Dr Jon Pigott is a senior lecturer within Cardiff School of Art and Design teaching across undergraduate and post-graduate programmes, and supervising PhD candidates. Jon’s research and creative practice sits across the fields of sound art, kinetic sculpture, science and technology studies (STS) and sound studies. His research and teaching are informed by a practice-based approach which often includes digital and traditional fabrication processes, and electronics. Jon has exhibited work widely including at the Borealis festival of sound art, the V&A museum, Kinetica art fair and Techniquest and his publications have appeared in journals and books relating to STS, sound, and artistic research. Prior to entering academia, Jon worked in the music and audio industry helping to bring numerous high-profile music and film projects to fruition. Jon’s PhD, titled Materials, Systems and Autonomy in Electromechanical Sound Art, was awarded by Bath Spa University in 2017, he is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the AHRC Peer Review College.