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Dr Thomas Smith

Dr Thomas Smith

Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of the Arts and Media

Thomas Smith is an Eora/Sydney based artist, musician, educator and researcher. His practice combines performance, video,
electronic music, speculative fiction, websites, curatorial projects and critical writing. Thomas’ work is concerned with the social
effects of computational systems, the politics of creative economies, emerging digital subjectivities and electronic music as a mode
critical-aesthetic inquiry. Thomas is also one half of production duo Utility, and runs independent label called Sumactrac with Jarred
Beeler (DJ Plead) and Jon Watts.


Thomas’ works have been exhibited and/or performed at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), Sarai
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (SCSDS), Vaga Artspace (Portugal), Serendipity Arts Festival (Goa), Unsound Festival (Poland), Fondation
Fiminco (Paris), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), ADM+S Annual Symposium (Melbourne), Biennale of
Sydney 2022, National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Nasjonalmuseet (Oslo), Floating
Projects (Hong Kong), Avantwhatever Festival (Melbourne), Goldsmiths College (London), Firstdraft Gallery (Sydney), Queensland
University Art Museum (Brisbane), Alaska Projects (Sydney) and Blindside Gallery (Melbourne). Thomas’ writing has been published
in Realtime Magazine, Runway Journal, Un Magazine and Chicago based Plates Journal.
E-mail
t.w.smith@unsw.edu.au
  • Curatorial Outputs | 2024
    Lorange A; Brooks A; Kuba D; Smith T, 2024, Media Futures Hub Screening Series, exhibited at: Â鶹Éçmadou Art & Design, Sydney, 28 March 2024 - 24 September 2024
    Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance) | 2024
    Smith T, 2024, Machine Hall, Sydney, Publication: +Windchill, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance),
    Other | 2024
    James J (ed.), 2024, Dêtxate — On the necessity of rest (group exhibition),
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Smith T, 2023, 'Narrative 002: Disaster (Jackson)', presented at Study In On AI + Race + Art, Victorian College of The Arts, Melbourne, 02 December 2023 - 02 December 2023,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Smith T, 2023, 'Quantitative Collapse: The Things We Like', presented at Automation Cultures, University of Western Australia, Perth, 17 November 2023 - 19 November 2023,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Smith T, 2023, 'Quantitative Collapse: The Things We Like', presented at Data Relations Summer School, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 16 February 2023 - 20 February 2023,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Smith T, 2023, 'Quantitative Collapse: The Things We Like', presented at Modulating Realities, Sarai CSDS, Delhi, India, 14 December 2023 - 15 December 2023,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Smith T, 2023, 'Quantitative Collapse: The Things We Like', presented at Serendipity Arts Festival - Listening Academy, Goa, India, 15 December 2023 - 23 December 2023,
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Smith T; Lim M; Stern J; Zile E; Orlando R; Sadowski J; Rahel S; McLean L; O'Connor VW; Dockray S, 2022, 'Logical Conclusions/ Automation Effects', presented at ADM + S Annual Symposium 2022, Miscellania, Melbourne, 20 July 2022 - 21 July 2022,
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Smith T; Orlando R; Stern J; Dockray S; Zile E, 2022, 'Logical Conclusions/Automation Effects: Artists and Curators' Panel', presented at ADM + S Annual Symposium 2022, RMIT, Melbourne, 20 July 2022 - 22 July 2022,
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2022
    Smith T, 2022, Narrative 001: The Things We Like, Capture All: A Sonic Investigation, Online - ongoing, 01 August 2022 - 17 April 2024, medium: Single Channel Video, Duration 18:44, at: https://disclaimer.org.au/contents/capture-all/
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2021
    Smith T, 2021, Waking Life: The Dreamwork Model, Freedom of Sleep, Fondation Fiminco, Paris, 16 April 2021 - 16 May 2021, medium: Single channel video, duration 17:38, at: https://www.fondationfiminco.com/en/event-fiminco/freedom-of-sleep/
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2017
    Van Gelder PK; Smith T, 2017, Iron Star, Sounding the Future, UTS Gallery, 01 August 2017 - 22 September 2017, at: http://art.uts.edu.au/index.php/exhibitions/sounding-the-future/
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Smith TW, 2016, 'Performing the Generic', Goldmsiths College London, presented at Fringes, outsides and undergrounds: The aesthetics and politics of unpopular music, Goldmsiths College London, 07 May 2016 - 08 May 2016,
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2016
    Smith TW, 2016, VLC, Transaction, Image, Published: 14 May 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works,
    Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance) | 2015
    Bown O; Nichols J; Van Gelder P; Priest G; Altman L; Smith T; Whillas A, 2015, Seymour Centre, Vivid Festival, Sydney, Publication: Infosthetic Orchestra, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2015
    Smith TW, 2015, The New Spirit, Editor(s): Stern J; Zuvela D, Published: 24 September 2015, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works,
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2014
    Smith TW, 2014, Real Life Human Resources, Editor(s): smith T, Published: 20 December 2014, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works,
  • Media | 2022
    Smith T; McLean L; Tulika A; Suri S; Helaluddin S; Falak U; Schwerdtfeger M, 2022, Liquid Architecture x Sarai: Capture All, Apple Music/Liquid Architecture,