Journal of Activist Neuroaesthetics

Established in 1997 by Warren Neidich and Nathalie Anglés, Journal of Neuroaesthetics was the first online forum of its kind to engage the works and ideas of artists of all disciplines in the emerging field of neuroaesthetics. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of artbrain.org, Activist Neuroaesthetics was a festival of events in Berlin over the course of 2021 and marked a transition to the Journal of Activist Neuroaesthetics with Issue #11 in 2026.


Introduction to Neuroaesthetic Theory

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #1 (1997-99)


Cinema and the Brain

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #2 (2000-02)


Movies, Buildings and Brains

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #3 (2003-04)



Conference of Neuroaesthetics

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #5 (2005-07)


Shifter 16: Pluripotential

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #6 (2007-10)


The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism: Part One

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #7 (2013)


The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism: Part Two

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #8 (2014)



Activist Neuroaesthetics

Journal of Neuroaesthetics #10 (2021)


AI and the Brain

Journal of Activist Neuroaesthetics #11 (2026)