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• Editorial: ‘The Human Factor’

• Any project which has just seen the light of day, as is the case here, requires a lot of time, work, dedication and effort in order to achieve a professional and consistent modus operandi, and all the potential of the people who, with their knowledge, experience and vision, turn what was originally just an idea, into a reality. At this point in time, we can say with satisfaction that Art Signal Magazine is now not only all the above…

• Nodes and Meetings: ‘SWAB: A Burst of Brush Strokes and Colors’ by Art Signal Magazine

• The spring of 2007 has given us the pleasure of a new international venue for young up and coming art. The SWAB International Art Fair, held in the city of Barcelona, was received with enthusiasm in a city where, until now, no similar initiative has been organized, despite the fact that many local sectors agreed that such an event was necessary…

• Nodes and Meetings: ‘Loop: Consolidation of a Success Foretold’ by Pablo G. Polite

• As a consequence of the almost simultaneous opening of all the major European arts events in June (Documenta, Venice Biennale, Art Bassel, Skulptur Projecte Münster), Barcelona’s fifth Loop Videoart Fair-Festival will almost certainly be eclipsed in the international media, even though it has presented its most ambitious program in its five-year history. From May 23 to June 3…

• Interviews: ‘The Bitch is Back: An Interview with Kathe Burkhart’ by Brian Curtin

• Kathe Burkhart is credited as the original ‘bad girl’. Usefully, if not thankfully, the continued provocation and intelligence of her work as a visual artist and writer spurns the more puerile implications of that designation. Particularly famous for her Liz Taylor Series of paintings, a monograph of the first 25 years of these is due out in November with Regency Arts Press, …

• Files: ‘Architecture: [Digital] Robustness’ by PATTERNS

• After more than a decade since the advent of the computer as a generative tool within design studios and offices, it seems rather unproductive and almost a cliché to speak today about the value and impact of digital design. However, due to its pervasive influence, the contemporary state…

• Camera Lucida: ‘Isabel Muñoz: A vision of a detail or the body as a territory’ by Kosme de Barañano

• In Muñoz’s photographs, the human body with all its scars, tattoos and corporeality moves and is infused with light. Shots, bodies and frames of light are part of her photography; in a word, materialisation. In this collection of photographs, the starting point is a tribe of shepherds and warriors, the Nyangatom, who live…

• Monographs: ‘One Cache Memory of New Media in China’ by Patrick W. Deegan

• The world of art collection and criticism seems just as agog with China these days as regular reportage on politics and economics. And perhaps the coverage is deserved, because the synergy between its bullish (dragonish) economy and various socio-cultural and political forces has continued the boom of China’s art world. Hardly a day seems to pass without an art celebrity from China…

• Books and publications: ‘Documenta Magazine’ by Art Signal Magazine

• There is no doubt that Kassel’s ‘Documenta’ continues to be one of the most important, outstanding and valuable forums for keeping up to date with and studying current tendencies in art. What makes it especially interesting is its singular quality of being a forum for discussion, always open and active; this feature also allows it to go beyond the merely descriptive as is often the case for other bianual or annual exhibitions at museums and galleries…