Somerset House Studios

6: Defrag - Technology in Culture and Society

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Defrag was a series of talks curated by Jake Charles Rees for Somerset House Studios between 2017-2019, exploring how technology is changing the world we live in, including the way we produce and consume art and culture.

This podcast revisits the live recordings in the form of an audio montage, meshing together a range of fragmented thoughts from guest speakers. It delves into the practices of the people using and critiquing some of the latest technologies and how these shape and augment our realities.

Contributors
Silkie Carlo, Big Brother Watch 
Anne Duffau
Bill Posters
Libby Heaney 
Shannen SP
Kode9
Keiken 
Elliot Burns, Offsite Project
Raffaella Moreira, Multimedia Anthropology Lab
Sophie Dyer of Airwars
Hanna Rullman of Airwars
Milena Marin, Amnesty International 
Gabriela Ivens of WITNESS 
Adbulwahab Tahhan
James Stringer, Werkflow 
The White Pube
Charlotte Webb, Feminist Internet 
Travis Alabanza 
Seyi Akiwowo 
Helen Brewer, Feminist Internet
Clara Finnigan, Feminist Internet
Caroline Sinders
Rhiannon Williams, Feminist Internet
Natalie Khan

Commissioned and produced by Somerset House Studios
Curated by Jake Charles Rees
Podcast produced by Huw Thomas
Sound design by Harry Murdoch and Huw Thomas