Alessandro Ludovico
= editor in chief of Neural magazine
Bio
Is a media critic and editor in chief of Neural magazine from 1993, (Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 2004). He is the author of: ‘Virtual Reality Handbook’ (1992), ‘Internet Underground.Guide’ (1995), ‘Future Digital Sounds’, (2000) and co-edited ‘Mag.Net Reader’ (2006). He’s one of the founding contributors of the Nettime community and one of the founders of the ‘Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers organization). He is also an advisor for the Documenta 12’s Magazine Project. He teaches ‘Computer Art’ and ‘Interface Aesthetics’ at the Academy of Art in Carrara. Since 2005 he collaborates with Ubermorgen and P.Cirio on projects such as ‘Google Will Eat Itself’ (Honorary Mention Prix Ars Electronica 2005, Rhizome Commission 2005, nomination Prix Transmediale 2006) and ‘Amazon Noir’ (1st prize Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2007, Honorary Mention Share Prize 2007) projects.