International Science—Art News

Leonardo, Vol. 5, pp. 171-172. PergamonPress 1972. Printed in Great Britain INTERNATIONAL SCIENCEART NEWS John H. Holloway, Co-Editor Readers are invited to send advanced notice of forthcoming events and publications , and informationabout their own activities in thejeZdof the relationships between the sciences and the visual arts to: John H. Holloway, 26 Sherborne Avenue, Wigston Magna, Leicester LE8-2GP, England. I. EXJ3BITIONS AND MEETINGS 1.1-A symposium and exhibitions on ‘Art and Science’ were held at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y., U.S.A., from 22 Oct. to 4 Nov. 1971. Speakers were J. Burnham (‘The Limits of Technology for Art’), P. C. Ritterbush (‘The Art of OrganicForms’), H. Tovish(‘Art in the Penny Arcade’) and C. M. Hutchins (who gave a lecturedemonstrationabout a new familyofviolins). Paintings and graphics; ‘Organism: a conceptual intersection between Art and Science’ and the ‘events’ ‘Technological Sculpture’ and ‘Moveable Type: A Media Poetry Show’were shown. 1.2-The Art Department of the UniversityCollege of Wales held a two-day meeting on ‘Relationships between Scienceand Art in this Century’ at Gregynog , Montgomeryshire, Wales, from 9-10 Nov. 1971. The discussions were chaired by D. Tinker and the main speakers were J. Steele and J. H. Holloway. 1.3-A ‘Canadian Computer Art Show’was held at TheElectric Gallery, 272 Avenue Road, Toronto, Canada during 1971. Works by artists at the Universities of Montreal, Toronto and Waterloo, Queen’s University, the National Research Council and the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs were represented. 1.4-An exhibition,‘Kunstler-Theorie-Werk’,was held at the Stadtische Kunsthalle, Nurmberg, Ger. Fed. Rep. during the summer of 1971. It included a section on computer art. 1.5-The Design Research Laboratory, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester, M60 IQD, England was the host for the Design Research Society’s ‘Design Participation Conference’from 5-8 Sept. 1971. I . G A n international symposium on ‘Art as a Sacred and Transcendent Force in a Technological and Profane Environment’, organized by Florida Technological University, is to be held during the next two years. For more information please write to Mr. Steven D. Lotz, Acting Chairman, Department of Art, Florida Technological University, Box 25000, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 1.7-An exhibition and symposium called ‘Systemetechika’ was held from 6-17 Sept. in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. 1.8-‘ONLINE 72’ (c.f. Leonardo 4, 401, (1971)) is to take place from 4-7 Sept. 1972. 1.9-From 25-28 April 1972there is to be a conference on ‘Computer-aided Design’ at the University of Southampton. Those interested should contact The Manager, I.E.E. Conference Department , SavoyPlace, London, S.W.I., England. I.1&There was a vacation schoolon ‘TheControl and Application of Lasers’ held from 13-24 Sept. 1971at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The City University, St. John Street, London, E.C.I., England. I.1l-Artist, M. Benyon, and physicist, D. Bohm, discussed ‘Lasers and Holography’ at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, England on 1July 1971. I.12-A one-day symposium on ‘Computer Animation’ was held on 30 July 1971 at the Atlas Computer Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Berkshire, England. I.13-There is to be an ‘InternationalCongressof Cyberneticsand Systems’at Oxford from 28 August to 3 Sept. 1972. More detailsmay be obtained from Dr. J. Rose, Principal, College o f Technology, Blackburn, BB2 lLH, England. I.14-The photographic documentary exhibition of visual design experiments by students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(c.f.Leonardo 3, 258 (1970)), which was widely shown in Britain, had its first American showingat M.I.T. beginning 27 Sept. 1971. 1.15-The Gallery o f Modern Art, Zagreb, Yugoslavia held a colloquium on ‘Art and the Computer’ on 26-27 June 1971. It is discussed by J. Benthall in articlesin Computer Weekly of 8 July 1971andthe Septemberissueof StudioInternational. 1.16-The exhibition ‘Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow’,which has been touring Europe (c.f.Leonardo 3,257 and 481 (1970)), has been taken to Japan this year. For more information, contact: Ronald P. Haertel, 5-56, 7-Chrome, Akasaka, Minato-Ku,Tokyo, Japan. 171 172 InternationalScience...