Sapphire Haze is a sound artist/performance duo residing on unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Peoples (Vancouver, Canada). With Cindy Kao on violin and Aysha Dulong on electronics, the duo utilizes sound-to-colour synaesthesia as a compositional tool. They work in a hybridized model, and aim to blur the distinction between acoustic and electronic sound. Sapphire Haze explores how sound can embody lived experiences and can be utilized to express oneself. As a duo, their work has been presented at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Vines Art Festival, Modulus Festival, Gateway Theatre, The Fox Cabaret, Firehall Arts Centre, and Lobe Studio. They were the featured artist for Music on Main’s 2021/2022 Emerge on Main program, and made their international debut at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival in June 2022. Recently, they sound designed with rice & beans theatre, collaborated with Clala Project, performed at active/passive festival on Galliano Island, and were in residence at The Dance Centre with dance artist Natalia Martineau researching where colonial imposition lives in our bodies. Their work was also featured in a recent presentation of in the wake of the sleeping machine vol 1 by choreographer Shion Skye Carter. Most recently, they sound designed and composed with Ruby Slippers Theatre for The Baking Show Show: The Play, written by Faly Mevamanana and directed by Jasmine Chen. They will be releasing their debut EP in 2026, mixed and mastered by Murat Çolak.
