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  • Leonardo Network News

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

Announcing New Top-Rated English-Language LABS Thesis Abstracts

Leonardo Abstracts Service is pleased to announce the top-rated abstracts submitted to the English-language database during the first half of 2007. They are: “Expressive Processing: On Process-Intensive Literature and Digital Media,” by Noah Wardrip-Fruin; “Generative Music and Cellular Automata,” by David Burraston; “Aquabatics as New Works of Live Art,” by Sarah Jane Pell; “Interactive Technologies for the Public Sphere: Towards a Theory of Critical Creative Technology,” by Pamela Jennings; “Landscape Denatured: Digitizing the Wild,” by Eric Kabisch; and “This Is Not Here: Connectedness, Remote Experiences and Immersive Telematic Art,” by Michael Hohl. Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS), consisting of the English-, Spanish- and Chinese-language databases, is a comprehensive collection of Ph.D., Master’s and MFA thesis abstracts on topics in the emerging intersection between art, science and technology. More information and links to the respective databases can be found at: < http://www.leonardo.info/isast/journal/calls/labsprojectcall.html >.

Leonardo, Educators and Students

As part of an ongoing effort to connect with the educational community, Leonardo/ISAST continues to promote several initiatives under the Leonardo Educators and Students Program. These include participation in conferences and events in the areas of art, science, technology and pedagogy through the Leonardo Education Forum, publication of Ph.D., MA and MFA thesis papers in the Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS), job postings on the Leonardo International Faculty Alerts list (LIFA) and special discounts on student memberships. Students working in or interested in art, science and engineering are invited to join the Leonardo community with an annual associate membership to Leonardo/ISAST at the special student rate of $50 (U.S.), $53 (Canada) or $83 (all other countries). Benefits include a one-year subscription to the Leonardo journal and Leonardo Music Journal, associate membership in the organization, discounts on books and invitations to join us at conferences and symposia, including the College Art Association Conference, SIGGRAPH, ISEA and others. Leonardo/ISAST is also interested in connecting with educational organizations and organizations with similar goals and interests through the Leonardo Organizational Membership Program, which was initiated in 2004 and continues to expand with new member organizations worldwide. Through the program, Leonardo/ISAST connects members of the Leonardo network with organizations, faculty and students who are working at the confluence of art, science and technology. For more information about the Leonardo Educators and Students Program, visit: < leonardo.info/isast/educators.html >. For more information about student or organizational memberships, please visit the members page of Leonardo On-Line: < leonardo.info/members.html >.

Leonardo Electronic Almanac Named Official Media Sponsor of ISEA2008

We are pleased to announce that the Leonardo Electronic Almanac is the official media partner for the conference of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2008, which is to be held in Singapore, 25 July to 3 August 2008. The conference will be held alongside workshops, courses, exhibitions, performances and other events over the duration of ISEA2008. The conference, as in previous ISEAs, is expected to bring together artists, theorists, historians, curators and researchers of media arts from around the world to jointly explore the most urgent and exciting questions in the field. The five themes of ISEA2008 (Locating Media, Wiki Wiki, Ludic Interfaces, Reality Jam and Border Transmission) are especially focused on attracting a wide range of international scholars and artists.

Leonardo Collaborates on Art and Climate Project

In celebration of Leonardo’s 40th anniversary, Leonardo is collaborating on a 3-year project with Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny (Ireland). The collaboration, tied to the Leonardo/OLATS Pioneers & Pathbreakers Project and directed by Annick Bureaud, will include an exhibition coupling pioneers in art, science and technology with younger artists working in the same conceptual territories. In addition, the collaboration includes a 3-year project, coordinated by the Leonardo Lovely Weather Art and Climate Working Group, which explores the ways in which artists and scientists are working together to address issues around global warming and climate change. The Leonardo cosponsored YASMIN network initiated a discussion around the topic in...

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