Burke Jam

Creative Computation

Visiting Professor
Undergraduate Advisor: Creative Computation

Email

bjam@smu.edu

Website

burkejam.com

Burke Jam is an artist working in sound, performance and experiential design. Current research includes design thinking, aesthetic computation, generative systems and neuroevolution. Jam’s research focuses on human and environmental relationships and the proposed Anthropocene. Jam completed an M.F.A. at the University of Montana and was awarded a Fulbright grant to Iceland in 2013/2014 researching acoustic-ecology and expanded field-recording techniques. He has curated performances and symposia organizations including the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art and Portland Art Museum. Jam is the creative director of the Ĺ‚uminous.drift publishing imprint for sonic art and sound ecologies.

Jam has held positions at Portland State University as an Instructor of Art, Instructor of Music, Director of the School of Music Laptop Ensemble – S.A.M.P.L.E, and Director of Digital Facilities, Office of the Dean, College of the Arts. Previously Jam worked as a Forestry Technician – Smokejumper for the United States Forest Service.

His work has been published via Kesh Recordings (Cambridge), Dragon’s Eye Recordings (Los Angeles) and Room 40 (Brisbane).

Education

M.F.A., The University of Montana

Course list

Undergraduate

SMU in Tokyo: Design Thinking for Possible Futures   
Nature and Code  
Data: Meaning, Narrative, and Discovery
 
Junior Milestone
 
Aesthetics and Computation
 
Senior Capstone
 

Graduate

Interactive and Experiential Design  
Data Expression  

Burke Jam