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a creative tackle / politics done socially

by | Mar 28, 2012 | Writing

Politics, whether personal or of national importance, are rarely delivered nor received without at least a hint of emotion. With the heavy incorporation of social media in the last U.S. presidential election waves of euphoria and disgrace rippled across the networked...
Open Call- Nuit Blanche Ottawa 2012

Open Call- Nuit Blanche Ottawa 2012

by | Mar 9, 2012 | blôg, Curating

I’m really pleased to be managing the Open Call for Ottawa’s inaugural Nuit Blanche-22/09/12. The guidelines and application forms for artists, as well as contact information for getting involved as a volunteer can be found on the website/...
Leeds Girl Geek Dinner 6 Feb 2012

Leeds Girl Geek Dinner 6 Feb 2012

by | Jan 23, 2012 | blôg

It will be great to be back in Leeds for a quick visit and while I’m there I’m excited to be involved in the 10th Leeds Girl Geek evening! I hope to see several familiar faces there. the evening’s guest speakers are… megan l. smith // @cawsand...
DEFUNCT/

DEFUNCT/

by | Nov 21, 2011 | Projects

  DEFUNCT aims to creatively uncover and re-tell stories about decommissioned, or abandoned bases, in Canada using as narrators inhabitants who lived at these locations. It aims to bring to the public realm aspects of Canadian history. A particular emphasis will...
Time>Caught/ Removing Floor Layer 1975++

Time>Caught/ Removing Floor Layer 1975++

by | Oct 23, 2011 | blôg

221011 1975 was the year this floor went down according to the Ottawa Citizen clippings that were used under it to level it out. I then removed two other layers of oild cloth/linoleum before I came to the original floorboards.
PhD & Cultural Probe are now available on Lulu.com

PhD & Cultural Probe are now available on Lulu.com

by | Jun 18, 2011 | PhD, Writing

Claiming the Portable Home/ Creative Acts of Identity Placemaking within the Networked Digital Domain http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/claiming-the-portable-home-creative-acts-of-identity-placemaking-within-the-networked-digital-domain/16048201?showPreview...

PhD

by | May 30, 2011 | PhD

Claiming the Portable Home/ Creative Acts of Identity Placemaking within the Networked Digital Domain Megan Leigh Smith BFA York University, Canada 2001 MA Southampton University, United Kingdom 2004 Thesis awarded in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Leeds...
Open Window In City

Open Window In City

by | May 20, 2011 | Projects

‘Open Window in City’ is a live-networked video installation between two twinned cities. This project was supported by East Street Arts and Leeds City Council and was later funded by the Arts Council of England & The Culture Company – The Artimelt Academy....

my data or Apple’s?

by | May 5, 2011 | Writing

my data or Apple’s?, originally uploaded by meganleigh. Via Flickr: A snapshot of some of the data my phone has been collecting since last year. I’ve zoomed in on Leeds & Yorkshire in particular. I’ve done this with OpenPaths. You can find out...

thinking about a new project

by | Apr 7, 2011 | blôg

thinking about a new project, originally uploaded by meganleigh. Via Flickr: Once I have some initial notes or sketches on a project I often do a quick mash up in Photoshop or InDesign to make a visual of what I’m thinking about. This usually forms the beginning...

Social Moment_JamesBuck_08

by | Feb 2, 2011 | blôg

Social Moment_JamesBuck_08, originally uploaded by meganleigh. Part of my series of SocialMoment prints. It may be time to add another Egypt related tweet to this collection.

Over Yonder: Open Window In City: Megan Smith

by | Dec 16, 2010 | Exhibition

Over Yonder: Open Window In City: Megan Smith, originally uploaded by East Street Arts (ESA). Over Yonder: Open Window In City: Megan Smith, originally uploaded by East Street Arts (ESA). Over Yonder: Open Window In City: Megan Smith, originally uploaded by East...

TEDxLeeds 2010

by | Nov 4, 2010 | blôg

I’ll be speaking next week at TEDxLeeds with several other great thinkers and innovators. Please check out the full roster.http://www.tedxleeds.com/tag/guest-speaker/

Over Yonder – Open Window in City

by | Nov 3, 2010 | Press

From the Over Yonder site:http://wygoveryonder.wordpress.com/about-the-projects/open-window/Open Window in CityThis project will certainly interest all of you who like technology and the artist Megan Smith pushes the boundaries of Skype to invite you to live portals...

SanctionedArray – Specify Others – Video Archive

by | Oct 31, 2010 | Exhibition

SanctionedArray – Specify Others “SanctionedArray is an online database of video art conceived in response to the restrictions of artists’ submissions to The Guggenheim Museum’s and YouTube’s video biennial, Play (www.youtube.com/play). Artists’...

Other edits

by | Oct 27, 2010 | blôg

Other edits, originally uploaded by meganleigh.

Excerpt from”Becoming Screen Literate”: Kevin Kelly

by | Oct 27, 2010 | blôg

‘A new distribution-and-display technology is nudging the book asisde and catapulting images, and especially moving images, to the center of the culture. We are becoming people of the screen. The fluid and fleeting symbols on a screen, the subjective again...

#PhD bundle.

by | Oct 17, 2010 | blôg

#PhD bundle., originally uploaded by meganleigh.

SHiFT 06: We Shape Our Tools, And Then They Shape Us by Stowe Boyd

by | Sep 11, 2010 | blôg

This is already dated but what it does is acts as a good predictor. As Stowe Boyd suggests these tools will shift societies communication systems whereby we become a more participative society politically and most importantly with our own methods and on our own terms....

layout test p53

by | Jul 7, 2010 | blôg

layout test p53, originally uploaded by meganleigh.sample pages for my TweetBook. Early plans.

layouttest.p92

by | Jul 7, 2010 | blôg

layouttest.p92, originally uploaded by meganleigh.sample pages for my TweetBook. Early plans.

I’m back in Leeds!

by | Jul 7, 2010 | blôg

I’m back in Leeds!, originally uploaded by meganleigh.After 2 weeks unconnected, my phone is now repaired and I’ve been able to re-locate my GPS position back to Leeds from Newcastle, where I last clocked in before the device died.It’s good timing as...

Bookmarks for June 17th through June 24th

by | Jun 24, 2010 | blôg

These are my links for June 17th through June 24th:The more oil spills change, the more they stay the same. [VIDEO] – can this be true?RT @kk There was a spill in the Gulf 30 years ago, handled in the EXACT manner as Deepwater: http://bit.ly/dfkUmh...

GoodMorning! by Jer Thorp

by | Jun 20, 2010 | blôg

GoodMorning! First Render from blprnt on Vimeo.’GoodMorning! is a Twitter visualization tool that shows about 11,000 ‘good morning’ tweets over a 24 hour period, rendering a simple sample of Twitter activity around the globe. The tweets are colour-coded: green...

UNITED: Megan Smith 2009

by | Jun 15, 2010 | blôg

UNITED: Megan Smith 2009, originally uploaded by East Street Arts (ESA).From the UNITED show at Barkston House Leeds where Edwige rebuild an interpretation of Barkston House in Second Life and relayed live feeds from the internet and using CCTV.

647 days 18 hours

by | Jun 7, 2010 | blôg

647 days 18 hours, originally uploaded by meganleigh.http://www.instamapper.com/trk?key=13924273158256954631 dataGPS tracking powered by InstaMapper.comLatitude Longitude Altitude (m) Speed (km/h) HeadingN 53.79983∞ W 1.59657∞ 0 0 0N 53.79992∞ W 1.59690∞ 98 0 0N...

Attack #ftur

by | May 14, 2010 | blôg

Attack #ftur, originally uploaded by meganleigh.

Bookmarks for April 21st through May 6th

by | May 6, 2010 | blôg

These are my links for April 21st through May 6th:What The Fuck Should I Make For Dinner? – Dinner plans + strong language http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.comMoroccan Beef Meatball Tagine Recipe at Epicurious.com – planning tonight's...

Pst! microCONTROL

by | May 6, 2010 | blôg

Pst! microCONTROL from Megan Leigh Smith on Vimeo.Pst! is the surreptitious beckoning of attention and the acronym for Physical Space Tweets. It is a small storyteller installed in public space giving an audience a glimpse into a geo-tagged community’s topic feed. For...

Currently reading…

by | Apr 14, 2010 | blôg

Currently reading…, originally uploaded by meganleigh.as I write up each one of these books is referenced in some area of the document.

060410.PhD Thesis

by | Apr 6, 2010 | blôg

060410.PhD Thesis, originally uploaded by meganleigh.this is the introduction of the thesis, shaping the context for creative practice with/in social media… preparing for a discussion on the shift from Contemporary Art to a new stage of media art, or another...

April 1st, 2010 – Opening Night of Twitter/Art+SocialMedia

by | Apr 2, 2010 | Press

Video shot by Steve Tan (@stevetan) and Eric (@erictuason). Visite Steve’s website.’With over 300 people stopping by during the 3 hours of the opening, the night was exciting and fun. Artists had the chance to meet each other and connect to their Twitter and...