About Jay Afrisando
Jay Afrisando is a composer, multimedia artist, researcher, and educator. He works on aural diversity, acoustic ecology, and cultural identity, focusing on disability and environmental justice, arts and accessibility, and decolonizing arts practices. He shares vital experiences and disseminates knowledge through multisensory and antidisciplinary practices, including video, text, spatial audio, fixed media, improvisation, and various collaborative methods. His works have been presented at Curb Appeal Gallery, Sound Scene at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Walker Art Center’s Virtual Cinema, ARGOS Projector: The Faraway Nearby, and Attenborough Arts Centre, among others. He has been awarded MAP Fund 2022, Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2021-22, and Minnesota Emerging Composer Award 2016. He is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
