Curriculum vitae
Patrick Gunawan Hartono, PhD. Publications, creative works, exhibitions and performances are listed in full on the record.
Contact & identifiers
- patrick.hartono@rmit.edu.vn
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-5604-274X
- GitHub
- github.com/patrickhartono
- Web
- patrickhartono.xyz
Education
- 2020 – 2024
- PhD, Interactive Composition — University of Melbourne Interactive machine learning, HCI, human–AI co-creativity · Conservatorium Director’s Award for Exceptional Doctoral Research
- 2017 – 2018
- MMus, Sonic Arts — Goldsmiths, University of London Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship
- 2014
- Live Electronics Course — IRCAM, Paris
- 2013 – 2016
- BMus, Composition (Cum laude) — Codarts, Rotterdam Conservatory Minor study, Institute of Sonology, The Hague
Academic appointments
- 2025 –
- Lecturer in Digital Media (Interaction) School of Communication & Design, RMIT University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
- 2024 – 2025
- Lecturer in Computational Arts Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London
- 2023
- Adjunct Lecturer in Music Technology University of New England, Armidale, Australia
- 2022
- Technical Research Assistant University of Applied Arts Vienna · Trans-local Performative Academy, initiated by theatercombinat — VR development for a platform of collective exchange between artists in Europe and Southeast Asia
- 2021 – 2023
- Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Melbourne
Research metrics
Google Scholar, accessed 5 August 2026 — 19 citations · h-index 2 · i10-index 1
Most-cited: Handmate (NIME 2022) — 11 citations on Google Scholar, 44 on Dimensions
Grants & funded projects
- 2026
- Project Member — Circulation: Cupping, Colour, and Collective Body Sensing School Seed Funding 2026, School of Communication & Design, RMIT University Vietnam · 90,000,000 VND · June–November 2026 · awarded 27 May 2026 · project lead Bin Youn, with Renusha Athugala
- 2027
- Associate Investigator (10% FTE) — Vietnam Research Grant Tier II · under review Digital storytelling and social-emotional learning through The Tale of Kiều for Vietnamese adolescents · chief investigator Gordon Ingram · lead of Strand 3, Co-Design Workshops for AI-Generated Music · external partner Dao Le Na, HCM University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Awards & honours
- 2026Gold Award, 4th International iNVENTX Creative Exhibition, Multimedia University Malaysia — Jakarta Witness
- 2025Nominee, Best Contemporary Production, 28th Anugerah Musik Indonesia Awards — Hutan Plastik. Inaugural year of the category; 5,277 works registered across the awards.
- 2025Best Artistic Research Paper, Southeast Asia–China Cultural Studies Center, Institut Kesenian Jakarta
- 2024Conservatorium Director’s Award for Exceptional Doctoral Research, University of Melbourne
- 2023Nominee, Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Work, Music Victoria Awards, Melbourne
- 2021Prix CIME residency, International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music — Parakletos
- 2019First Prize, WOCMAT International Electroacoustic Music Young Composer Award
- 2017Audience Award, International Computer Music Association — Matrix Studies, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
- 2016Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship, Goldsmiths, University of London
- 2016Selected Young Composer, Pekan Komponis Indonesia, Dewan Kesenian Jakarta
Technical expertise
- Real-time
- TouchDesigner, Unity3D, WebGL, WebVR/WebXR TouchDesigner as primary development environment — an integrative platform binding sensing, sound synthesis and image into a single reconfigurable system
- Creative AI
- Machine vision (YOLO), vision–language models, generative language agents Mechanistic interpretability and feature steering (Neuronpedia API) · MediaPipe · regression models for gesture · FluCoMa · small-dataset methods for embodied interaction
- Audio
- Three-dimensional spatialisation and diffusion Analogue and digital synthesis · psychoacoustics · SuperCollider · Max/MSP · Web Audio · spatial audio engines
- Coding
- Python, JavaScript, p5.js, GLSL, C#
- Physical
- Sensor-based interaction, wearable interfaces, vibrotactile systems, depth cameras and hand tracking
Service & leadership
- 2022 –Board Member, International Computer Music Association
- —Board Member, Australasian Computer Music Association
- —Editorial Board, Journal of Artistic Research
- 2026 – 27Curatorial Board and Regional Representative, Goethe-Institut live coding programme for Southeast Asia
- 2026Co-Chair, ACM Designing Interactive Systems, National University of Singapore
- 2026Demo and Poster Chair, NIME
- 2025Social Chair, NIME
- —Committee Member, SIGGRAPH Asia Education Forum
- 2026Host and Organiser, ACM SIGGRAPH SPARK, RMIT University Vietnam
- 2025Programme Committee, IMDES, National Art Gallery Langkawi, Malaysia
- 2022Jury Member, ATEMPORÁNEA III International Contemporary Music Festival, Conservatorio Superior de Música “Astor Piazzolla,” Buenos Aires
Peer review
- Journals
- Computer Music Journal (MIT Press) · Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press)
- Conferences
- ACM SIGGRAPH · ACM SIGGRAPH Asia · ACM Designing Interactive Systems · NIME · International Computer Music Conference · IEEE International Workshop on Musical Metaverse
Discography
- 2022Lockdown (binaural) — opening track on Sounds of Absence, Gruenrekorder, Germany (Gruen 209). Curated by Wingel Mendoza; released alongside Alvin Curran, KMRU, Haco, Cecilia Arditto and Viola Yip.
- 2022Spectral Chaos — MESS Ltd. (Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio), Recovery
- 2021Dystopia Trilogy (audio version) — “New Normal,” “Covid-19,” “Lockdown”
- 2020The Return — on Anthology of Contemporary Music from Indonesia, Unexplained Sounds Group, Italy. Released alongside Senyawa, Wukir Suryadi and Rully Shabara.
Press & media
- 2024SEA Morning Show, SEA Today News (Indonesian national television) — guest segment, “Electroacoustic: Experimenting with Sound,” 24 September
- 2017The Jakarta Post — feature on Angkot Is the Melting Pot, with direct quotation, 6 July
- 2020Sequenza21 — named among key contributors to the Indonesian anthology in a year-end critics’ selection
- —Side-Line Magazine (Belgium) · Headbanger Reviews — reviews of Anthology of Contemporary Music from Indonesia
- —FluCoMa Podcast, Episode 24 · 25 Composers interview series by Sandris Murins · Extended.Asia contributor profile
- 2026ARTJOG 2026 coverage — Tirto · NOW! Jakarta · Dinas Kebudayaan DIY · KabarJawa · VOKS Radio Jogja · ISI Yogyakarta
Professional memberships
Association for Computing Machinery · International Computer Music Association · Australasian Computer Music Association · Liquid Architecture