Jon Bellona is an academic expert in music technology, audio production, data sonification, data-driven instruments and applied popular music. Jon specializes in data mapping and custom digital interfaces to create music performances, sound artworks, and music compositions. His work leverages sonification—turning data into sound—to explore the types of relationships people have with data-driven technologies. Jon’s creative research often deals with digital music processes and climate-related topics. By exploring sound and data through listening activities—music performances, gallery installations, and individualized sonic experiences—his work is an invitation to for people to listen critically to their connections with phenomena in the world.
Recent Media:
The sounds of science (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 3, 2023)