Artist Statement

Working across Scotland, Ethan McEwan is a 22-year-old Marketing and Media Designer based in Stirling whose work exhibits a passion for audio development, video, and immersive arts. With a developed love for media and technology from a young age, Ethan has continued to expand his love for music production and sound design. From studying ‘Music Technology’ in High School to furthering his studies with an NPA and an HND in Sound Production at Forth Valley College, Ethan has continually built technical and conceptual skills in increasing complexity, to excel in the fields of post-production sound, spatial audio, games, and documentary. Having recently graduated from the Glasgow School of Art, Ethan continues to grow a broad skill set, with a current focus on developing his knowledge of spatial and binaural audio design.​

 

Ethan’s work cannot be categorised into one particular field. With a love for all forms of audio-visual media, Ethan has continued to create a variety of different works in the hope of creating a more expansive skill set. Having always had a great love for producing content, the creation of home videos and his love for film and video games throughout his early years led to a variety of interesting projects. Producing, scripting, and recording his first stop-motion film when he was only nine years old, his aspiration for a career in all forms of creative media started to become a reality. Having collaborated with a team to produce a poetic and expository documentary, collecting and sequencing archive footage, as well as creating original video in editing platforms such as Adobe Premier; Ethan continues to create a variety of short films, leading to the release of both an art documentary (‘Surrealismo’) and a personal reflection documentary (‘A Teenage Reflection’). Along with having an industry-standard post-production workflow in digital audio workstations such as Pro Tools, Reaper and Cubase, Ethan continues to strive for a high sense of quality and efficiency within both stereo, surround and spatial audio applications.