[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | March 1, 2009

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March 1, 2009

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Events

Next LASER: March 9, 2009
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a series of  
lectures and presentations on art, science and technology organized  
by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST. Join us for the next  
LASER at the downtown campus of San Francisco State University in San  
Francisco, CA, with feature presentations by Wayne Vitale, Richard  
Rinehart, Irene Chien and Ruzena Bajcsy. FIND OUT MORE

Community

YASMIN March 2009 Discussion: Artists as Inventors
A new generation of artists is making technical and social inventions  
in pursuit of their artistic production. There is new interest in the  
work of artists from laboratories, companies and public organizations  
seeking ways of innovating in science and engineering. The YASMIN  
group will discuss artists as inventors during the month of March  
2009. FIND OUT MORE

Publications

Leonardo/Olats Publishes "Les Basiques: L'Animation numérique" by  
Véronica Camacho
Leonardo/Olats is happy to announce the publication of Les Basiques:  
L'Animation numérique by Veronica Camacho in The Basics Series  
(available only in French) on the Leonardo/Olats web site. In this  
third volume of The Basics Series, Camacho recalls the history and  
techniques of computer animation but also its aesthetic and artistic  
trends together with its many applications. The Basics Series of  
Leonardo/Olats is a series of introductory online books, each  
dedicated to a specific topic within the art, science and technology  
field. Editor: Annick Bureaud. The Basics Series is supported by the  
French Ministry of Culture/DDAI. FIND OUT MORE

Members

CalArts Herb Alpert School of Music Renews Affiliate Membership
The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts  
offers programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Programs  
include: the Performer-Composer Program, including African American  
Improvisational Music; Composition, including Experimental Sound  
Practices; Jazz; performance programs in African Music and Dance,  
Balinese and Javanese Music and Dance, Brass, Guitar, Harp, North  
Indian Music, Percussion, Piano/Keyboard, Collaborative Keyboard,  
Strings, Voice, Winds, World Music, World Percussion; Music  
Technology; and Musical Arts. All interact in a lively,  
interdisciplinary atmosphere guided by principles of artistic  
excellence, experimentation, critical reflection and independent  
inquiry. Students work alongside faculty to explore new musical  
possibilities and contribute to the evolution of music practice as  
composers, performers and producers who will help shape the global  
musical landscape of tomorrow. Leonardo/ISAST welcomes CalArts Herb  
Alpert School of Music as a returning Affiliate Member. FIND OUT MORE

Opportunities

Call for Submissions: ACM CREATIVITY & COGNITION 2009
Everyday Creativity: Shared Languages and Collective Action, October  
27-30, 2009, Berkeley Art Museum, CA, USA. We invite submissions for:  
Full Papers, Art Exhibition, Live Performances, Demonstrations,  
Posters, Workshops, Tutorials, and Graduate Symposium. Keynotes:  
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Professor of Psychology & Management, USA;  
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director, Allosphere Research Laboratory, USA;  
Jane Prophet, Professor of Interdisciplinary Computing, UK. All  
submissions will be peer reviewed. Printed proceedings, published by  
ACM Press, will be available at the conference and will be included  
in the ACM digital library. Submission deadline: April 24, 2009. FIND  
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