Nicole Marchesseau’s anthropological and artistic research explores materiality, affect, laughter, madness, and mental health in art-making communities. Her solo and collaborative creative work has been featured internationally. She holds a PhD in Music from York University and is completing a second PhD in Social Anthropology. Related to her interest in a possible anthropology of sound, Nicole serves as a co-founder and curator for the multivalent platform sound braid. With sound braid, Nicole has published “Curating Silences” featured in Anthropology News and “Noisy Interference in the Becoming-Generic of Sonic Alerts” in the Danish journal Seismograf Peer. Alongside her ongoing engagement with sound braid, and in keeping with her enthusiasm for collaborative work, Nicole along with Emjay Wright and Gabrielle Gillespie will be launching the Guelph-based initiative Broken Film Festival (BFF). BFF debuts in the spring of 2025.

Nicole’s music-related research has involved the study of the Jandek project, liminality in the DIY music community in Toronto, and automatism and surrealism in music. Her publications include “Hmmronk, Skrrrrape, Schttttokkke: Automatism in Music?”, “Red, White, and Grey: Un-defining Popular Music in Canada”, and “Jandek’s Inert Unveiling” in the anthology Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself. She has taught at The Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts at McMaster University in Hamilton, The Department of Music Research and Composition at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University, and at York University in Toronto. Nicole volunteers as an editor for The International Journal of Music, Health, and Wellness.