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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

WELCOME TO NEW CEO OF LEONARDO-ASU PARTNERSHIP: DIANA AYTON-SHENKER

What can you imagine to be possible when a populace of curiosity adheres itself to an international network of boundless researchers? Arizona State University and Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology are embarking on this new initiative led by Executive Director Diana Ayton-Shenker. While we don't have the answers to what will be, we are starting with the question posed by Ayton-Shenker: "How do we become more human and more humane?"

In her first weeks as Executive Director of the partnership and CEO of Leonardo/ISAST, Ayton-Shenker engaged with community stakeholders to get a sense of how our uniqueness and similarities have created and can create an impact on 21st-century problems.

This partnership provides leadership for the advancement of ASU's work in the area of art-science research and creative activity and amplifies the university's international profile in the field. The partnership catapults Leonardo/ISAST and its constituent programs to a new level of growth and market presence and provides long-term continuity for the organization. Please welcome Diana to our team and read more about her background at www.leonardo.info/led/19253.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SCIENTIFIC DELIRIUM MADNESS

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Scientific Delirium Madness Art/Science Residency that brings together artists and scientists for a monthlong retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains (California). Over the course of the residency, artists working in a variety of media will connect with scientists working in various disciplines to explore and transform the boundaries of art and science. The Scientific Delirium Madness Art/Science Residency is a collaborative initiative of Leonardo/ ISAST and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Application deadline: 15 March 2020. See www.leonardo.info/application-summary-for-sdm.

ANNOUNCING LABS 2019 TOP-RATED ABSTRACTS

Each year, in addition to being published in the database, a selection of abstracts chosen by a peer review panel is published annually in Leonardo (see Vol. 53, No. 5, October 2020) and on our website. We are pleased to present the topranked thesis abstracts of 2019, and we congratulate the authors: Juniper Harrower (highest-rated abstract), Janna Ahrndt, Rain Ashford, Kristin Carlson, Kathleen Deck, Mario Duarte, Lucie Lederhendler, Joo Yun Lee, Louise Mackenzie, Giusy Pirrotta, Sanjay Sahota, Valentina Serrati, Chelsea Thompto, Jessica Tyrrell, Clea Theresa von Chamier Waite, Karla Zavala, and Adriaan Odendaal. Please join us in congratulating the winners and thanking this year's peer review members—Yiannis Colakides, Tom Leeser, Yolande Harris, Anna Lindemann, Shiro Matsui, Adilson Siqueira, Rachel May (Ray) Smith and Mary Anne Staniszewski—and LABS Editor-in-Chief Sheila Pinkel! Visit www.leonardo.info/labs-2019 for more information.

NEW IN LEONARDO BOOK SERIES: MATERIAL WITNESS: MEDIA, FORENSICS, EVIDENCE BY SUSAN SCHUPPLI

In this book, Susan Schuppli introduces a new operative concept: material witness, an exploration of the evidential role of matter as both registering external events and exposing the practices and procedures that enable matter to bear witness. Organized in the format of a trial, Material Witness moves through a series of cases that provide insight into the ways in which materials become contested agents of dispute around which stake holders gather. See www.mitpress.mit.edu/books/material-witness.

SPECIAL THANKS

Leonardo/ISAST gratefully acknowledges the following: Christie Newman, Veronica Anne Salinas.

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 Gabrielle Decamous on her book Invisible Colors: The Arts of the Atomic Age, Hideo Mabuchi on his Scientific Delirium Madness residency, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and Chris L. Smith on their book Laboratory Lifestyles: The Construction of Scientific Fictions and art paper chair Everardo Reyes and art gallery curator Britt Ransom on the SIGGRAPH 2019 issue of Leonardo journal, among others. All discussions are available at www.facebook.com/leonardoisast.

LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL, VOLUME 29 IS AVAILABLE!

Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ) is devoted to aesthetic and technical...