Leonardo Network News

The Newsletter of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology and of l’Observatoire Leonardo des Arts et Technosciences

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LMJ!

In case you hadn’t noticed, LMJ has reached its 25th year of publication with the issue that you now have in your hand or on your screen. We’d like to take a few minutes from scurrying to meet LMJ’s press deadline to express our appreciation to a number of key players in LMJ history. We give our heartfelt thanks to Founding Editor Larry Polansky, who convinced Leonardo back in 1990 that it was time to spin off a sister publication devoted to contemporary music and the sonic arts (and we thank Roger Malina, for listening to Larry). We also thank our longtime leader, Editor-in-Chief Nic Collins, who has wisely steered the ship and the editorial staff with good humor for 18 years. The LMJ Editorial Board members also deserve our sincere thanks, for providing wisdom and guidance throughout the years. And last, but not least, we thank all the authors and composers who have contributed their words, music and sound to the discussion for the last 25 years! Since Leonardo’s 50th anniversary is right around the corner (and reminding LMJ of her little sister status), we plan to combine forces in 2 years for a great celebration all at once. Stay tuned for upcoming party invitations!

THANK YOU TO DRAP AND THE SDM 2.0 RESIDENTS!

We’d also like to take this opportunity to give thanks to Margot H. Knight of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and her amazing staff for a fascinating and inspiring month of art/science collaborations, ideas, explorations, “think tank” activities, and overall excitement generated at this year’s Scientific Delirium Madness residency. We also thank the SDM resident artists and scientists themselves (Allison Cobb, Writer; Luca Forcucci, Composer/Media Artist; Deborah Forster, Primatologist/Cognitive Scientist; Eathan Janney, Composer/Scientist; Christine Lee, Visual Artist; Rachel Mayeri, Media Artist; Guillermo Muñoz, Physicist; Kate Nichols, Interdisciplinary Artist/Designer; Karl Schaffer, Mathematician/Choreographer; Laurel Shastri, Choreographer; Eleni Sikelianos, Writer; Tami Spector, Physical Organic Chemist/Writer; and Caroline Wellbery, Medical Doctor/Writer) for taking a full month out of their busy schedules to explore together in residence. We are also grateful to the National Endowment for the Arts, whose support has been instrumental to the success of the project.

The artists and scientists participating in our annual Scientific Delirium Madness art/science residency have shared their explorations of sometimes explosive ideas together in the Leonardo On-Line blog over the month of their residency. Scientific Delirium Madness is a collaborative initiative of Leonardo/ISAST and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program that explores and expands on connections in the creativity of scientists and artists. Visit <www.leonardo.info/blogs> to read posts from participating artists and scientists, along with posts from guest bloggers from the Leonardo and LMJ communities.

LEONARDO @ SIGGRAPH 2015

The successful Leonardo-SIGGRAPH collaboration continued at full pace this year at the SIGGRAPH 2015 conference in Los Angeles, where the 2015 Art Papers were presented live by the artists to conference attendees, as well as documented in article form in the 2015 Leonardo special issue dedicated to the arts at SIGGRAPH (Leonardo 48, No. 4). Additionally, Leonardo community members and curious conference attendees gathered for the Leonardo Birds of a Feather meeting to present their work in art-science, whether as individual artists, educators or cross-disciplinary teams. The featured presentations were followed by lively discussions of Leonardo’s role within the SIGGRAPH arts community and the educational sphere, along with other avenues to be explored! In addition to these more cerebral events, there was plenty of celebration as well—at the Art Gallery reception, hosted by Leonardo and MIT Press, and at several evening social gatherings of art-science-technology revelers. Leonardo expresses special heartfelt thanks to Leonardo Co-Editor Sheila Pinkel for helping to make Leo nardo @SIGGRAPH 2015 a smashing success!

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