Contents Part I.  Interviews and Discussions   Read_me 2.3 Report  Introduction by Olga Goriunova and Alexei Shulgin  QuickView on Software Art  Interviewed: Amy Alexander, Florian Cramer, Matthew Fuller, Thomax Kaulmann, Alex McLean, Pit Schultz, and The Yes Men  Software Art Panel at Media Arts Lab at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien  Excerpt: discussion between Florian Cramer, Pit Schultz, Alex McLean, and Olga Goriunova  Touching without Touching  Interviewed: Sintron  Bringing Capitalism and Democracy Closer Together  Interviewed: Hans Bernhard / Ubermorgen  Computer Age is Coming into Age  Interviewed: Pit Schultz  Listen to the Tools  Interviewed: Adrian Ward and Alex McLean Part II.  Software art projects featured by Runme.org experts and developers:  Amy Alexander, Florian Cramer, Matthew Fuller, Olga Goriunova, Alex McLean, Alexei Shulgin, and The Yes Men

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This book is published as a part of the Read_me 2.3 software art festival
http://www.m-cult.org/read_me
http://runme.org
30-31 May, 2003, Helsinki

Edited by Olga Goriunova and Alexei Shulgin

Read_me 2.3 is a co-operation between
NIFCA, The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art,
Media Centre Lume and m-cult, The Centre for New Media Culture.
Curators: Olga Goriunova and Alexei Shulgin
Supported by: Arts Council of Finland; City of Helsinki; Pro Helvetia,
the Arts Council ofSwitzerland; British Council;
the Center for Research in Computing &
the Arts (CRCA) at the University of California San Diego.

Copyright: the authors, the artists, NIFCA, Lume, m-cult, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien (Transcript of the Software Art Panel at Media Arts Lab at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien).

Proofreading: Jason Oneill
Special thanks to: Sophea Lerner, Gerrit Gohlke, Danja Vasiliev

Graphic Design: Helena Sandman
Printing: Graficolor Oy 2003

ISBN 951–8955–74–3

NIFCA publication 25