Gateway

In GATEWAY we rgbort on signijcant events, including conferencesand expositions;news of interesting developments in technology and science as they relateto the arts; tutwial-level discussionsof important technologies and sciencefor the n m x pert . Wewelcome readers’suggestionsfor and contributions tofuture sections. SCHOENBERG/KANDINSKY SYMPOSIUM AND InJanuary 1993,the Netherlands Royal Conservatory and the Municipal Museum of the Hague held an international symposium devoted to the comparative analysis of the creativeworks of two artists who have become twentieth-centurysymbols-composer Arnold Schoenberg and painter Wassily Kandinsky. The “synthetic ’’ideas of the artistswere emphasized in the event,which highlighted the interaction of music and painting. The symposiumwas timed to occur with the celebration of the opening of 25 new studiosand workshops for students of the electronic arts department and the ConservatoryMusic Theatre. The celebration also marked the opening of the international Academy of Light-with presentations by those whose work today embodies the spirit of the painting and music-synthesis of Kandinsky and Schoenberg. Speakersincluded the following: from Holland: Frans Evers, Konrad Boehmer, Laurens v.d. Heijden, HansJanssen,Job Ijzerman; from Germany: Albrecht Diimling, Klaus Kropfinder; from the United States: Reinhold Brinkmann, Kurt W. Forster;from Russia: Irina Vanechkina and Bulat Galeyev. tures are exhibited, the Conservatorystudents performed Schoenberg’sP i e r r o t Lunaire.In the THE ACADEMY OF LIGHT In the Art Gallery and hall, where Kandinsky’spicANNOUNCING : LEOMDO ELECTRONICALMANAC Since 1988, Leonardo has been involved in electronic publishing. Beginningin September 1993, publication of our newest, monthly on-line newsletter, Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) began. LEA is dedicated to providing up-to-date perspectives on art involving science and technology-through artists’ statements about their own work, profiles of art facilities, theoretical and technical discussions and reviews of major events. LEA is distributed by the MIT Press through subscription on the Internet electronic network. LEA Editor Craig Harris is a board member of the nonprofit organization Leonardo/lSAST. He is a composer, multimedia artist, researcher and educator . His current research involves the exploration of the creative process and the impact of new technologies on creative work environments. 01994 ISAST LEONARDO, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 3-11,1994 3 Announcing. .. LeonardoElectronicAlmanac is available free to Leonardosubscribers and for $25.00/year to nonsubscribers . Send orders via email to cjournals-orders@mit.edu>.Please include full mailingaddress or account number, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. Nonsubscribers should send VISA/MasterCard information as well. Send editorial submissions to ccraig@well.sf.ca.us>. Send news (50 words) of your professionalactivities for publicationto . Schoenbq/&ndinsky symlbosium... Conservatory’sGreat Hall, Schoenberg’smonodrama D i eglucklicheHand was presented with the original stage set and light-musical synthesis elements.The author of this review showed two musical videotapes that highlighted Kandinsky’spictures. In addition, a videotape of the recent Moscow stage performance of Der glebe Hang by Kandinsky and A. Schnittke (with a drama ensemble headed by G. Matskyavichyus)was shown. electronic music studiosin the Conservatory and of the most ancient and newest musical instruments in the Museum in the Hague. The place of honour in this expositionwas occupied by the ‘Thermenvox,”produced in the pre-war years in the United Statesby the company founded by compatriot Lev Termen. Meeting participants enjoyed a pleasant surprisewhen 97-yearold Termen himself, along with his daughter Natalia, per-formedseveral pieces on the Thermenvox. Termen took part in the Academy of Light’sopening celebration as guest of honour in recognition of the fact that, in addition to electronic music, he was engaged in the design of light-musical devices in the 1920sand 1930s. (In the United States, he conducted these experiments with Albert Einstein.) The Academy of Light is an unofficial organization,working in the “invisiblecollege” mode, and it is intended to unite everyone engaged in music and light synthesis all over the world. From the United States,Bill Moritz and Elfriede Fischinger reported on the light-musicalfilms by Oskar Fischinger, and gave a concert with their lightinstrument , the “lumograph.”Videotapes of light-musical concerts of Christian Sidenius,also of the United One evening the guestswere given tours of the new 4 Gateway Schoenbq/Kizndim@Symposium... States,were shown in his absence. The director of...