Greg J. Smith
Greg J. Smith is a Toronto-based designer and researcher with interests in media theory and digital culture. Extending from a background in architecture, his research considers how contemporary information paradigms affect representational and spatial systems. Greg is a designer at Mission Specialist, writes a monthly column on emerging technology for Current Intelligence and is a managing editor of the digital arts publication Vague Terrain. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications including: Rhizome, Vectors, Junk Jet, FlowingData and the Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics.
Greg has presented work at venues and institutions which include: Medialab-Prado (Madrid), the Public Memories Project (Syracuse), Postopolis! LA, Dorkbot (Toronto), and The School of Architecture at Waterloo. He currently teaches in the CCIT program (Sheridan College/University of Toronto) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.
Greg received a Masters in Architecture from John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto in 2007. He also studied design at LAIAD and received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1999.
Select Bibliography
- “Critical Sections”Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular (forthcoming)
- “YOU SUCK: An Airlock Lexicon”, Junk Jet, No. 3. 2010.
- "Continuous City: The Impossibility of Understanding in the Path of a Torontonian" catalog essay for "The Impossibility of Understanding" at Convenience, Toronto, Jan. 15-Feb. 13, 2010.
- "Martin John Callanan: I Wanted to See All of the News From Today", Opticon 1826, No. 6. 2009.
- “Information Visualization and Interface Culture” [PDF], Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics. (eds. James Braman, Giovanni Vincenti) Hershey: IGI Global, 2009.
- Beyond the Edifice: Architectural Visualization Reconsidered [PDF] published online as part of proceedings for VISUALIZAR’08: Database City. Madrid: Medialab-Prado, 2008.
- Infrastructure: 2005 al&d Thesis Publication (co-edited/designed with Jackie Kriekle). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Current Intelligence Column – Some Assembly Required
- Shipping Containers And The Future Internet Of Things – Sept. 2010.
- Unit Structures: A Survey Of Self-Configuring Modular Robotics – Aug. 2010.
- Introduction – July 2010.
Rhizome Articles
- Knowledge Work(s): In Search of a Spreadsheet Aesthetics – Apr. 2010.
- Imperfect Sound Forever: Caleb Kelly's "Cracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction" – Jan. 2010.
- Notes on Going Under: A DEVO Primer – Oct. 2009.
- Racing the Beam: The Atari VCS as Platform – July 2009.
- Variable Frame Rate: Multimedia Performance at MUTEK 2009 – June 2009.
- Means of Production: Fabbing and Digital Art – Mar. 2009.
- Out of Context: Artists and Web Inventories – Jan. 2009.
- Interface Aesthetics at the Dept. of Rhythmanalysis – Dec. 2008.
- Mitchell Whitelaw Interview – Nov. 2008.
Conference Papers / Public Lectures
- Networked Geography - Dorkbot (Toronto, CAN). Mar. 25, 2010.
- Drafting Boards and Patch Cords - Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design (Los Angeles, USA). Apr. 2, 2009.
- Beyond the Edifice: Architectural Representation Reconsidered - VISUALIZAR’08: Database City, Medialab-Prado (Madrid, ES). Nov. 4, 2008.
- Critical Sections: Indexing 20th Century Architectural and Cinematic Space in Los Angeles - Visible Memories Conference, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA). Oct. 4th, 2008.
Informal Presentations / Panel Discussions
- Fuzzy Archives - Canadian Film Centre, Interactive Arts + Entertainment Program (Toronto, CAN). Apr. 12, 2010.
- Content Management - Paths to Practice: Alternate Career Paths Panel, The School of Architecture at Waterloo (Waterloo, CAN). Oct. 3, 2009.
- Urban Screens - Ignite Toronto (Toronto, CAN). Aug. 25, 2009.
- Architecture and the Blogosphere - Postopolis! LA: Media Panel (Los Angeles, USA). Apr. 6, 2009.
- Curate the Glitch - talk20 (Toronto, CAN). Sept. 20, 2007.
- Los Angeles Disremembered - Vectors Workshop, USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy (Los Angeles, USA). June 14, 2006.
- CCT 360: Intermediate Web Design, Communication, Culture, and Information Technology at Sheridan College/University of Toronto – Mississauga. Fall 2010.
- CSLB 1N01: The Art of the Blog, The Office of Continuing Studies at OCAD University. Summer 2010.
- MM3EE3: Interactive Digital Culture for Software Engineering, Communications Studies and Multimedia program at McMaster University. Fall 2007.
