about
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Sean Hayward is a composer, performer, and researcher currently based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His work spans minimalism, Javanese traditional music, extreme metal, ancient tuning systems, and soundscape ecology. A two-time Fulbright recipient with a doctorate from California Institute of the Arts, Sean has taught courses at UCLA, ISI Yogyakarta, ISI Surakarta, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, and CalArts.
He composes for film, installation, and dance, with recent collaborations including sound installation work for Indonesia Bertutur in collaboration with Monica Hapsari and the score for Umbilical (dir. Danski Tang), winner of the Pardo d’argento at Locarno Film Festival. Sean is also the founding member of the gamelan metal band Untu and is currently working on developing bioacoustics research through his solo project, Atavis.
Sean also enjoys scuba diving, boxing, playing chess, watching 80s zombie movies, and writing about himself in the third person.