Jace Clayton
Performing Arts, 2013
Jace Clayton is an artist 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. 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. 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.
Awards and Accomplishments
2015:
Clayton is named a 2014 NYFA Fellow
2013:
Clayton receives a commission from Rhizome to create a new Sufi plug-in.
2013:
Clayton is a resident at We Are City, Indianapolis
2013:
Clayton is a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellow
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Project
Omnipresence
Omnipresence is a site-specific composition and choral performance that will debut in East Harlem early spring 2017.
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Events
May 29 – May 29, 2015
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and Jace Clayton Collaborate at IDEAS CITY
Jun 22 – Jun 22, 2014
Jace Clayton & Meredith Monk perform in the Bang on A Can Marathon in New York
Jun 27 – Jun 27, 2013
Jace Clayton lectures in MoMA PS1's Expo 1: New York series, New York
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Awardee News
May 10, 2016
Creative Capital Names Susan Delvalle as New President and Executive Director
January 12, 2016
Announcing the 2016 Creative Capital Awardees: $4,370,000 Committed to 46 Diverse Projects
April 28, 2015
MAP Fund Announces 2015 Grantee Class