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Leonardo Launches YASMIN Discussion List

Leonardo and the YASMIN Group are pleased to announce the launching of the YASMIN mailing and discussion list, hosted by the University of Athens. It is a collaborative project by a consortium of organizations and individuals around the Mediterranean Rim and region.

YASMIN is a network of artists, scientists, engineers, theoreticians and institutions promoting communication and collaboration in art, science and technology around the Mediterranean Rim.

YASMIN welcomes information on events, artists' works and organizations' programs, projects and initiatives as well as discussions and critical analysis.

YASMIN aims to identify the players and to facilitate cooperation within the Mediterranean Rim. All postings should be relevant to the YASMIN mandate.

The official language of the YASMIN list is English. However, posts in the other languages mastered by the moderators are allowed as long as a summary of the post in English is provided. Those languages are currently: Arabic, Catalan, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

We welcome everyone to subscribe to the list at: <www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin/>.

The list is currently moderated by the following team: Julien Knebusch, Samirah Alkassim, Ahmed Hassouna, Pau Alsina, Dimitris Charitos, Neora Berger and Nina Czegledy. They form the YASMIN Group, together with Roger Malina, Jaco Du Toit, Annick Bureaud and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos.

The YASMIN mailing list, co-sponsored by the DigiArts Programme of UNESCO, was made possible thanks to the Internet Society (ISOC), the Rockefeller Foundation, Leonardo/OLATS, the University of Athens, Artnodes-UOC Barcelona and all the coordinators of the YASMIN Group.

New Chairs Elected for Leonardo/CAA Working Group

Three new chairs and co-chairs have been elected to lead the Leonardo/CAA Working Group through the next three College Art Association conferences. Yianni Yessios was elected for a 1-year term and will chair the group for the 2006 conference in Boston, MA; Amy Ione was elected for a 2-year term and will chair the group for the 2007 conference in New York, NY; and Eddie Shanken was elected for a 3-year term and will chair the group for the 2008 conference in Dallas, TX.

The Leonardo/CAA Working Group consists of artists, scientists, engineers and scholars who belong both to the Leonardo Network and to the College Art Association. The purpose of the Leonardo/CAA Working Group is to develop joint actions between the two organizations, such as promoting the work of artists and art historians in the art-science and art-technology interdisciplinary fields. The working group will develop, among other things, proposals for sessions at the CAA meetings and mentoring programs for students in the field. Information about the Leonardo/CAA Working Group and activities, including information about the 2005 CAA conference in Atlanta, GA, can be found on the Leonardo web site at: <www.leonardo.info/isast/events/leonardocaa.html>. Students, faculty and professionals working in the art/science/ technology field are encouraged to join the working group to help build the activities of this dynamic community. To join the working group, visit the discussion list at: <http://webexhibits.org/about/leocaa.html>. The discussion list is open to any person who is a member of both CAA and Leonardo/ ISAST.

LMJ Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Collins

Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to report that Nic Collins has agreed to extend his contract as editor-in-chief of Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ) through 2007.

New York-born (1954) and -raised, Collins studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor and has collaborated with numerous soloists and ensembles around the world. As a composer he helped pioneer the use of microcomputers in live performance and has made extensive use of "home-made" electronic circuitry, radio, found sound material and transformed musical instruments. From 1992 to 1995 he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting at STEIM in Amsterdam and in 1996-1997 a DAAD composer in residence in Berlin. In September 1999, he joined the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...