Leonardo: The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology

Mission Statement: The critical challenges of the 21st century require mobilization and cross-fertilization among the domains of art, science and technology. Leonardo/ISAST fosters collaborative explorations both nationally and internationally by facilitating interdisciplinary projects and documenting and disseminating information about interdisciplinary practice.

Leonardo/ISAST Headquarters

1440 Broadway, Ste. 422
Oakland, CA 94612, U.S.A.
Tel: 510-858-7567
Fax:510-858-7548
Email: <isast@leonardo.info>
Web: <leonardo.info>

Leonardo Music Journal

Email: <lmj@leonardo.info>
Web: <leonardo.info/lmj>

Association Leonardo

8, rue Émile Dunois
92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
Email: <info@olats.org>
Web: <olats.org>

Leonardo Book Series

1440 Broadway, Ste. 422
Oakland, CA 94612, U.S.A.
Email: <leonardobooks@leonardo.info>
Web: <leonardo.info/books>

Subscriptions

MIT Press Journals
One Rogers Street
Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, U.S.A.
Tel: 617-253-2889
Fax: 617-577-1545
Web: <mitpressjournals.org>

Benefits of Membership

<isast@leonardo.info>
Affiliate memberships also available for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and corporations working at the intersection of art, science and technology.

Publications

journals: The Leonardo journals are scholarly peer-reviewed journals of record. Leonardo, published bimonthly, is the official journal of Leonardo/ISAST.

Executive Editor: Roger F. Malina. Leonardo Music Journal with audio companion is published annually.

online: The Leonardo website (<leonardo.info>) publishes organizational information, the Leonardo Electronic Directory and more.

electronic journal: Leonardo Electronic Almanac (<leoalmanac.org>) is an electronic journal dedicated to providing a forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge. Editor-in-Chief: Lanfranco Aceti.

leonardo reviews: The Leonardo Reviews Project, through a panel of reviewers, publishes reviews of books, journals, electronic publications and events. Reviews are published on the Web (<leonardo.info/reviews>), and selected reviews are published in Leonardo Electronic Almanac and in Leonardo. Editor-in-Chief: Michael Punt.

books: The Leonardo Book Series (<leonardo.info/books>), published by the MIT Press, highlights topics related to art, science and developing technologies.

Editor-in-Chief: Sean Cubitt.

LABS databases: Databases of master's and Ph.D. theses. English LABS: <leonardo.info/labs>; Editor-in-Chief: Sheila Pinkel.

Awards

Frank J. Malina Leonardo Award for Lifetime Achievement recognizes eminent artists who through a lifetime of work have achieved a synthesis of contemporary art, science and technology. Winners include Gyorgy Kepes, Nicolas Schöffer, Max Bill, Takis and Abraham Palatnik.

Leonardo Award for Excellence recognizes excellence in articles published in Leonardo publications. Winners include Rudolf Arnheim, Otto Piene, Charles Ames, Frieda Stahl, Donna Cox, Janet Saad-Cook, George Gessert, Alvin Curran, Karen O'Rourke, Eduardo Kac, Hubert Duprat with Christian Besson, José Carlos Casado with Harkaitz Cano, Bill Seaman, Arthur Elsenaar with Remko Scha, Steve Mann and Conor McGarrigle.

Leonardo New Horizons Award for Innovation is given to individuals or groups for innovation in new media. Winners include Critical Art Ensemble, Gregory Barsamian, Graham Harwood, Evelyn Edelson-Rosenberg, Jean-Marc Philippe, Jaroslav Belik, Peter Callas, Patrick Boyd, Christian Schiess, Kitsou Dubois, I Wayan Sadra, and Ewen Chardronnet.

Makepeace Tsao Leonardo Award recognizes organizations or groups that have increased public awareness of art forms involving science and technology, particularly through exhibitions. The first award was given to La Cité des Arts et Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal.

Leonardo Global Crossings Award recognizes excellent work by international artists, professionals and scholars in the globally emerging art-science-technology field. Winners include Abdel Ghany Kenawy and Amal Kenawy (Cairo, Egypt) (2005).

Leonardo-EMS (Electroacoustic Music Studies) Award for Excellence is awarded for the best contribution to the EMS symposium by a young researcher, as decided by a joint jury. Winners include criticalartware (Jon Cates, Ben Syverson and Jon Satrom) and Michael Bullock (2008).

Leonardo Art Science Student Contest Award is a juried award for student work selected from projects received through an open submission process. The first Leonardo Art Science Student Contest award (2008) was given to Hiroki Nishino, Michiko Tsuda, Jaewook Shin, Byeong Sam Jeon, Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogl.

The Leonardo Scholarship for Media Art Histories, a collaborative project between Leonardo/ISAST and the Department for Image Science (Danube University), awards a juried half-tuition scholarship for the Master of...