From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Wed Dec 6 03:29:41 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:29:41 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] LEA Vol 14 No 7 - 8: Nature Unleased, the Digital Way and LEAD Transcripts available online! Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0612060029m77983c84w839a19e52d6cb3e6@mail.gmail.com> [image: Leonardo Electronic Almanac] Nov v o l *14* i s s u e 08[image: Hampshire College] [image: Digital Behaviors and Generative Music] Digital Behaviors and Generative Music Copyright* (c)* Dave Burraston and Andrew Martin 01 e d i t o r's n o t e Nisar Keshvani 02 g u e s t e d i t o r i a l The Emergent and Generative Locative and Performance 03 e s s a y s Wild Nature and the Digital Life 04 g a l l e r y Nature Unleased, the Digital Way? 05 r e s o u r c e s Sign up for the Leonardo Electronic Almanac Digital Wild list 06 a n n o u n c e m e n t s Watch this space for details on LEA's live forum with authors As the year closes, LEA editor in chief, Nisar Keshvani shares that the new LEA web platform continues to receive positive feedback from across the globe. Researchers, artists and educators find our downloadable pdf's and MLA/APA citations extremely useful. The LEAD: Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion around the New Media Poetics and Poetry issue generated overwhelming discussion within in the community. Chat transcripts now available . Hold on to your seats as a very special double-themed LEA issue hurtles your way. Guest editors Dene Grigar and Sue Thomas have culled a neat collection of explosive essays from the hefty haul of initial contributions received and emerged with a two-themed anthology on Wild Nature and the Digital Life, which delves into the collaboration of art and nature. In Dene Grigar's editorial, she explains that the first section explores a range of issues relating to the "Emergent and Generative" in nature, the digital, and art. The second wave of another four papers, edited by Sue Thomas, features essays that are "Performative and Locative" in scope. Drigar and Thomas have woven together a marvelous mix featuring Peter Hasdell, Tara Rodgers, Dave Burraston, Andrew Martin, Jennifer Willet, Adam Gussow, Dr Kathryn Yusoff, Jeremy Hight and Brett Stalbaum. The essays are packaged with a small but powerful galleryof two works, exhibiting Karl Grimes, Elisa Giaccardi, Hal Eden and Gianluca Sabena, also curated by Dene Grigar and Sue Thomas. We're planning our 2007 issues, so if you have any essay, gallery or thematic issue proposals, we welcome you to drop a note to: lea at mitpress.mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061206/6da4bb7e/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Mon Dec 11 22:56:33 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:56:33 +0800 Subject: [LEAuthors] LEAD: Wild Nature and Digital Life Discussion Forum Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0612111956w2a6d4428kb3891ac3a56c00d4@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleague: ** We are pleased to announce the "Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion" (LEAD) accompanying our *Wild Nature and Digital Life *special issue. By 16 December, we begin our moderated discussion forum (sign up today at: LEAdigiwild-subscribe at googlegroups.com). We will also shortly announce dates/times for our upcoming live chat sessions with our authors/artists for readers to engage with the special issue contributors (see below for full information). *Leonardo** Electronic** Almanac Discussion (LEAD): **"Wild Nature and Digital Life " Moderated by Marcus Bastos and Ryan Griffis * What is the *LEA Wild Nature and Digital Life *Special? Guest edited by Dene Grigar and Sue Thomas, the issue features Peter Hasdell, Tara Rodgers, Dave Burraston, Andrew Martin, Jennifer Willet, Adam Gussow, Dr Kathryn Yusoff, Jeremy Hight and Brett Stalbaum. The essays are packaged with a small but powerful gallery of two works, exhibiting Karl Grimes, Elisa Giaccardi, Hal Eden and Gianluca Sabena. *Chat Schedule:* :: To be announced *How to sign up to the DigiWild Moderated List? *Email: LEAdigiwild-subscribe at googlegroups.com LEA NMP URL: http://groups.google.com/group/LEAdigiwild *About the moderators* *Marcus Bastos *is PhD in Communication and Semiotics and *Ryan Griffis *is an artist and sometimes amateur writer, curator and tour guide. If you miss the chats and forum, fret not, an abridged version of the discussions will be made available with the next issue of LEA. *Useful URLs* LEA Journal: http://leoalmanac.org/index.asp LEA Gallery: http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/index.asp Wild Nature and Digital Life Forum Info: http://leoalmanac.org/journal/Vol_14/lea_v14_n07-08/forum.asp New Media Poetics and Poetry Chat Transcripts: http://leoalmanac.org/resources/lead/index.asp *What is LEA?* For over a decade, the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) has thrived as an international peer-reviewed electronic journal and web archive, covering the interaction of the arts, sciences and technology. LEA emphasizes rapid publication of recent work and critical discussion on topics of current excitement. Many contributors are younger scholars and artists, and there is a slant towards shorter, less academic texts. Copyright(c) 1993 - 2006: The Leonardo Electronic Almanac is published by Leonardo / International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST) in association with the MIT Press. All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061212/719036fe/attachment.htm From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Sat Dec 16 01:44:46 2006 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:44:46 -0000 Subject: [LEAuthors] Renew your Leonardo and Leonardo Music Journal Subscriptions Today! Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0612152244u22b17d6dn8d2069adcedeb0df@mail.gmail.com> Dear Leonardo Electronic Almanac subscriber, We hope that you have enjoyed receiving LEA during the past year as a free supplement to your *Leonardo* and *Leonardo Music Journal *subscription. If you haven't already, we hope you will take this opportunity to renew (or establish) your annual subscription to one of our print publications so that you can continue to receive LEA in 2007. http://www.leonardo.info/order.html As you know, LEA has gone through quite a bit of development over the past year, including a structural and aesthetic re-design and the addition of the new Leonardo Electronic Almanac Discussion (LEAD) component to further explore special project topics. Some upcoming special topics will include a special web supplement to *Leonardo Music Journal*, Vol. 16 and an ACM Special & Digital Creativity issue. In 2007 and 2008, Leonardo/the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the journal *Leonardo*. Since the first issue was published in 1968, *Leonardo* has documented the work of over 5300 artists and researchers working at the intersection of art, science and technology. A truly amazing international community! To see more about all of Leonardo/ISAST activities and publications, please visit: http://www.leonardo.info A subscription to Leonardo publications includes Associate Membership in Leonardo/ISAST, Leonardo's non-profit organization which includes a number of exciting benefits. To learn about the benefits of Associate Membership visit: http://www.leonardo.info/members.html And if you have suggestions on future ideas for LEA or would like to submit work for publication consideration in Leonardo Electronic Almanac, please contact Nisar Keshvani at keshvani at leoalmanac.org Nisar Keshvani, Editor in Chief LEA Roger Malina, Executive Editor, Leonardo Publications LEA Journal: http://leoalmanac.org LEA Gallery: http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/index.asp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leaauthors/attachments/20061216/77c8a46d/attachment.htm