Draft:Shervin Saremi

Shervin Saremi
Born
Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationBerklee College of Music, Berlin University of the Arts
Known forMusician. Audio engineer. Sound art. Generative music

Shervin Saremi is an Iranian musician and audio engineer working the fields of computer music, generative music, immersive audio, and music production. He studied Electronic Production and Design at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), Germany.[1]

Career

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Saremi has collaborated with a range of international artists, most notably Swiss media artist Marc Lee. Together, they co-created several immersive and networked media projects that have been showcased internationally.

In 2023, Saremi worked as the sound designer on the project YANTO, a speculative aquatic simulation co-created with Marc Lee and Iris Qu Xiaoyu. The project was presented at the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2023) in Le Havre, France.[2]

Another major collaboration was the interactive mobile app and installation Speculative Evolution, Prototype 1, which was exhibited at FILE Festival 2024 in São Paulo[3] and included in the "Brave New Future" exhibition at Science Gallery Monterrey.[4]

Saremi also contributed to the virtual installation Sound Becomes Site: Symphony for the Metaverse, hosted by Synthesis Gallery and XR Hub Bavaria. This project explored immersive spatial audio environments in the context of the metaverse and browser-based exhibitions.[5]

Awards

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In 2024, Saremi and Marc Lee received the Expanded Media Award for Network Culture at the Stuttgarter Filmwinter festival for their collaborative project, the mobile app EVOLUTION PROTOTYPE‑1. Saremi was credited for sound design in the work.[6]

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

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  • YANTO – ISEA2023 (Le Havre, France) – immersive aquatic speculative simulation[2]
  • Speculative Evolution, Prototype 1 – FILE Festival 2024 (São Paulo) and Science Gallery Monterrey[3][4]
  • Sound Becomes Site: Symphony for the Metaverse – Synthesis Gallery / XR Hub Bavaria[5]
  • EVOLUTION PROTOTYPE-1 – Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2024 (Expanded Media Award winner)[6]
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References

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  1. ^ "Shervin Saremi – ISEA Symposium Archives". Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  2. ^ a b "ISEA2023 Art Event: YANTO – Xiaoyu Lee, Shervin Saremi". Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  3. ^ a b "Speculative Evolution, Prototype 1 – Marc Lee & Shervin Saremi". 15 May 2024. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  4. ^ a b "Speculative Evolution – Brave New Future". 22 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  5. ^ a b "Sound Becomes Site – Symphony for the Metaverse". 19 January 2022. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  6. ^ a b "Blog – Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2024". Retrieved 2025-09-07.