Matt Smith

1995 Matt co-founded the experimental cooperative FirstFloor Electronix, with colleagues from Ars Electronica Center, where he worked from 1994 to 1997.

At this time FirstFlooRadio began, purely as a internet broadcaster.

Mid 1998 he moved to Vancouver and launched FirstFloor Eastside as a network and technology consultancy.

1999 he established the FirstFlooRadioShow at CITR101.9 FM at UBC.
2002 he founded the Artist Run Limousine, consequently Matt has participated in numerous projects with the Artist Run Limousine Collective.

Matt has been an active mediajammer since 1995, when colleagues and friends formed FirstFloor Electronix as a commercial and creative cooperative.

Matt, representing FirstFloor Electronix, has collaborated in numerous international events as content provider and technology service, more recently including the "100 days of Documenta X", Ars Electronica Festival 2001&2 and the ZKM's "Intermedium 2" in Karlsruhe, Germany. Currently Matt is working on the expansion and promotion of "Audiomobile", a surround sound installation in the Artist Run Limousine.

Audiomobile is a project designed to create a sonic map of a city with a growing database of audio made by invited sound-artists.

http://www.firstfloor.org/ARL/audiomobile is available for reference.

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