Alex Drinkwater works with both undergraduate and postgraduate students and tutors across several programmes and modules. His areas of specialism are web and interactive design, with particular emphasis on coding in JavaScript and other languages. He also provides support and technical advice in other areas such as magazine production.
Alex is a co-founder of the long-running Eastlondonlines web-journalism project, which has become an integral part of several programmes within the Department. He is also the webmaster for ELL, and several other Department websites, and is responsible for the setup and maintenance of the Department's Mac computer labs.
Outside his work at Goldsmiths, Alex has been involved in a number of self-directed and collaborative projects, including work on a documentary video project about martial arts professionals, and coding realtime video performance systems used in stage performances by several musical artists and groups, including Aphex Twin, Simian Mobile Disco, and Richie Hawtin, amongst others.