Education

  • 2006-2008 Masters of Professional Studies in Interaction Design NYU Tisch School of the Arts

  • 1995-2000 BA in Studio Art, minor in Russian Language University of California, Davis

Teaching

  • Guest Lecturer, Radical Networks NYU IMA Low Res Graduate Program, Berlin, DE, 2021-

  • University Lecturer Universität fĂĽr angewandte Kunst Wien - Digitale Kunst, Wien, AT, 2023-2025

  • Visiting Professor of New Media Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, DE, 2020-2021

  • Adjunct Professor NYU Polytechnic Integrated Digital Media, New York, NY, 2013-2016

Publications

  • Grant, S., & Savić, S. (2022). “Slime Mold and Network Imaginaries: An Experimental Approach to Communication.” Leonardo, 55(5), 486-491. MIT Press.

  • Grant, S. (2022). “Hacking Activism: The Art of Digital Dissent and Information Liberation.” In A DECADE TO DOWNLOAD The Internet Yami-Ichi 2012-2021

  • Grant, S. (2021). “Towards Technological Sovereignty.” SYSTEMS portable paper exhibition, Science Gallery Dublin / Trinity College.

  • Grant, S. (2020). “A Brief Introduction to E-textile Interfaces.” Chapter in Handmade Electronic Music 3rd Edition.

Residencies & Fellowships

  • DWeb Fellow – Futura TrĹŤpica DWeb Camp, San Francisco, CA, 2023/2024

  • Digital Research Fellow - Futura TrĹŤpica Weizenbaum-Institut, Berlin, DE, 2021

  • Rapid Response Fellow - Digital Prepper Toolkit Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2020

  • Artist-in-Residence Ljudmila Lab, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11/2019

  • Artist-in-Residence Critical Media Lab, Basel, Switzerland, 05/2019

  • Artist-in-Residence Tembusu College, National University of Singapore, 03/2017

  • Impact Resident Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2016-2017

  • RadioActive Summer Residency StadtWerkStadt, Linz, Austria, 08/2016

  • Tow-Knight Fellow Tow Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, 2015-16

  • Artist-in-Residence Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2012-13

Speaking Engagements

  • “Injustice and Disenfranchisement on the Internet” AI Traps, Disruption Network Lab, Berlin, DE, 2019

  • “Reclaiming Digital Agency Panelist: By Nearly Any Means Necessary” Code NL-D Symposium, NL, 06/21

  • “By Land, Sea, and Air: Infrastructures in the Age of Platform Capitalism” Werkleitz Festival, Halle, Germany, 06/21

  • Ways of Connecting Moderator iMAL, Brussels, Belgium, 04/19

  • Radical Networks Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 03/19

  • Thinking/Acting in Alliance Infrastructure Moderator iMAL @Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/19

  • Visceral Systems 34c3, Leipzig, Germany, 12/17 St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium, 11/17

  • Cracking the Blackbox Research Talk, Random Blends Exhibit, Singapore, 03/17

  • HACKED by DEF CON and Mr. Robot Panel Participant Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY, 04/16

  • Panel Discussion on Offline Networks Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/16

  • Panel Discussion on Offline Networks Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/15

  • Guest Speaker on Offline and Mesh Networks Engadget Expand, New York, NY, 11/14

  • Speaker, “Making Your Own Internet” Internet Week NYC, New York, NY, 05/13

  • Panel Participant in “Monetization and Value” Eyebeam Chats, New York, NY, 01/13

Exhibitions & Performances

Press & Interviews

Recognition