Neural turns 20 and celebrates with a special issue (#46), “Unearthed: The 20th Anniversary Issue”

Neural 20th anniversary issue is bigger than usual with visionary interviews and article published in its first decade and available for the first time in English.  Subscribe now!

Issue #46, Autumn 2013 ISSN: 2037-108X

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7 Mar 2014

edited by Pauline Minevich, Ellen Waterman – Art of Immersive Soundscapes

book + DVD, University of Regina Press, ISBN-13: 978-0889772588, English, 240 pages, 2013, Canada

How can the immersive quality of a sound environment be defined? At the University of Regina (Canada) two series of workshops and a conference during →

bookdvd &/or dvd videosound 18 Apr 2014

Neural 46 extra – the first 20 years poster (70cm x 100cm)

Neural #46 extra is the “first 20 years” poster (70cm x 100cm), with all the covers, and a QR code pointing to a pdf file narrating the history of the magazine (only for subscribers).

17 Apr 2014

Soichiro Michara – [Blank] Project, An Experience Of The Unfelt

A changing sculpture of bubbles and a weirdly constructed bell catch the visitor’s eye when confronted with Soichiro Michara’s [Blank] project. The environment seems quiet, subtle and cryptic. But on closer inspection one realises that the components of the work, →

arthacktivism 16 Apr 2014

edited by Domenico Quaranta, Geraldine Juárez – The F.A.T. Manual

Link Editions, ISBN: 9781291577914, English, 224 pages, 2013

The Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) Lab is probably the only contemporary collective whose output and impact come close to matching the conceptual art movement. With twenty-five active members since 2007 it →

bookhacktivismnew media art 15 Apr 2014

Eric La Casa & Cédric Peyronnet – Zones Portuaires

2CD – Herbal International

The number of sound sources available in large harbour areas such as Le Havre in France and Liège in Belgium is immense. The coexistence of natural elements, uninhabited areas and industrial areas allow for special and →

audio artexperimentalfield recordings 7 Apr 2014

Ed Osborn – Stone North

CD – Estuary Ltd

Live electronics and tabletop guitar: these are the main elements of Stone North by Ed Osborn, a 2009 production now released by Estuary Ltd, a label focused on experimental fields that stands out for its approach →

acoustic/digitalexperimentalfree form 3 Apr 2014

Chrysakis, Slaven, O’Sullivan, Wigens — Zafiros En El Barro

CD – Aural Terrains

Zafiros En El Barro is published by Aural Terrains, a label focusing on electroacoustics, improvisation and refined extreme sounds. The authors of this release are Thanos Chrysakis, Ken Slaven, James O’Sullivan and Jerry Wigens: all musicians →

acoustic/digitalexperimentalfree form 1 Apr 2014

Various Artists – Liquified Sky

Data DVD – LINE

Not for the first time did our office player release sounds that made us doubt that our equipment was functioning imperfectly: actually this happens quite regularly to people who focus on the contemporary experimental scenes. However →

audio artexperimentalvideo 28 Mar 2014

Re-engineering the web – Review of the Othernet Workshop of Danja Vasiliev @ Weise7

In times of increasing online networked surveillance, the need for our disconnection and emancipation from centralized technological platforms becomes more and more crucial. One no longer feels safe when it comes to data. The news is out and the mere →

hacktivismmedianetsoftware 27 Mar 2014

Stephanie Loveless – Cricket, Tree, Crow

DVD – ((audience))

Written as a quadrophonic audio work in three movements, Cricket, Tree, Crow explores the vocal mimicry of the sounds produced by members of these species, focusing on the imitation of forms of expression unnatural for human vocal →

audio artexperimental 24 Mar 2014

Critical Infrastructure – A media-technical landscape survey for Transmediale 14

During the last edition of Transmediale festival in Berlin, the foyer of HKW was occupied by numerous theodolite scopes and data viewers, used to reveal to the audience different correlations of data. The graphs, charts and measurements presented and supported →

artmedia 20 Mar 2014

Florian Hecker – Sonic Experimentation In Between Practices

Including everything from psychoacoustics and sound topology to neural networks and philosophy of language, Florian Hecker has lately been setting up installations and performances internationally. Even though his work may appear as diligent, academic studies into various sonic materials Hecker →

audio artexperimental 18 Mar 2014

An Auditory Delusion Of Life – Minsu Kim

Recent graduate of the Royal College of Art Minsu Kim has created an experimental project that explores the possibilities of sensory interaction between humans and machines. The work, which was completed in June 2013, investigates a mode of communication by →

biotechnew media art 14 Mar 2014

Quotidian Record – Listening To The Calendar Year

What is there in common between our current obsession with data (as pertaining to the debates surrounding privacy and social media) and the fetishism for vinyl expressed in record collecting? The idea that an immaterial process can be stockpiled carries →

audio artemusicexperimental 13 Mar 2014