subject sue


producer ~ performer  ~ visual  artist




I’m an artist from Amsterdam making dreamlike, experimental electronic music. My sound moves between ambient techno, minimal EBM, and dark synthwave. I use old archival footage from the 1930s to 1960s to create alienating, cinematic worlds. The result feels both nostalgic and strange — like a futuristic fever dream shaped by the past.

older projects   suziehagens.com

LOOK AT ME (2023)  
- video installation  


Am I a fantasy to you or do you see me 

for who I am? Is that even possible?

LOOK AT ME focuses on seeing ourselves 

as a story, where we decide how it’s told. 



By interviewing my friends about what they 

don’t dare to show, but wish to express 

through their appearance, I was given the 

chance to visualize their unconscious needs.  



This project is a search for recognition, 

an ode to vulnerability and an interpretation 

of who we are. It translates my curiosity 

for the alter ego into a personal story: 

one wherein fantasy speaks the truth.




Photograhpy, video, text, styling,
muah and music by Suzie Hagens
 

teasers visuals for performance

In my graduation work, I explored the concept of club alter egos – That project organically evolved into my solo music project: Subject Sue, which is an audiovisual performance project.


FOCUS RESIDENCY


I’ve only been working on Subject Sue for about 9 months, so it’s still evolving.

During this residency, I want to focus on a few key things:

- Make matching visuals for a track.

- Possibly record a live video performance combining sound and image.

- Brainstorm about my artistic direction – do I also want to make purely ambient sets? Or focus more on danceable live shows?

- Work on my release and business strategy – how and when to release music, how to grow my project.

- Make new music, ‘song diaries’.