Issue 31, Winter 2008

The new Neural issue is out celebrating 15 years of publishing with a joint action with SWAMP group. Subscribe now, because only subscribers will get a numbered / limited edition Notepad sheet participating in a conceptual hack to expose Iraqi civilian casualties to the U.S. Congress through micro-printed text technology.
You can also buy the magazine from the closest of the almost 200 stores stocking it. A back issues pack is available.

Centerfold: ‘Fulgurator’ with Barack Obama by Julius Von Bismarck.

new media art

.S.W.A.M.P. interview.
.!Mediengruppe Bitnik interview.
.ISEA 2008, Singapore report.
.Ars Electronica 2008 report.

.news

Smiles Less Noise, Taiwa Hensokuki, Machines that Almost Fall Over, AEO, Motion-Extraction-Reanimation Series.

.reviews

..books

Bodies in Code, HMKV 1996-2008, Darko Fritz Archives in Progress, Holy Fire, Software Studies: A Lexicon.

emusic

.Negativland interview.
.Memories of the Future, New Forms of Cultural Production
.The Hype Machine, p2p blogging

.news

Graphite Sequencer, Wind-up Birds, Sun Run Sun, Fold Loud, Physical Sequencer.

.reviews

..books/dvd

Anthibotis – Occultural Anthology vol. 2, curated by Vicky Bennett – Smiling Through My Teeth, Dj Spooky – Sound Unbound, M. Schumacher – Five Sound Installations, Filmachine.
.cd reviews: Ryoji Ikeda, Andrea Polli and Joe Gilmore, Janek Schaefer, Alva Noto, COH aka Ivan Pavlov + Cosey Fanni Tutti, @c, Bj Nielsen and Stilluppsteypa, Helmut Schafer and Zbigniew Karkowski, Black to Comm, Brandon LaBelle, Jos Smolders, Berlin Electronics, Kenneth Gaburo, Simon Wickham-Smith, Critikal, Frank Rothkamm, Silvia Fassler and Billy Roisz, Michael Santos, Martin Neukom, Josh Russell.

hacktivism

.Matthew G. Kirschenbaum interview.
.Free Passwords: The Bumpy Guide to Porn Sharing.
.Shopdropping, violating the consumer temples.

.news

Cyberskin, Double-Taker (Snout), Real Snail Mail, Goldenbergian Voting Machine, Tantalum Memorial.

.reviews

..books/dvd

Public Netbase: non stop future, Setun, The Exploit, a theory of Networks, Feedback, Television against Democracy, Digital Media and Democracy.