What is the relationship between contemporary digital media and contemporary society? Is it possible to affirm that digital media are without sin and exist purely in a complex socio-political and economic context within which the users bring with them their ethical and cultural complexities? This issue, through a range of scholarly writings, analyzes the problems of ethics and sin within contemporary digital media frameworks. Volume Editors: Lanfranco Aceti and Donna Leishman. Editorial managers: Sheena Calvert and Ozden Sahin. Articles by: Lanfranco Aceti, Donna Leishman, Birgit Bachler, David Burns, Deborah Burns, Johnny Golding, Sue Hawksley, Ken Hollings, Smita Kheria, Alana Kushnir, Simone O'Callaghan, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Don Ritter, Debra Swack, Sandra Wilson & Lilia Gomez Flores, Charlie Gere, Mikhail Pushkin and Sheena Calvert.

This LEA publication has a simple goal: surveying the current trends in augmented reality artistic interventions. There is no other substantive academic collection currently available, and it is with a certain pride that LEA presents this volume which provides a snapshot of current trends as well as a moment of reflection on the future of AR interventions. Volume Editors: Lanfranco Aceti and Richard Rinehart. Editors: Ozden Sahin, Jonathan Munro and Catherine M. Weir. Contributors Not Here, Not There: An Analysis Of An International Collaboration To Survey Augmented Reality Art Editorial by Lanfranco Aceti Site, Non-site, and Website Introduction by Richard Rinehart. Contributors: Spatial Art: An Eruption of the Digital into the Physical & Interview by Simona Lodi; LEAF++: Transformative Landscapes and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Salvatore Iaconesi, Luca Simeone, Oriana Persico, Cary Hendrickson; Augmented Irreality and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Chiara Passa; Not Now, Perhaps Later: Time Capsules as Communications with the Future and Statement by Jo Ann Oravec; Mechanics of Place: Textures of Tophane and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Hana Iverson & Sarah Drury; "Image as Place" The Phenomenal Screen in Kit Galloway & Sherrie Rabinowitz's Sattelite Arts 1977 by Kris Paulsen; Location-Based Virtual Interventions: Transcending Space through Mobile Augmented Reality as a Field for Artistic Creation and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Alejandro Schianchi; Invisible - In Your Face and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Sander Veenhof; Discovering the Non-Self: The Construction of Language, Trance, and Space and Interview, Statement, Artwork by Judson Wright; Interview, Statement, Artwork by Maria Anwander; Interview, Statement, Artwork by Ruben Aubrecht; Interview, Statement, Artwork by A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz; Interview, Statement, Artwork by Mark Skwarek; Interview, Statement, Artwork by Tamiko Thiel; Interview by Patrick Lichty.

This catalog is a LEA production with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). It follows the first major retrospective on Nam June Paik in the UK with an exhibition and conference organized by Tate Liverpool and FACT. The exhibition Nam June Paik, December 17, 2010 to March 13, 2011, was curated by Sook-Kyung Lee and Susanne Rennert. LEA acknowledges and is grateful for the gracious support provided to this publication by the Estate of Nam June Paik. In particular special thanks go to Ken Hakuta, Executor, Nam June Paik Estate. Also, special thanks go to Mike Stubbs (Director/CEO of FACT) for his support. Writings by: Lanfranco Aceti, Omark Kholeif, Emile Devereaux, Tom Schofield, Gabriela Galati, Jamie Allen, Jeremy Bailey, Richard Brown, John G. Hanhardt, Mike Stubbs, Sarah Cook, Roy Ascott, Ruth Catlow and Anton Lukoszevieze.

This LEA publication has a simple goal: surveying the current trends in augmented reality artistic interventions. There is no other substantive academic collection currently available, and it is with a certain pride that LEA presents this volume which provides a snapshot of current trends as well as a moment of reflection on the future of AR interventions. Volume Editors: Lanfranco Aceti and Richard Rinehart. Editors: Ozden Sahin, Jonathan Munro and Catherine M. Weir. Contributors Not Here, Not There: An Analysis Of An International Collaboration To Survey Augmented Reality Art Editorial by Lanfranco Aceti Site, Non-site, and Website Introduction by Richard Rinehart The Variable Museum: Off-Topic Art Interview, Statement, Artwork by John Bell Translocated Boundaries Interview, Statement, Artwork by Jacob Garbe In Between: Experiencing Liminality Interview, Statement, Artwork by Dragos Gheorghiu & Livia Stefan Hacking: A New Political and Cultural Practice by Christina Grammatikopoulou Connecticity, Augmented Perception of the City Interview, Statement, Artwork by Salvatore Iaconesi & Oriana Persico Augmented Resistance: The Possibilities for AR and Data Driven Art Interview, Statement, Artwork by Conor McGarrigle Situated Soundscapes: Redefining Media Art and the Urban Experience Interview, Statement, Artwork by Natasa Paterson & Fionnuala Conway A New Relic Emerges: Image as Subject to Object Interview, Statement, Artwork by Rebecca Peel Re-Visualizing Afghanistan in "what if im the bad guy" Using Palimpsest to Create an AR Documentary Interview, Statement, Artwork by Aaron A. Reed & Phoenix Toews

Live visuals have become a pervasive component of our contemporary lives; either as visible interfaces that re-connect citizens and buildings overlaying new contextual meaning or as invisible ubiquitous narratives that are discovered through interactive actions and mediating screens. The contemporary re-design of the environment we live in is in terms of visuals and visualizations, software interfaces and new modes of engagement and consumption. This LEA volume presents a series of seminal papers in the field, offering the reader a new perspective on the future role of Live Visuals. Contributors: Lanfranco Aceti, Brian Herczog, Dominic Smith, Don Ritter, Elif Ayiter, Gabriel Menotti, Jihoon Kim, Kirk Woolford, Leonard J. Paul, Tyler Freeman, Nuno N. Correia, Lukas Treyer, Stefan Muller Arisona, Gerhard Schmitt, Vince Dziekan, Chris Meigh-Andrews, Rowan Blaik, Alan Summers, Atau Tanaka, Yana (Ioanna) Sakellion, Yan Da, Paul Goodfellow, Steve Gibson, Peter Richardson, Jackson 2bears, Jamie Allen, Guerino Mazzola, David Walsh, Lauren Butler, Aleksey Polukeyev, Adriana Sa, Leon McCarthy, Kate Sicchio, Mark Chavez, Yun-Ke Chang, Joshua B. Mailman.