Polina Khatsenka is an audiovisual artist, sound designer, and sonic curator from Minsk, Belarus, based in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. Her work explores sound through audio performance, site-specific installations, and composition. She is currently pursuing a PhD. at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University on “Location vs. presence: aural perception as an existential tool in the world of digital culture.” Collaboration is key in her practice, often working with NGOs, networks, and offspaces in a self-organized way. Her projects expand the perception of intimate and shared environments, addressing invisible physical fields and existential themes. Since starting with spatial audio in 2017 at HSD Düsseldorf, she continued her research at Kunstuniversität Linz, where she has taught the course “Silence. Pause. Quiet.” since 2021 at the Co.Lab Acoustic Ecology. As a founding member of the phonon~ crew, she organizes events showcasing experimental electronic and electroacoustic music in quadraphonic, octophonic, and Ambisonic formats.