Wajid Yaseen is a Manchester-born, London-based artist whose work draws on an interdisciplinary approach to develop sound-based works encompassing installations, live performances, acousmatic music, graphic scores, and sound sculptures. He is the Creative Director of the sound art research cooperative Modus Arts, the co-founder of the destructivist Scrapclub project, and director of the Ear Cinema project. Wajid holds an MA in Arts and Design with a focus on Sonic Arts, and his work has been exhibited and performed at the ICA Gallery, Arnolfini, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Whitechapel Gallery, Laban, and the Freud Museum.

CISM in the Archive is a collaboration between UCSB’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music (CISM) and the UCSB Library to bring scholars and practitioners to campus for an exploration of the Library’s archival collections related to the researcher’s interest, who then presents on their findings or current research to UCSB’s faculty, students, and the public.

Organized by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music and co-sponsored by Ethnomusicology Forum, UCSB Library Special Collections, and the South Asian Religions and Cultures RFG.