[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Sean Cubitt Named New Editor-in-Chief of Leonardo Book Series

[Leonardo/ISAST]

For immediate release
June 2006

Sean Cubitt Named New Editor-in-Chief of Leonardo Book Series

"The 21st century will be a period of intense exploration in the 
sciences, arts and technology. We can expect unseen beauty and 
unheard-of ideas; but we know that we will face unheralded risks and 
unprecedented ethical dilemmas. Leonardo authors are at the forefront 
of these new frontiers and challenges. Today wireless is having the 
effect that the Internet had 15 years ago. Biomedia, genomics, nano 
and the new brain science will undoubtedly re-forge what we think we 
know about human, natural and technological creativity, and beyond 
them new slopes will rise. Leonardo Books will be there to document, 
to predict, to comment, to critique and to send intelligence back from 
the places where the future is emerging." ---Sean Cubitt

Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Cubitt 
as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Leonardo Book Series. Established in 
1994 by Leonardo and the MIT Press, the Leonardo Book Series publishes 
texts by artists, scientists, researchers and scholars that present 
innovative discourse on the convergence of art, science and 
technology. The Leonardo Book Series includes such seminal titles as 
Information Arts, by Stephen Wilson; The Language of New Media, by Lev 
Manovich; The Visual Mind, edited by Michele Emmer; and The Robot in 
the Garden, edited by Ken Goldberg.

Cubitt's duties as Editor-in-Chief include soliciting and reviewing 
manuscripts submitted for inclusion in the series as well as 
administrative oversight of the series in collaboration with the MIT 
Press and the Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board.

The Leonardo Book Series Advisory Board, appointed by Cubitt in June 
2006, includes Annick Bureaud, Laura Marks, Anna Munster, Michael 
Punt, Sundar Sarukkai, Joel Slayton and Eugene Thacker.

Visit the Leonardo Book Series website for a complete list of titles 
in the series, ordering information and submission guidelines for 
prospective authors: <lbs.mit.edu>.

MEMBER DISCOUNT: Members of Leonardo/ISAST receive 20% off all titles 
in the Leonardo Book Series. For more information about membership, 
members benefits and how to join, visit: <leonardo.info/members.html>.