SADE J. ABIODUN
s.ade · s.j. abiodun · s.arinade
practicing understander · cyber griot
sade j. abiodun (s.j.a) is a trans·disciplinary researcher, media practitioner, and cyber griot of nigerian & south african descent. they specialize in crafting cerebral, visceral mediascapes, often exploring themes of ancestral intelligence, multimodal ritual, and embodied creativity.
from holding multiple citizenships to having one too many middle names, s.j.a has had a lifelong passion for all things curiously indecisive, and frequently finds themself traversing time:space boundaries to simultaneously explore creative, intellectual, and internal worlds.
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their artistic practice is grounded in multilayered storytelling, employing various modalities (sound, archive, cinema) to explore metanarratives. s.j.a’s expanded creative practice (& meditations on cinema, jazz, & embodied gnosis) are shared through their experimental digital archive, AMPERS&ND.
their research practice spans cognitive science, aesthetic theory, metascience, and media studies. they hold a master’s degree in neurocinematics (the neuroscience of visual media) from princeton university, & a B.S with distinction in neuroscience from duke university. s.j.a studies & develops transdisciplinary technologies to hack (deprogram // override) dogmatic epistemological constructs. this hacking process illuminates how we perceive (and shape) knowledge, belief, & subjective reality.
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s.j.a’s film work (including their debut short, Godspeed) has been programmed across various film festivals, art galleries, and media platforms, including the Hayti Heritage Film Festival, NOW Gallery in london, and THE OTHERNESS ARCHIVE (see press for more). s.j.a has also had multiple video installations, experimental texts, & sonic performances featured across academic journals, independent presses, and interdisciplinary incubators.
s.j.a’s creative and intellectual identities are intrinsically interwoven. they were recently featured as the ‘future of neuroscience’ by the society for neuroscience for their work bridging the worlds of film and neuroscience, and nominated for membership to the sigma xi research society. s.j.a has consulted on projects for numerous organizations across the realms of media, science, and technology, including HBO, TELFAR TV, and the harvard center for bioethics.
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s.j.a is a firm believer that representation and inclusivity go beyond having a ‘diverse’ face in the classroom or writers' room, it begins with asking why the room exists in the first place.
they hope to continue bridging the gap between these rooms, these 'worlds', and foster collaboration, conversation, and community beyond the limitations of (social, intellectual, or temporal) hierarchies.
in their down time, you can find s.j.a sitting by a river, deconstructing spacetime, or explaining niche internet references to their cats.