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

Labs: call for abstracts 2019–2020

Leonardo LABS is an online database of MA, MFA and PhD thesis abstracts that include an investigation of art, science and/or technology. It is curated by an international peer review panel of educators and practitioners in the field. The due date for abstracts published in the 2019–2020 cycle is 30 June 2020. Please visit our site and encourage your graduating students and other people in the field to submit abstracts to this database. Contact Sheila Pinkel, LABS editor-in-chief, with questions: spinkel4@gmail.com. See www.leonardo.info/labs.

Leonardo and nokia bell labs residency

Leonardo/ISAST and the Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) program at Nokia Bell Labs launched a joint residency in August 2019 that brings in art researchers with an interest in science and engineering to spend six weeks at the Nokia Bell Labs Sunnyvale office. The inaugural resident was Bay Area–based media artist/theorist Jules Litman-Cleper. Litman-Cleper unpacks simulation as a way of knowing, the formation and deformation of patterns in organic systems and perceptual aspects of randomness and ecologies—their flows of information, spatial dynamics and protection. Their project "Earth-Centered Communication Technology" rethinks the interface between living networks of organisms, plants, fungi and other species, which can both define us emotionally and sustain us physically, and the technological communication networks on which we rely increasingly for emotional and material information.

See more at www.leonardo.info/leonardo_and_nokia_bell_labs_residency.

Watch leonardo book club discussions online

If you missed the recent live video conversations with our authors, you can find them online. Catch up with Steven Kemper and Rebecca Cypess on musical machines of the Enlightenment, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and Chris L. Smith on their book Laboratory Lifestyles: The Construction of Scientific Fictions and SIGGRAPH 2019 art chairs Brittany Ransom and Everado Reyes on the SIGGRAPH art program. All discussions are available at www.facebook.com/leonardoisast.

Open calls for leonardo journal: special sections

The current calls for papers for Leonardo journal include special sections such as LASER, Pioneers and Pathbreakers, Leonardo STEAM Initiative on Education, Science and Art: Understanding the Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue, and Trans-Creation: Creativity, Innovation and Empirical Translation. Leonardo is interested in work that crosses the artificial boundaries separating contemporary arts and sciences. Featuring illustrated articles written by artists about their own work as well as articles by historians, theoreticians, philosophers and other researchers, the journal is particularly concerned with issues related to the interaction of the arts, sciences and technology. Find out more at www.leonardo.info/calls-jobs-and-events.

Special thanks

Leonardo/ISAST gratefully acknowledges the following: Alexander Thomas, James Kendell, Shane Farver, Hunter Murray and Colten Pett of Weber State University.

Leonardo and lmj journals: read the latest issues online

Leonardo, founded in 1968, has become an international channel of communication for artists who use science and developing technologies in their work. With emphasis on the artists' writings, Leonardo is the leading international journal for readers interested in the application of contemporary science and technology in their work. The companion annual Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ) features the latest in music, multimedia art, sound science and technology. Visit www.leonardo.info/publicationsformoreinformation.

Partners in art and science: become an affiliate member!

The Leonardo Affiliate Member Program provides a collaborative environment where leaders from top-ranked universities and independent nonprofits in the cross-disciplinary field of art, science and technology can interface and share best practices, research and opportunities with their peers across institutional boundaries. See www.leonardo.info/affiliate-program.

Attend a laser near you!

What do nanotechnology, biological matter, big data, 3D printing and telecommunications have to do with art? Come to a Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) near you to find out! Founded by Piero Scaruffi in January 2008, LASERs are now presented in over three dozen locales around the world. Each LASER gathering features talks on art/science topics and the opportunity for attendees to network with cutting-edge artists, scientists and researchers in...