Alex Galloway talk: The Hidden World of Code Is the Internet a vast arena of unrestricted communication and freely exchanged information or a regulated, highly structured virtual bureaucracy? Reading from his new book "Protocol," Alex Galloway will examine the underbelly of the Internet and how it both limits and facilitates artistic practice. From hacked PlayStations to Web robots we will look at how artists are wrestling with the hidden world of computer code. As a representative of RSG, Galloway will also present here the first release of the Macintosh OSX version of the award-winning software " Carnivore Personal Edition." Alex Galloway Bio: Alexander R. Galloway is Assistant Professor of Media Ecology at New York University. Galloway previously worked for six years as Director of Content and Technology at Rhizome.org. He is a founding member of the software development group RSG whose data surveillance system Carnivore was awarded a Golden Nica in the 2002 Prix Ars Electronica. The New York Times recently described his work as "conceptually sharp, visually compelling and completely attuned to the political moment." His first book, "PROTOCOL: How Control Exists After Decentralization," will appear in March 2004 from The MIT Press. Mary Flanagan holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and studied film studies and experimental filmmaking. In the 1990s, Flanagan was a producer/designer at Human Code, an Austin based software developer, garnering over 20 international awards for titles produced for The Discovery Channel, Creative Wonders/ABC, and Knowledge Adventure. Currently Flanagan's projects are primarily networked and computer-based works which investigate everyday life and the influence of technology, including net.culture, computer gaming, and mundane technological tools. The works are created for the net or installation. Flanagan's artwork has been shown internationally at venues including the the Whitney Museum of American Art 2002 Biennial, SIGGRAPH, Ars Electronica, Whitney Museum of American Art's Artport, the Moving Image Centre in Auckland, Central Fine Arts Gallery, New York, the Guggenheim, University of Arizona, University of Colorado Boulder, New York Hall of Science, and galleries/events in Spain, the UK, Norway, Japan, Denmark, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Slovenia, and the US. Her projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. As an activist media maker, she is the creator of "The Adventures of Josie True," the first web-based adventure game for girls, and is collaborating on a new project to teach middle school girls computer programming, "RAPUNSEL." Flanagan's essays on digital art, cyberculture, and gaming have appeared in periodicals such as Art Journal, Wide Angle, Convergence, and Culture Machine, as well as several books. Her co-edited collection _Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture_ was published by MIT Press in 2002, and _reskin_ is due in 2004. She has taught media art and technocultural studies at SUNY Buffalo, Concordia University in Montreal, and the University of Oregon. Flanagan now teaches at Hunter College in Manhattan, and lives and works in New York. |
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