http://www.neural.it/art/ en Copyright 2013 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:07:57 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss edited by: Carsten Seiffarth, Carsten Stabenow, Golo Föllmer - PFAU Verlag, ISBN 978-3897274877, 416 pages, 2012, German, English
There was a long tradition of dismissing and repressing experimental music in Central and Eastern Europe during socialist times. And even after 1989 the West didn't fully explore what was missed in those decisive few decades. This book begins the process of making up for lost time, bypassing the classic academic approach ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/aavv_sound_exchange_experiment.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/aavv_sound_exchange_experiment.phtml book Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:07:57 +0100 Jan Robert Leegte’s new works re-examine the hypermateriality of the digital domain. Educated as a sculptor and architect this Dutch artist has a unique approach to art in the context of the internet. His recent online work‚ Random Selection in Random Image pushes the boundaries of both the notion of creativity and of individual perception. Leegte has created a smart commentary on the]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/random_selection_in_random_ima.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/random_selection_in_random_ima.phtml media Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:21:45 +0100 Check the Open Your City - Share Festival 2012 Report photo set here. Reappropriation of urban space, visions about the city of the future and grassroots participation. These main themes of Share Festival 2012 were given expression in the edition’s title - Open Your City - an imperative formula suggestive of sharing spaces and services and stressing the need for active involvement in the process of technological and social transition. This year’s Share prize included six finalists connected]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/open_your_city_share_festival.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/open_your_city_share_festival.phtml festival Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:03:13 +0100 edited by Rasa Smite, Eric Kluitenberg and Raitis Smits - RIXC, The Centre for New Media Culture, ISSN: 1407-2858, 168 pages, 2012, English
Acoustic Space is a journal founded in 1998 that for a few years now has functioned as a peer-reviewed journal, usually printed every year and coinciding with a festival on the same topic (including conferences and an exhibition), held in Riga (Latvia). The main theme of issue #11 (relating to the 2011 event) is shaped on Felix Guattari's]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/acoustic_space_11_technoecolog.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/acoustic_space_11_technoecolog.phtml book Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:56:53 +0100 The reward-return system Facebook uses to entice users back to their profile to check for likes on posted photographs, comments on their status updates and peruse their ever-growing friend count creates an algorithm of addiction most users can testify to. Statistical number-crunching and manipulation of this data ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/facebook_demetricator_dequanti.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/facebook_demetricator_dequanti.phtml media Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:02:11 +0100 Replay Compiler / Tweaklab [booklet + DVD], ISBN 978-3952285930, 2012, English
The fourth volume of Compiler is dedicated to the multiplicity of reuse practices in audiovisual artworks produced with digital tools, interfaces and paradigms. The development of this attitude was once the preserve of artists, though in the second half of the 00s social media and the phenomenon ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/raffael_doerig_compiler_04.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/raffael_doerig_compiler_04.phtml magazine Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:23:00 +0100 Cod.Act's Pendulum Choir explores the relationship between gravity, vocal movement in space and choral composition by placing a 9-piece choir on tilting, continuously moving platforms. A revolving, undulating hydraulic jack supports each singer. These movements have a direct physical impact on the singers, causing ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/pendulum_choir_complex_polypho.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/pendulum_choir_complex_polypho.phtml performance Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:02:44 +0100 Polity, ISBN: 9780745650265, 200 pages, 2012, English
To understand the "futuristic" present we live in it's very important to know our past. This seems particularly true when it comes to media culture. In fact it appears that the only feasible kind of time traveling is what is usually defined as "media archaeology", which allows us to re-create and use the same mediations on content that]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/jussi_parikka_what_is_media_ar.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/04/jussi_parikka_what_is_media_ar.phtml book Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:45 +0100 Algae Opera is a work realized between Mezzo-Soprano Louise Ashcroft, composer Gameshow Outpatient and actor Samuel Lewis that uses a novel approach to cross-wire the sense of hearing and taste using algae. During a performance of this work CO2 gas which is extracted from the singers breath ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/algae_opera_nurturing_algae_wi.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/algae_opera_nurturing_algae_wi.phtml performance Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:52:21 +0100 Taschen, ISBN: 978-3836525015, 416 pages, 2012, English
In 1991 two of the most talented graphic designers of all time (Jon Wozencroft and Neville Brody) launched a unique experiment: FUSE, an annual publication packaged in a cardboard box that contained a printed zine with articles relating to typography culture, a floppy disk with four fonts and four posters that utilized]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/jon_wozencroft_neville_brody_f.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/jon_wozencroft_neville_brody_f.phtml book Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:09:38 +0100 "The decelerator" designed by German artist Lorenz Potthast is a helmet made with reflective metal, aiming to provide total detachment from reality. The helmet does not generate a virtual or augmented reality, but instead changes the temporal perception of what is happening outside: it gives the user a  "slow motion" ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/the_decelerator_real_slow_moti.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/the_decelerator_real_slow_moti.phtml art Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:14:33 +0100 Brouillard Anarchive [book + DVD-rom + DVD], ISBN: 978-2951813229, English, Japanese, French
In what format can a monograph be shaped in current times? It's an open question that deals with two main domains of problems: the content should be as complete as possible in every direction; and to prolong its intrinsic referential attitude, it should be accessible for as long as possible. This monograph ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/fujiko_nakaya_annemarie_duguet.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/fujiko_nakaya_annemarie_duguet.phtml book Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:18:37 +0100 In recent decades, and perhaps nudged by the exponential growth of new technologies, media artists have demonstrated not only an increasing interest in the history of technology, but also with the non-synchronous merging of incongruous technologies in their artworks. Vintage futurism and ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/tworse_key_a_twitter_telegraph.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/tworse_key_a_twitter_telegraph.phtml art Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:53:51 +0100 Princeton University Press, ISBN: 978-0691144610, 264 pages, 2012, English
The whole ecosystem of hacking and FLOSS has rarely been considered by academic research, despite often being recognized as a terrific collective production. It has been considered more as a "tool" and not recognized as an important abstract "laboratory" of labour and freedom. Coleman focuses on hacker communities]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/e_gabriella_coleman_coding_fre.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/e_gabriella_coleman_coding_fre.phtml book Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:05:20 +0100 Exploring the urban space with the nose: the work "Blind Smell Stick" by Peter de Cupere invites us to rediscover the familiar spaces in which we live. The object created looks like an ordinary walking stick but functions like the nose of a guide dog for the blind. The lower part of the stick is able to pick up odours through ]]> http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/blind_smell_stick_emotional_ur.phtml http://www.neural.it/art/2013/03/blind_smell_stick_emotional_ur.phtml art Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:06:52 +0100