Antennae Magazine is a British publication that calls itself the "Journal of Nature in Visual Culture". It's one of those art/culture/academic publications that are absolutely way over my head and alternately esoteric, incomprehensible, and utterly fascinating. Issue 9 is devoted to mechanical animals and features interviews with Grant Morrison and Jessica Joslin among others, as well as articles on Leonardo Da Vinci's mechanical lion and a zoo for robots. Minsoo Kang, an author I particularly enjoy, has a piece in there on why robots are simultaneously so awesome and so creepy.

You can download a copy here.

Enjoy!

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