Somerset House Studios

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 Rhian