Nathan Smith

A large CRT display rests on a freestanding plinth, the live feed from a nearby camera streamed on its screen. Yet curiously, the sculpture itself has vanished: the machine erasing itself from view.

“I’m an artist and critical technologist based in Glasgow. My practice articulates ways that technology is affecting our lives, introducing critiques of these techno-capitalist systems and their supporting structures. My works are experimental yet approachable, challenging the viewer while inviting engagement, and operate across installation, film, and performance. I hope to make revelatory work which questions the orthodoxy of tech, encouraging disenfranchised audiences to wrestle for agency: not by simplifying technology, nor by rejecting it, but by peeling back the layers to reveal the machinery.

“After working in creative industries for several years, I completed an MA at the RCA in 2024. Returning to Glasgow I shifted focus to an artistic practice examining our interaction with technology as it mediates our lives, intervening in how we communicate, relate, and learn. I explore what paths might be taken, and how our relationship to tech could change. Currently I’m an artist-in-residence at Heriot-Watt University, collaborating with researchers to create meaningful interactive public artworks critiquing the effects of AI and algorithmic manipulation on young people in Scotland.”

Find out more about Nathan at https://grpahicdeisgn.com and instagram.com/nathandavidsmith