Jace Clayton

Jace Clayton, an artist and writer based in Manhattan, is widely recognized for his work as DJ Rupture and for his 2016 book Uproot: Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. His recent projects include Sufi Plug Ins, a free suite of music software rooted in non-Western sound concepts 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 featuring grand pianos, electronics, and voice. As DJ Rupture, Clayton has released several critically acclaimed albums and hosted a weekly radio show on WFMU for five years. His collaborators span diverse disciplines and include filmmakers Jem Cohen and Joshua Oppenheimer, poet Elizabeth Alexander, singer Norah Jones, and guitarist Andy Moor of The Ex. A 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Nonfiction Literature fellow and a 2013 Creative Capital Performing Arts grantee, Clayton has also received a Foundation for Contemporary Art artists award. Since 2013, he has been part of the Music/Sound faculty at Bard College’s MFA program. He has held artist residencies with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Eyebeam Art + Technology Atelier, and the USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism program.