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The conversation with Alexander R. Galloway (NYU) on computational perception through two different operations -- surveillance and capture -- was live-streamed on Thursday, October 19, at 7 PM EST / 10 AM AEDT Friday. The recording of the stream is available here.

Alexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation. Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, he is author of several books on digital media and critical theory, including Uncomputable (Verso, 2021) and The Interface Effect (Polity, 2012). His collaboration with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation (2013), was published by the University of Chicago Press. With Jason E. Smith, Galloway co-translated the Tiqqun book Introduction to Civil War (Semiotext[e], 2010). For several years he has worked with RSG on Carnivore, Kriegspiel and other software projects.

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Surveillance and Capture: An Exploration of Computational Perception

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