Education
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2006-2008 Masters of Professional Studies in Interaction Design NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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1995-2000 BA in Studio Art, minor in Russian Language University of California, Davis
Teaching
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Guest Lecturer, Radical Networks NYU IMA Low Res Graduate Program, Berlin, DE, 2021-
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University Lecturer Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien - Digitale Kunst, Wien, AT, 2023-2025
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Visiting Professor of New Media Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, DE, 2020-2021
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Adjunct Professor NYU Polytechnic Integrated Digital Media, New York, NY, 2013-2016
Publications
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Grant, S., & Savić, S. (2022). “Slime Mold and Network Imaginaries: An Experimental Approach to Communication.” Leonardo, 55(5), 486-491. MIT Press.
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Grant, S. (2022). “Hacking Activism: The Art of Digital Dissent and Information Liberation.” In A DECADE TO DOWNLOAD The Internet Yami-Ichi 2012-2021
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Grant, S. (2021). “Towards Technological Sovereignty.” SYSTEMS portable paper exhibition, Science Gallery Dublin / Trinity College.
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Grant, S. (2020). “A Brief Introduction to E-textile Interfaces.” Chapter in Handmade Electronic Music 3rd Edition.
Residencies & Fellowships
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DWeb Fellow – Futura Trōpica DWeb Camp, San Francisco, CA, 2023/2024
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Digital Research Fellow - Futura TrĹŤpica Weizenbaum-Institut, Berlin, DE, 2021
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Rapid Response Fellow - Digital Prepper Toolkit Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2020
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Artist-in-Residence Ljudmila Lab, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11/2019
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Artist-in-Residence Critical Media Lab, Basel, Switzerland, 05/2019
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Artist-in-Residence Tembusu College, National University of Singapore, 03/2017
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Impact Resident Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2016-2017
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RadioActive Summer Residency StadtWerkStadt, Linz, Austria, 08/2016
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Tow-Knight Fellow Tow Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, 2015-16
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Artist-in-Residence Eyebeam, New York, NY, 2012-13
Speaking Engagements
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“Injustice and Disenfranchisement on the Internet” AI Traps, Disruption Network Lab, Berlin, DE, 2019
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“Reclaiming Digital Agency Panelist: By Nearly Any Means Necessary” Code NL-D Symposium, NL, 06/21
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“By Land, Sea, and Air: Infrastructures in the Age of Platform Capitalism” Werkleitz Festival, Halle, Germany, 06/21
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Ways of Connecting Moderator iMAL, Brussels, Belgium, 04/19
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Radical Networks Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 03/19
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Thinking/Acting in Alliance Infrastructure Moderator iMAL @Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/19
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Visceral Systems 34c3, Leipzig, Germany, 12/17 St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium, 11/17
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Cracking the Blackbox Research Talk, Random Blends Exhibit, Singapore, 03/17
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HACKED by DEF CON and Mr. Robot Panel Participant Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY, 04/16
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Panel Discussion on Offline Networks Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/16
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Panel Discussion on Offline Networks Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/15
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Guest Speaker on Offline and Mesh Networks Engadget Expand, New York, NY, 11/14
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Speaker, “Making Your Own Internet” Internet Week NYC, New York, NY, 05/13
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Panel Participant in “Monetization and Value” Eyebeam Chats, New York, NY, 01/13
Exhibitions & Performances
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“Under the Viral Shadow” Physarum Topologies Art Laboratory, Berlin, Germany, 08/21
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Foyer Installation Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 02/15
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LittleNets Group Show Eyebeam’s Off-The-Grid, Governor’s Island, New York, NY, 09/14
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Eyebeam Group Show Internet Week NYC, New York, NY, 05/13
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Eyebeam Annual Showcase New York, NY, 01/12
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Diana Eng’s Fairytale Fashion New York, NY, 02/10
Press & Interviews
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You Are Here Report Tow Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, 08/17
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Radikale Netzwerke Servus.at, Linz, Austria, 12/16
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Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news? Nieman Lab, New York, NY, 11/14
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Profile on The FWA FWA, New York, NY, 08/14
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FSP Interview Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY, 03/11
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FSP Interview Rhizome, New York, NY, 09/10
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Wearable Tech Roundup Fashioning Technology, New York, NY, 09/10
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Handmade Music Monday Create Digital Music, New York, NY, 03/10
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World Maker Faire Recap Soft Circuit Saturdays, New York, NY, 02/10
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Circuit Bending Orchestra Make: Online, New York, NY, 02/10
Recognition
- Subnodes Finalist, NYC BigApps 2015