Brian Holmes, is an art critic, cultural theorist and activist, particularly involved with the mapping of contemporary capitalism. Since the Carnival against Capital in the City of London in 1999, he has taken part in and written about many of the large demonstrations against corporate globalization around the world. He is the author of ... Personality, and has recently also published an anthology of essays, Hieroglyphs of the Future (Zagreb: Arkzin/WHW, 2003). Now living in France for many years, he collaborates with the French cartographers Bureau d'Etudes and is a member of the activist association Ne pas plier (Do not bend).