Alessandro Ludovico (born 1969) is a researcher, artist and chief editor of Neural magazine since 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in English and Media from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK). He is associate professor at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. He has published and edited several books, and has lectured worldwide. He also served as an advisor for the Documenta 12 Magazine Project. He is one of the authors of the award-winning Hacking Monopolism trilogy of artworks ("Google Will Eat Itself", "Amazon Noir", "Face to Facebook").
Biography
Ludovico is one of the founding contributors to the Nettime community and one of the founders of the organization Mag.Net (Magazine Network of Electronic Cultural Publishers).The Mag.net Reader: Experiences in Electronic Cultural Publishing (2006), , 2009. Retrieved on 25 September 2016. He is a contributor to Springerin and has been a contributor for various media, including RTSI (Italian language Switzerland Radiotelevision). In 2001 he was part of the n.a.m.e. (normal audio media environment) art group and developed "Sonic Genoma", a computer/sound art installation. He also conducted "Neural Station", a weekly radio show on electronic music and digital culture on Controradio, Bari. He has written several books, including “ Virtual Reality Handbook”, , 1992. Retrieved on 27 April 2026., Virtual Reality Handbook”, , 1995. Retrieved on 27 April 2026., “Suoni Futuri Digitali, la musica e il suo deflagrante impatto con la cultura digitale”, , 2000. Retrieved on 24 August 2017., Post-Digital Print, the mutation of publishing since 1894,Post-digital Print: The Mutation of Publishing Since 1894, Onomatopee, , 2013. which has been translated into Italian,Post-digital print. La mutazione dell'editoria dal 1894, CaratteriMobili, , 2014. French. La mutation de l'édition depuis 1894, B42, , 2016. Korean 포스트디지털 프린트 1894년 이후 출판의 변화, 미디어버스, , 2017, Spanish Impresión posdigital. La mutación de la edición desde 1894, Ediciones Uniandes, , 2019 and Chinese 纸媒突变中造梦：后数字时代出版, SendPoints善本, , 2022, and Tactical Publishing, Using Senses, Software, and Archives in the Twenty-First Century,Tactical Publishing, Using Senses, Software, and Archives in the Twenty-First Century, MIT Press, , 2024.
Significant works
Further reading
See also Postdigital Neural magazine Information capital Dead Media Project
References
External links Keynote, "Creatividades, Prácticas e Investigación en Cultura Digital” conference at Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, 2017. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. Keynote, Primer Foro Internacional del Nuevos Medios at the Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, 2013. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. Interview during ISEA2017, international conference about his Temporary Library of Latin America media art, 2017. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. Talk at the Leaders in Software and Art Conference, LISA2013, Tishman Auditorium in New York City, 2013. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. interview about Face to Facebook for the national Australian TV - The Feed - SBS World News Australia, 2013. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. mentioned during a FoxNews Los Angeles report on Face to Facebook, 2011. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. interviews by OCAD students, Toronto about his theories on publishing, 2014. Retrieved on 7 November 2017. interviews by Marialaura Ghidini, Crumb, 2015. Retrieved on 30 August 2026.