Jace Clayton is an artist and writer based in Manhattan, also known for his work as DJ/rupture. Clayton uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on how sound, memory, and public space interact, with an emphasis on low-income communities and the global South. His book Uproot: Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture was published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, celebrated in reviews by the LA Times, The Guardian, and featured on NPR.  Recent projects include Sufi Plug Ins, a free suite of music software-as-art, based on non-western conceptions of sound and alternative interfaces; Room 21, an evening-length composition for 20 musicians staged at the Barnes Foundation; and The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner, a touring performance piece for grand pianos, electronics, and voice. As DJ /rupture, he has released several critically acclaimed albums and hosted a weekly radio show on WFMU for five years. Clayton’s collaborators include filmmakers Jem Cohen, Joshua Oppenheimer, poet Elizabeth Alexander, singer Norah Jones, and guitarist Andy Moor (The Ex).

He is a 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Nonfiction Literature fellow, a 2013 Creative Capital Performing Arts grantee, and recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Art artists award. He joined the Music/Sound faculty of Bard College’s MFA program in 2013. Clayton has been an artist-in-residence with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Eyebeam Art + Technology Atelier, and a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism fellow. Clayton has performed in over three dozen countries, and has given artist talks at a number of museums, universities, and other institutions.

Learn more at:

https://www.jaceclayton.com

————————————————————————-

About the Collateral Series series:

Selected for the two prestigious UNC-CH/Duke Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorships for 2016-2018, artists Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture) and Nina Chanel Abney will be visiting the NC Triangle area and both campuses on several occasions, lecturing and working with students, faculty, and staff on projects in and out of the classroom. Some of Nina Chanel Abney’s events are also organized by the Nasher Museum in conjunction with her large solo exhibition there, Royal Flush.

To strengthen the opportunities provided by the Keohane Professorship and its deliberate focus on social engagement, the Vice Provost for the Arts Collateral Fund was established at Duke to accompany and complement these regular visits by the Keohane Professors in the same period (2016-2018). Offering presentations, workshops, and projects with key figures of contemporary art and social art practice, including artists, curators, critics, and scholars, the collateral series is organized by the FHI Social Practice Lab and its director, artist and Duke professor Pedro Lasch. All of the following visits will have public components, as well as intimate interactions with students from both campuses. The Collateral Fund Series will continue through 2018. The FHI Social Practice Lab series also includes public presentations led by graduate and undergraduate students. Student presenters will be announced on our website and social media channels (Facebook) on the week before the listed date.