[microsound-announce] Neural 15th anniversary: issue #31

[Alessandro Ludovico]

Neural magazine celebrates 15 years of publishing with issue #31 and 
joining S.W.A.M.P. group (Doug Easterly and Matt Kenyon) for a 
collective micro-printing action (details at the bottom)

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Issue #31, winter 2008
http://www.neural.it/art/2008/12/neural_31_1.phtml
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1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION!
3 issues + S.W.A.M.P.'s "Notepad" sheet
Europe   24,90 Euro - World   46,50 U.S. Dollars.
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[Neural n. 31 contents]
http://www.neural.it/art/2008/12/neural_31_1.phtml
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<e.music>
                . 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: (Anthibotis - Occultural Anthology vol. 2, curated by
                  Vicky Bennett - Smiling Through My Teeth, Dj Spooky 
- Sound Unbound
                  M. Schumacher - Five Sound Installations, Filmachine)
                . reviews cd: (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)
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<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 (Bodies in Code, HMKV 1996-2008, 
Darko Fritz Archives in Progress,
                            Holy Fire, Software Studies: A Lexicon)
                          . centerfold: 'Fulgurator' with Barack Obama 
by Julius Von Bismarck
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<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: (Public Netbase: non stop future, 
Setun, The Exploit, a theory of Networks,
                       Feedback, Television against Democracy, Digital 
Media and Democracy)


Subscribers will receive a numbered/limited edition of a S.W.A.M.P.'s 
"Notepad" sheet of paper with an envelope. It looks like an everyday 
yellow legal paper, but each line is constructed of micro-printed 
text and contains the personal details of Iraqi civilian casualties.

Subscribers are triggered to write a letter or memo or draw a picture 
on it and send it to the White House, then signing up for a free 
replacement sheet on the S.W.A.M.P. website, if they want. Once in 
circulation each sheet then acts as a "Trojan horse" - slipping the 
unwanted and unacknowledged civilian body count data into official 
governmental archives.

This is a joint action that proves how paper and pixel together can 
make the difference.

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Alessandro Ludovico
Neural Magazine - English (http://neural.it/) Italian 
(http://www.neural.it/neural_it/)
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