Cory Arcangel lives and works both in Brooklyn, New York, and Stavanger, Norway. His education includes graduating with a BM from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2000. Arcangel is a leading exponent of technology-based art, drawn to video games and software for their ability to rapidly formulate new communities and traditions and, equally, their speed of obsolescence. Outcomes can be surprising, funny and poignant, whether in the final form of installation, video, printed media or music composition. Arcangel remains faithful to open source culture and makes his work and methods available online.