# Episode 6
## Talking to Alessandro Ludovico & Danny Aldred

### Code–X - Paper, Ink, Pixel and Screen
> Code–X brings together a selection of personal histories of the current ‘transforming’ and ‘expanding’ of the book medium with the aim to challenge the very notion of what it could be(come) in today’s complex information era. Code–X sets out to explore this new chapter in publishing from different disciplinary perspectives; looking at a range of innovations, alternative approaches and examining some of the benefits and limitations of digital books. Edited by Danny Aldred and Emmanuelle Waeckerlé - http://www.thebookroom.net/code-x/

In this episode I talk to Alessandro and Danny about the launch of Code–x a collection of work from designer and artists looking at and into the future of publishing and get there thoughts on what it means to publish in 2015.

Alessandro Ludovico is an artist, media critic and chief editor of Neural magazine. He’s one of the founders of Mag.Net (Electronic Cultural Publishers organisation). Alessandro also served as an advisor for the Documenta 12’s Magazine Project. He teaches at the Academy of Art in Carrara. He is one of the authors of the Hacking Monopolism trilogy of artworks (Google Will Eat Itself, Amazon Noir, Face to Facebook)

Danny Aldred is a visual artist and designer. His practice spans publishing in its various forms with a focus on self publishing. He is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Graphic Arts at Winchester School of Art and is BookLab Director and Publisher Hub Co-ordinator.

- [Alessandro Ludovico Interview](http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/01/how-did-neural.php)
- [Danny Aldred](http://www.dannyaldred.com/)
- [Neural Magazine](http://neural.it/)
- [Google Will Eat Itself](http://gwei.org/index.php)
- [Amazon Noir](http://www.amazon-noir.com/index0000.html)
- [Face to Facebook](http://face-to-facebook.net/)
- [Book-lab.org](http://www.book-lab.org/)
- [Publisher Hub](https://www.facebook.com/publisherHub)
- [Code-X](http://www.book-lab.org/codex.html)
- [Post Digital Print Book](http://postdigitalprint.org/)
- [Umberto Eco](https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/u/umbertoeco584275.html)
- [Danny Aldred Twitter](https://twitter.com/danny_aldred)
- [Danny Aldred Instagram](https://instagram.com/danny.aldred/)
- [Alessandro Ludovico twitter](https://twitter.com/_neural)

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