Faculty

Alexander Galloway

Associate Professor of Culture and Communication

Phone: 212-998-5423
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Alexander R. Galloway is an author and programmer. He is a founding member of the software collective RSG and creator of the data surveillance engine Carnivore. The New York Times recently described his work as "conceptually sharp, visually compelling and completely attuned to the political moment." Galloway is the author of Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization (MIT, 2004), Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture (Minnesota, 2006), and a new book coauthored with Eugene Thacker called The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Minnesota, 2007).


Urls

Publications

  • The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Minnesota, 2007), coauthored with Eugene Thacker. (link)
  • Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture (Minnesota, 2006). (link)
  • Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization (MIT, 2004). (link)

Degrees Held

  • Ph.D. Duke University 2001
    Literature Program
  • B.A. Brown University 1996
    Modern Culture and Media

Scholarly interests include

critical theory, semiotics, aesthetics, digital media, networks, software, new media art, video games, and film.

Awards

  • 2002 : Golden Nica in “Net Vision,” Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria.
  • 2003 : Steinhardt Research Challenge Fund. New York University, New York, NY.
  • 2003 : Finalist, World Technology Award, Arts category, World Technology Network, New York, NY.
  • 2005 : Goddard Faculty Fellowship Award, New York University, New York, NY.
  • 2006 : Creative Capital cograntee (with MTAA), Creative Capital, New York, NY.
  • 2007 : Humanities Council Fellowship, New York University, New York, NY.

Presentations

  • Recent talks:
  • "Protocol, Counter-Protocol and Guy Debord's 'Kriegspiel'." Keynote address for Disrupting Narratives: A Symposium for Electronic Media Arts, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2007.
  • "Nonmedia." Keynote address for Critical Themes in Media Studies 7th Annual Conference, The New School, New York, NY, April 21, 2007.
  • Lecture for "The E-Image Era" conference, Laboral, Gijón, Spain, April 1, 2007.
  • "The Chain of Triumph and the Web of Ruin: A Political Critique of the Network Form." Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, October 23, 2006.
  • "Warcraft and Utopia." Lecture, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, February 24, 2006.
  • "Artist's Lecture." Lecture, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, October 25, 2005.
  • "Notes for a Liberated Computer Language." Lecture at the Dutch Electronic Art Festival 2004 (DEAF04), Rotterdam, Netherlands, November 13, 2004.
  • "Allegories of Control in Video Games." Lecture, The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, June 8, 2004.