J.A Santschi’s sound compositions, spell(ing) and somatic practices weave gestures toward movements of solidarity, communal memories, and poetics informed by Black trans-multi- and non-disciplinary visionary kinships.
Through their practice of listening, J.A.’s artworks offer resonant and critical “embodied sonorities” that envision cultures of intimate belonging beyond current dominant systemic oppressions.
Their research experiments with theories, concepts, and speculations supporting arts and curations that center artists who need communal spaces of connection, opacity, time, and sustainable resources as they shape their visions into art and culture.
J.A has been training as a somatic sound artist and facilitator since 2021, working alongside fellow artists, mentors, and practitioners of Black and Indigenous lineages across Europe, Turtle Island, and beyond. ///// contact them here:
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2024
Colloque: (Dé)faire Les Catégorie by Universtées Paris Cité, Sorbonne, MSH Paris Nord (français)
Reading: Slayeth Love’ book launch by x collective x, Theater Gessnerallee, Zürich (english)
Lecture: Afro Queer Litteratures by Noircir Wikipedia, AfrikaLab, Geneva (français)
Lecture: Séminaire Transversal “Penser (Par) La Présence/Voix”, by Noémi Michel, HEAD, Geneva (français / english)
Colloque: Histoires Trans, by Master Symposium HESSO HEAD, Musé d’histoire de l’Art, Geneva (français / english)
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2025
Artistic & Rehearsals Coordinator for — Dance & Music Hall: “FÊTE Twerk It*all” by Pink Nation Company —at TanzHaus, Zürich
2023
Graphic & Editorial Co-Coordinator for —Book: Slayeth Love by x collective x — at éditions Assemblage Münster
2022
Sound Production Coordinator for — Theater piece: SNOB by QUEER SMTH Company - at Theater UsineGeneva
2021
Costumes Production Coordinator for — Theater Piece: “Orpheus” by Moved by Motion (Wu Tsang & Tosh Basco) — at (Theater) Schauspielhaus Zürich
2020
Costume Intern-Assistant for — Film: Composition II / (vor) IV by Moved by Motion (Wu Tsang & Tosh Basco)— at (Art) Instituto Svizzero Milano
Production Assistant for — Film: Venus Ascending Movie by QUEER SMTH (Meloe Gennai) — at (Art) Instituto Svizzero Milano
2019
Casting Coordinator for — (Fashion label) Rafael Kouto’s Campaigns — at Studio Binz & Mode Suisse, Zurich
Stylings & Visual Coordinator for — (Fashion label) Afterwork Studio’s Home Office Campaign— Basel
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2024
Performance & Art Installation: Grand Tour, HEAD Fine Arts, Geneva
2023
Sound Installation: to “The Fire Next Time”, by Mawena Yehouessi & Co, Villa Arson, Nice
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2024
Sound-composition: In Archival Exhibition “Nos Vies Maniefestée” by Noémi Michel
2022
Sound-design & Installation: In Theater piece “Snob” by QUEER SMTH
Sound-composition: In Performance piece “Tavole Geranti” by Meloe Gennai
2020 — 2023
(various) Sculptures: “I S E customs”, In “Terminal Irony, 2021” / “Chronic Oversharer, 2021” / “Cuts of Love”/ “Demon Thingz” / “He Said, They Said”/ “DEMON THINGZ: CK ONE 1994” / “Demon Thingz: Reloaded, 2021” by James Bantone
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2023
Co-Research: Just In Time, with MA CCC, Live In Your Head, Geneva
2022
Co-Curation & Facilitation - Social & Arts Project: Contours with x collective x, Café Révolution, Bern
2021
Co-Curation - Social & Arts Project: Resto Diaspo with Public Fiction Group, Shedhalle, Zürich
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2023
at Vidy Theater Lausanne— Centre Culturel Afropea - Ethics & Inclusivity Consultant
2022
at Theater Usine Geneva— QUEER SMTH Production - Artistic & Disability Access Intern-Consultant
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2024
SANTSCHI, Jazil, Transmuting Black Sonic Entities; The Necessary Voices of a Culture in The Making, CCC, Geneva
SANTSCHI, Jazil, A Remembering of Sheirs in the book Slayeth Love by x collective x, éditions Assemblage Münster
SANTSCHI, Jazil, Diagrams, Mind of My Mind (Section C); SEARCCCH magazine, Geneva
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2024
MA Thesis extract In ISSUE #25 Trans Hirstory and Art – ISSUE Jounal
2023
I S E Artworks In W Magazine New York – by Umesi & Sudan Archive
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2024
Fine Arts Master Degree in Critical Curatorial Cybermedias at HEAD Geneva, 2024.
2017
Fine Arts Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design at FHNW, Basel, 2017
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2025
Center For Planetary Pedagogies, Fugitive Songs, Black Studies & Black Feminist Spatial Practices Course by Marie-Louise Richards, Stockholm/Online
The Imagination Doulas, Reading Group, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time by Rasheedah Phillips, Online
2024 — 2025
The Embodiment Institute, Self-Guided Embodiment Basics Course by Prentis Hemphill, Online
Karada House, Boundaries, Intersectionalities, and Politics of Body, Webinars & Workshops by Caritia, Berlin/Online
Practice Field For Liberation, Collective Conflict Mediation Practice by Care & Co, Berlin/Online
2024
Eikones/African Studies,Black Figuration Summer School by Basel University, Kunst Museum Basel, & Guests: Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi, Jovita Dos Santos Pinto, Onome Ekeh, Paul Goodwin, Jamal Nxedlana, Rory Kahiya Tsapayi, Joshua Amissah, Koleka Putuma, Koyo Kouoh, and Tandazani Dhlakama —organized by Kadiatou Diallo, Lorena Rizzo & Sindi-Leigh Mcbride
2023 — 2024
Divination For Liberation, A Socio-Political Framework Of Sidereal Astrology by Dayna Lynn Nuckolls, Online
2022 — 2023
Black Neurodiversity, Inclusion & Accessibility of Neurodistinct People In The Class Room (Training), History of Race In Psychology (Webinar), & NeuroCrit An Expansion of Critical Race Theory (A Framework) by Ben-0ni, Online
2021 — 2023
Séminaires Penser (Par) La Voix, Sciences Sociales, Théories Critiques & Politiques Contemporaine, Etudes Noires Féministes, Condition Noire En Europe, par Dre. Noémi Michel, La HEAD Genève
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