Writer and scholar Greg J. Smith speaks with media artist Darsha Hewitt about how domestic life is shaped by contemporary technologies and what happens when those technologies become obsolete.
Greg J. Smith
Greg J. Smith is an editor and cultural worker based in Hamilton, Ontario. He is an editor for HOLO, a hybrid print-digital publication focused on ‘emerging trajectories in art, science, and technology,’ and he has written widely on media art. In 2024, Greg completed his PhD at McMaster University on the emergence of the programmable drum machine in the 1980s, and he continues to research music technology histories. He currently teaches at the University of Waterloo. https://gr3gjsmith.net
Several of the works in this issue consider how the domestic is shaped not only by private life but also by global currents, family histories, and consumer goods, nudging at the conditions that shape how we live, where we live, and with whom we choose to share our lives.