of the 2011 Visualise Cambridge series). 17 January 2011, Recital Hall, ARU, Cambridge.

Hofstädter, K. 2009. Brain-computer music interface with the IBVA machine (installation). In: HCI2009, Open House Festival of Interactive Technology. 1-5 September 2009, Microsoft Research Centre, Cambridge.