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Leonardo Reviews Quarterly 1.01 | June 2010 is now online here

Leonardo Reviews (ISSN: 1559-0429) May 2010 postings at: http://leonardo.info/ldr.html

Arquitecturas Genéticas lll / Genetic Architectures lll: New Bio & Digital Techniques
by Alberto T. Estévez, Editor
Reviewed by Rob Harle (Australia)

Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society
by Jonathan Finn
Reviewed by Jan Baetens

Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children’s Software
by Mizuko Ito

and

Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
by Celiia Pearce and Artemesia
Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher

D-BA 2 Digital-Botanic Architecture 11: eTrees, Digital Nature, & BioArchitecture
by Dennis Dollens
Reviewed by Rob Harle

The Spam Book: On Viruses, Porn, and Other Anomalies From the Dark Side of Digital Culture
by Jussi Parikka and Tony D. Sampson, Editors
Reviewed by Gary Genosko

When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America
by David E. Nye
Reviewed by Jan Baetens

Materials Received Plymouth May 2010
Compiled by John Vines

Leonardo Reviews: April 2010, here

April 2010

Architecture & Biomimetics Series 3 – The Pangolin’s Guide to Bio-Digital Movement in Architecture
by Dennis Dollens
Reviewed by Rob Harle

The Blender Gamekit, 2nd Edition: Interactive 3D for Artists
by Carsten Wartmann, Editor
Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher

Darwin’s Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution
by Phillip Prodger
Reviewed by Amy Ione

Cyberculture and New Media
by Francisco J. Ricardo, Editor
Reviewed by John F. Barber

Eddy Loves Frank
by The Eddy Palermo Big Band

and

Fear Draws Misfortune
by Cheer Accident
Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher

Interface Fantasy: A Lacanian Cyborg Ontology
by André Nusselder
Reviewed by Rob Harle

Migratory Settings; Thamyris Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race Series 19
by Murat Aydemir and Alex Rotas, Editors
Reviewed by Chris Speed

The Poetics of Space: Spatial Explorations in Art, Science, Music and Technology
Sonic Acts XIII Festival

and

Sonic Acts XIII – The Poetics of Space
by Arie Altena & Sonic Acts, Editors
Reviewed by Trace Reddell

Leonardo Reviews: March 2010, here