s.j.a

May 2026 artist-in-residence at the Center for Afrofuturist Studies

sade j. abiodun (s.j.a) is a trans•disciplinary researcher, metaphysical anomaly, & cyber griot of nigerian & south african descent. they are the founder of AMPERS&ND MEDIA WORX, an interdisciplinary studio &&& multimedia archive that curates & chronicles experimental works centered on themes of ancestral knowledge technologies, embodied cognition, & radical composition. their work has been featured in numerous domestic and international film festivals, zines, academic journals, & exhibitions. you can find recent visual poems by s.j.a in TERRA:SOUL | ECHOES FROM THE FUTURE ANCESTORS (published by porch water press), and read their most recent paper, 'ART_IFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: dreams, data, and neuroaesthetics in the age of AI', in the journal of comparative literature and aesthetics. learn more about s.j.a’s expanded creative practice (& meditations on cinema, jazz, & creative gnosis) through their digitized AMPERS&ND archive: www.sade.space/ampersand

s.j.a is our spring resident at the center for afrofuturist studies, where they are developing the first episode of AMPERS&ND [sound machine] RADIO, or A.s.m.R. this radio program will act as a(nother) sonic conduit to the larger AMPERS&ND universe, an ongoing multimedia archive & performance series blending griotic ritual, metanarrativity, & experimental epistemology. Heavily influenced by their background as a cognitive neuroscientist & experimental filmmaker, AMPERS&ND emphasizes the use of ‘creative metadata’ – i.e screen recordings, phone media, & digital marginalia – to generate a hypertext of evolving gnostic & artistic philosophy in the context of the digital age.

episode 001 of A.s.m.R will blend jazz, jam, & dialogue, in a mediascape of soul-stirring sounds – from personal & collective archives – engaging fellow inter/multi/trans/anti- disciplinary artists & thinkers on themes of ancestral intelligence, intuitive practice, & our devotion to remixing source material. in this inaugural epsisode, s.j.a will also be in conversation with artist & filmmaker Liani Greaves – granddaughter of renowned experimental documentarian William Greaves – ahead of the Cannes premiere of the newest Greaves family film: Once Upon a Time in Harlem.