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Born 1974. Artist and computer programmer. Lives in New York City. Received a BA from Brown University in 1996 and a PhD from Duke University in 2001. He worked at Rhizome.org from 1996 to 2002. As the founding member of the Radical Software Group (RSG), he is the creator of Carnivore, a networked surveillance tool based on the notorious FBI software of the same name. Carnivore has been exhibited internationally and won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002. Alex's first book, PROTOCOL, or, How Control Exists After Decentralization, was published in 2003 by The MIT Press.
Galloway is Assistant Professor of Media Ecology, Department of Culture and Communication at the New York University. His scholarly interests include: digital media, computer networks, software, new media art, video games, semiotics, film and video, critical theory.
- Publications
- Alex Galloway and Eugene Thacker. The Exploit: A Theory of Networks. Minnesota, 2007. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_exploit.html
- Alex Galloway. Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture. Minnesota, 2006. ISBN 0816648514. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_gaming.html
- Alex Galloway. Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization. MIT Press, 2003. ISBN 0-262-07247-5. http://mitpress.mit.edu/protocol
- Articles
- Stefan Hechenberger. Interview with Alex Galloway. summer 2004. http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e
http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/
http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway