Rob Gallagher
Rob Gallagher is a lecturer in film and media at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests include digital aesthetics, videogame culture, and theories of embodiment, identity, and subjectivity. Rob’s work for Ego Media addressed topics such as videogame modding, animated GIFs, ASMR vlogs, and interactive autobiographies, appearing in journals such as Convergence, Games and Culture, Game Studies, Film Criticism, and the European Journal of Life Writing, for which he co-edited the special issue "Digital Media: Life-Changing Online" with Ego Media’s Clare Brant. His book Videogames, Identity and Digital Subjectivity was published by Routledge in 2017. Rob has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The New Inquiry, and The Architectural Review, and has collaborated with artists, curators, vloggers, and musicians to create projects for Resonance FM, Furtherfield, the Serpentine, and NTS. As part of Field Work (https://fieldworklondon.tumblr.com/) he has contributed to club nights and AV performances at venues including DIY Space for London, Tate Modern, and Videofag Toronto.
Sections
Avatars, Alter Egos, and Ventriloquists’ Dummies: Voice and Vicariousness Online > Auto/biographical Avatars
Auto/biographical Avatars
Self-Observation Online > Mass Observation Directive
Mass Observation Directive
Avatars, Alter Egos, and Ventriloquists’ Dummies: Voice and Vicariousness Online > The Networked Voice