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 DuffauBill PostersLibby Heaney Shannen SPKode9Keiken Elliot Burns, Offsite ProjectRaffaella Moreira, Multimedia Anthropology Lab
Sophie Dyer of AirwarsHanna Rullman of AirwarsMilena Marin, Amnesty International 
Gabriela Ivens of WITNESS Adbulwahab TahhanJames Stringer, Werkflow The White PubeCharlotte Webb, Feminist Internet Travis Alabanza Seyi Akiwowo Helen Brewer, Feminist InternetClara Finnigan, Feminist InternetCaroline SindersRhiannon Williams, Feminist InternetNatalie Khan

Commissioned and produced by Somerset House Studios
Curated by Jake Charles Rees
Podcast produced by Huw Thomas
Sound design by Harry Murdoch and Huw Thomas