[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | March 15, 2010

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March 15, 2010

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EVENTS

NEXT LASER: APRIL 14, 2010, SETI INSTITUTE
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), April 14, 2010, at the SETI Institute,  
Mountain View, CA. Feature presentations include Rachel Beth  
Egenhoefer, "Knitting Code"; Ken Eklund, "Massively Seeking Susan:  
Connecting Strangers Through Gameplay / ZOROP"; Phil Ross, "It's  
Alive!: Curating Life into the Art Realm"; and Wayne Vitale, "The  
Aesthetics of Oscillation in Balinese Music." Find out more

COMMUNITY

LEONARDO SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL MASTER IN MEDIA-ART-HISTORIES
Leonardo/ISAST and the Department for Image Science (Danube  
University) are pleased to announce their new cooperative effort: a  
half-tuition scholarship for the Master of Arts (MA) course in  
MediaArtHistories, with a start date of May 2010! Through supporting  
the studies of a new researcher or artist, the scholarship is  
directed toward the goal of answering the critical challenges of the  
21st century, which require mobilization and cross-fertilization  
among the domains of art, science and technology. Application  
deadline is March 29, 2010. Find out more

GLOBAL WARNING
ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
The GLOBAL WARNING symposium, organized by ZER01: The Art and  
Technology Network, the City of San Jose Public Art Program and CADRE  
Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University in  
collaboration with LEONARDO/ISAST, with additional support from the  
Montalvo Arts Center, will be held September 16–17, 2010, in  
conjunction with the 3rd 01SJ Biennial in San Jose, CA.This two-day  
symposium will examine the interconnectedness of ideas and actions  
and the current relationships between art-making, science and  
ecology. A group of distinguished artists, scientists and policy- 
makers will present and examine case studies of collaborative  
environmental art projects. Symposium participants will be invited to  
help advance this crossdisciplinary enterprise through their active  
involvement in the dialogue. Find out more

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MEMBERS

ZER01 JOINS THE LEONARDO AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
Leonardo/ISAST welcomes ZER01 as a new member of the Leonardo  
Affiliate Membership program. ZER01, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts  
organization whose mission is to inspire creativity at the  
intersection of art, technology and digital culture, is a platform  
for the exploration and presentation of work dealing with the  
critical issues of our time by some of the most creative minds in the  
world. ZER01 aims to transform San Jose/Silicon Valley into an  
epicenter of global cultural relevance that mirrors the creativity  
and innovation for which Silicon Valley is recognized. Find out more

UC SANTA BARBARA MEDIA ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
RENEWS AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to announce that the Media Arts and  
Technology (MAT) Department at UC Santa Barbara has renewed its  
membership in the Leonardo Affiliate Membership program. MAT is a  
transdisciplinary graduate program that fuses emergent media,  
computer science, engineering, electronic music, digital art  
research, practice, production and theory. Created by faculty in both  
the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science,  
MAT offers an unparalleled opportunity for working at the frontiers  
of art, science and technology, where new art forms are born and new  
expressive media are invented. Find out more

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