[iDC] Introduction
Alexander Galloway
galloway at nyu.edu
Fri Jun 12 18:38:33 UTC 2009
Greetings,
Nice to be a part of this group as there are so many of you whose work
i follow and find valuable. I teach at NYU and write software with the
group RSG. By way of introduction, I sometimes steal a line from
Jameson and say that I study the "poetics of social forms." A main
part of that, for me, has been to try to refute the widely-held
position that networks tend to dissolve and diminish systems of
organization and control. This resulted in two books, "Protocol" and
"The Exploit" (the second one co-written with my friend Eugene
Thacker). I've also written on games, visual culture, and critical
theory. Like many of you I'm interested in work, but I guess most
relevant for this email list might be an essay on not work but on the
"unworkability" of digital interfaces, particularly the final section
on "Regimes of Signification" http://a.aaaarg.org/text/3157/unworkable-interface
and you can find more info about me here http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway
--Alexander Galloway
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