International Science-Art News = Art et science: Nouvelles de l’etranger

Leonardo,Vol. 3, pp. 257-263. Pergamon Press 1970. Printed in Great Britain INTERNATIONAL SCIENCEART NEWS ART ET SCIENCE: NOUVHLES DE L’ETRANGER John H. Holloway, Corresponding Editor Readers are invited to send advanced notice offorthcoming events andpublications , and information about their own activities in thefield of the relationships between the sciences and the visual arts to: John H. Holloway, University o f Aberdeen, Department of Chemistry, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB9 2UE, Scotland. La Rddaction invites les lecteurs de Leonardo h envoyer les renseignements qu’ils poss2dent sur tout Pvdnement ou publication h venir, ou sur leur propre activite‘ dans le domaine des relations existant entre les sciences et les arts plastiques, d: John H. Holloway, University of Aberdeen, Department o f Chemistry,Meston Walk,Aberdeen AB9 2UE,Ecosse. I. EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS 1.1-‘Design, Society and the Future’ was the theme of the September, 1969 Congress of the InternationalCouncilof Societiesof Industrial Design (12 Carlton House Terrace, London S.W.l, England ). Amongthespeakerswererepresentativesfrom the New York Institute for the Future and the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Organizationfor Social and TechnicalInnovation. 1.2-An international exhibition called ‘Computer -Kunst, On the Eve of Tomorrow’ was organized by Kathe Schroder and held from 19 October to 12November 1969at the Kubus an der Aegidienkirche (Friedrichswalll3, Hanover,Ger. Fed. Rep.). The exhibition was held under the auspices of Clarissa-Contemporary-Artand Gottjried-WilhelmLiebniz -Gesellschaft e.V. in collaboration with the Landeshaupstadt, Hanover and the Amerikahaus, Hanover. Films were also shown and discussions were held. I.3-‘Film 69’, an international film technology conference and exhibition, was arranged by the British Kinematograph,Sound and TelevisionSociety (Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, England, 2327 June 1969). The meeting was the practical outcome of a need to establish a centre in London for information on techniques and discoveries in motion picture film usage. 1.4-The second weekend course and workshop on non-numerical programming was arranged by the Computer Arts Society at Time Sharing, Ltd. (187 Great Portland Street, London, England, I. EXPOSITIONS ET CONFERENCES I.1-Le Congrts de l’lnternational Council o f Societies of Industrial Design (12 Carlton House Terrace, Londres S.W.l, Angleterre) s’est tenu en septembre 1969sur le thtme ‘Le dessin,la sociCt6et l’avenir’. Parmi les personnes qui ont pris la parole setrouvaientdesreprbsentantsduNew YorkInstitute for the Future et de la Cambridge, Massachusetts, Organizationfor Social and Technical Innovation. 1.2-Une expositioninternationaleintitulCe‘Computer -Kunst, A laveilledu lendemain’a Cttorganide par Kathe Schroder et s’est tenue au Kubus an der Aegidienkirche (Friedrichswall 13, Hanover, Rep. Fed. d’Allemagne) du 19 octobre au 12 novembre 1969. L‘exposition a eu lieu sous les auspices de Clarissa-Contemporary-Art and Gottjried-WilhelmLiebniz -Gesellschaft e.V. en collaboration avec le Landeshaupstadt de Hanovre et la Amerikahaus de Hanovre. Desfilmont C t Cprojetksetdes discussions ont eu lieu au cours de cette exposition. 1.3-‘Film 69’, confbrence et exposition internationales sur la technologie du cintma, ont C t C organisks par la British Kinematograph, Sound and TelevisionSociety (Royal LancasterHotel, Londres, Angleterre, 23-27 juin 1969). Cette reunion a C t C la manifestation d’un besoin d’ttablissement d’un centre situC A Londres, centre d’informationsur les techniquesenusagedanslecinCmaet surlesdernitres dCcouvertesfaitesdans ce domaine. 1.4-La Computer Arts Society a organis6 son second week-end de cours et de travail d’atelier sur laprogrammationnon-numkriqueAlaTimeSharing, Ltd. (187 Portland Street, Londres, Angleterre, 257 258 International Science- Art News 29-30 November 1969). The first day served as an introduction to the TELCOMP language. The second was used for projects. Sixcomputer terminals and a graph plotter were available. 1.5-An exhibition, ‘Plastic as Plastic, was held at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 5 October 1969-19 January 1970). The new applications, designs and shapes on display were not derived from the early image of plastic as an inferior substitute for glass, metal or wood but from the unique characteristics of plastics themselves. The 250 objects in the exhibition were supplemented for the Washington showing by additional large objects, including the first plastic airplane, an automobile, a tension-structured vacation home and a sprayed urethane-foam structure covering some 500 square feet. Organized by...