The Italian-based media art and hacktivism oriented publication, Neural Magazine has just released issue #31 which features reports on ISEA 2008, Singapore and Ars Electronica 2008, an interview with Negativland as well as articles on Japanese artists Daito Manabe, Yuko Mohri and AEO (Eye Yamataka, Taeji Sawai, Kazuhiro Jo).

This issue also features a collaboration with the S.W.A.M.P. group

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(Doug Easterly and Matt Kenyon) for some collective micro-printing action. Subscribers receive a numbered and 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 and readers 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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