Jay Hammond
Artist in Residence June 2022
Jay Hammond is a musician, audio producer and cultural anthropologist. The Guardian has called his music "a shimmering homage to nature." In his writing and audio installation work, he explores the intersection between research and art, creativity and inquiry.
He holds a Ph.D. from Duke University where he conducted ethnographic research with improvising musicians in New York and New Orleans. He also holds an M.A. from Columbia University, and a B.M. from Berklee College of Music, where he studied audio engineering, guitar, and jazz composition. His publications have appeared on Bloomsbury Academic, and his recording credits include New Amsterdam Records, Galtta Media, and Sleepy Cat Records. Jay is currently Assistant Professor of Practice in Music at Georgetown University.
Enacting the Circle
Enacting the Circle is a participatory piece for 4D audio by Jay Hammond and Quran Karriem, with live 4D sculpting by Ian Wyatt. The piece combines a vibroacoustic attunement exercise, the synthball designed by Karriem and Rebecca Uliasz, and an improvised performance with Karriem on trombone, Hammond on electric guitar, and Wyatt on live 4D sculpting. The piece explores the relationship between embodiment and social structure in human improvisation.
Drawing from Hammond’s ethnographic research with participatory music communities and Karriem’s critical scholarship on improvisation and computational decision systems, the piece seeks to attune participants to practices of listening akin to those of improvising musicians.
June 10th, 2022
