Jay Needham is an artist, writer/editor, and educator. As a multi-instrumentalist and visual artist, he creates sound art, music, productions for radio, visual art, performances, and installations that activate listening as a vital component of artistic perception. Through his works, he explores themes of militarism, surveillance, family archives, ecology, and autoethnography that are often informed by his life-long experience with hearing loss. 

2024 Fall & winter events

Starting Nov. 10th,  I’ll be in the UK at the University of Birmingham for a number of days where I’ll be giving a lecture, attending studio visits and performing a live multi-channel mix of Narrative Half-Life: The Writing Stone.

On November 15th, I’m delighted to be joined by an inspiring group of colleagues from the UK and Ireland when CePRA (Centre for Practice Research in the Arts) at Leeds University hosts The Intangible Modalities Symposium.

Nov. 18-20  The Radical Humanities Lab at the University College in Cork, Ireland is hosting me for a series of lectures, and a workshop/ performance.   

Hanford Challenge and the REACH museum hosted me for a talk in Richland Washington on October 10th. More information on this event here.

On October 17th, I presented as a part of the VAST: Visiting Artist & Scholar Talks at the University of Colorado Boulder. The talk was sponsored by The Department of Media Studies,  the Critical Media Practices program and the Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media.