This month, Net Art Review offers two interviews by Ignacio Nieto and a
special featured interview by Roy Christopher. Please see excerpts
below.

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NAR features for this month:

INTERVIEW: with Alessadro Ludovico
BY: Ignacio Nieto

EXCERPT:
IN: I don't know of other publications that focus on electronic and
printed publishing at the same time. Why did you take this decision?
What do you think would be the virtues and defects in each of these
expressions?

AL: Neural started as a printed magazine in 1993 and began online
publications in 1997, but only three years later I started to update
the website daily. When I started Neural.it I wanted to serve an
existing community, with the most idealistic journalistic approach:
connecting info and ideas to let people find inspiration, in order to
help them developingtheir own projects, confronting with others, in a
sort of crucial info-node, free for all. Moreover I'm currently
theoretically researching the paper/pixel relationship, and I've found
many legacies and dichotomies at the same time.
http://www.netartreview.net/monthly/0405.1.html


INTERVIEW: con PEJ Collective, Argentina
POR: Ignacio Nieto

EXCERPT:
PEJ Collective: Nuestro organigrama es un movil de caracter tactico,
algo semejante a las formas de difusion propias de las pequenas
empresas que no cuentan con capital economico suficiente para competir
con las grandes marcas. Aprovechando al maximo los instersticios en los
espacios institucionales y comunicacionales con una estricta economia de
recursos materiales, nuestra politica empresarial consiste en lograr
mayor visibilidad con los minimos recursos.
http://www.netartreview.net/monthly/0405.2.html


INTERVIEW: The Philosophy of Culture with Mark Taylor
BY: Roy Christopher

EXCERPT: Mark C. Taylor is one of those people you stumble upon and
wonder why you were previously roaming around unawares. His countless
books explore many areas of culture, philosophy, art, theory, and, most
recently, commerce. I originally came across his work while doing
research on artist Mark Tansey (Taylor's The Picture in Question
explores the mix of messages and theory in Tansey's paintings). Having
read his book "The Moment of Complexity" a few months ago, I was
intrigued by Taylor's consolidation of seemingly disparate theoretical
areas (e.g., postmodernism/post-structuralism, chaos/catastrophe/
complexity theory, network theory, the pixelated artwork of Chuck
Close, etc.) into a new critical perspective. Not only that, but the
book outlines how this new perspective can – and should – be
implemented in education. A feat around which Taylor has organized the
Global Education Network.
http://www.netartreview.net/monthly/0405.3.html