Jay Afrisando (he/him) is an artist, researcher, educator, and curator. Through multisensory and antidisciplinary practice, his work investigates how aural diversity grounds the realities of our understanding of music, sound, and hearing-listening. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Recent projects include Menaut Waktu. Merekam Jejak. (Threading Time. Archiving Traces.), Gelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas, Yogyakarta, 2026; [opera captions], Nautilus Music Theater, St. Paul, 2026; and In Conversation, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, 2025.

As of November 2026