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

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GLOBAL WARNING SYMPOSIUM 2010
ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

ART, SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
FROM THE LEONARDO AND LMJ ARCHIVES
Leading up to the Global Warning Symposium, we will be publishing  
abstracts from papers that have been published in Leonardo and LMJ  
over the years on art, science and the environment. Many of these  
papers are available for free to current Leonardo and LMJ  
subscribers. Papers published before 2005 are available through the  
JSTOR digital archive.

"Entomogenic Climate Change: Insect Bioacoustics and Future Forest  
Ecology" by David Dunn and James Crutchfield
ABSTRACT: Rapidly expanding insect populations, deforestation and  
global climate change threaten to destabilize key planetary carbon  
pools, especially the Earth's forests, which link the micro-ecology  
of insect infestation to climate. To the extent mean temperature  
increases, insect populations accelerate deforestation. This alters  
climate via the loss of active carbon sequestration by live trees and  
increased carbon release from decomposing dead trees. A self- 
sustaining positive feedback loop can then emerge. Extensive field  
recordings demonstrate that bioacoustic communication plays a role in  
infestation dynamics and is likely to be a critical link in the  
feedback loop. These results open the way to novel detection and  
monitoring strategies and nontoxic control interventions. [This paper  
was originally published in Leonardo Vol. 42, No. 3, 2009, and is  
currently available to Leonardo and LMJ subscribers through the MIT  
Press web site.]

"Monitoring Nature's Sounds with Terrain-Based Constructions" by Leif  
Brush
ABSTRACT: The artist describes his work with Terrain Instruments,  
sound-monitoring constructions and installations in the landscape and  
explains how they differ from traditional musical instruments and  
sculpture. His own approach to composition incorporates both decision  
and chance. Brush details his work with sound selection through a  
microprocessor and explains how these 'soundworks' reach audiences.  
The viewer/listener is asked to use new channels of perception to  
experience artworks that proceed from a traditional source, the  
natural environment. [This paper was originally published in Leonardo  
Vol. 17, No. 1, 1984, and is currently available through the JSTOR  
digital archive.]

Find out more about how to access these articles

OTHER EVENTS

LEONARDO AT SIGGRAPH
ART PAPERS
SIGGRAPH Art Papers inform artistic disciplines, set standards, and  
stimulate future trends. In addition to the core topics of the  
digital arts and interactive techniques, Art Papers explore the theme  
of SIGGRAPH 2010's juried art gallery, TouchPoint: The Haptic  
Exchange Between Digits. Art Papers will be presented by their  
authors on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in 20-minute sessions with five  
minutes of Q&A. The papers are published in a special issue of  
Leonardo, Vol. 43, No. 4 (2010).

GALLERY RECEPTION AND SPECIAL ISSUE RELEASE
Celebrate the intersection of art and technology in TouchPoint:  
Haptic Exchange Between Digits and the related Special Issue of  
Leonardo (Vol. 43, No. 4, 2010) at the gallery reception and special  
issue release party, 2 P.M. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Talk with the  
artists, designers, and Art Papers authors about their work and meet  
the members of the SIGGRAPH 2010 committee who organized this year's  
Art Gallery.

20XX.EDU: GRAND CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION, PARTS I & II
This two-part panel, scheduled to take place at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los  
Angeles, CA, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 brings together a diverse  
group of outstanding researchers and artists, academy and industry  
professionals, educators, and government officials to discuss the  
future of education in its broadest sense, encompassing both formal  
and informal learning. The panel is being organized by the ACM  
SIGGRAPH Education Committee and Leonardo/ISAST.

LEONARDO AND LEAF TOWN HALL MEETING
Join Leonardo for a Town Hall Meeting at 3:45 P.M. Wednesday, July  
28, 2010 to discuss matters of interest to the Leonardo community,  
including a presentation by Ellen Levy, chair of the Leonardo  
Education and Art Forum.

Find out more

COMMUNITY

ART AND TECHNOLOGY | CONTEMPORARY ART AND NEW MEDIA: TOWARDS A HYBRID  
DISCOURSE
Dr. Edward Shanken will be chairing a panel titled "Art and  
Technology | Contemporary Art and New Media: Towards a Hybrid  
Discourse" at the upcoming College Art Association conference in  
February 2011 in New York, NY. Dr. Shanken recently chaired a panel  
at Art Basel in June of this year on the same topic. Participants in  
the panel included Nicolas Bourriaud, Michael Joaquin Grey and Peter  
Weibel. Video documentation of this conversation is now available on- 
line. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LEONARDO ABSTRACTS SERVICE TOP RATED AUTHORS
Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to announce the top-rated abstracts  
published in the English-language Leonardo Abstracts Service database  
during the first half of 2010: Nathaniel Stern, Perdita Phillips and  
Tom Davis. Find out more

LEONARDO 43:4, SPECIAL SIGGRAPH ISSUE NOW AVAILABLE
Inside Leonardo 43:4: SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Papers and TouchPoint Art  
Gallery: a selection of art work and papers from the 2010 SIGGRAPH  
Conference and Art Gallery that offer insights into the humanity of  
technology and explore the importance of human interaction and  
response in physical and emotional forms. Find out more

MEMBERS

SUMMERLAB2010: NEW NARRATIVES OF MOBILITY
A WORKSHOP HOSTED BY LABORAL CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACI&OACTUE;N INDUSTRIAL
For the third year running, Leonardo Affiliate Member LABoral Centro  
de Arte y Creación Industrial is organizing SummerLAB, an annual  
event conceived to bring digital creators together with the purpose  
of developing collaborative projects. The new introduction this year  
is the focus on research and development of productions revolving  
around a specific topic. On this occasion, SummerLAB will be looking  
at mobility, mobile technologies, experimentation with new data  
transmission technologies and, finally, how new narratives are traced  
through these processes. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

JUDGING EDWARD TELLER BY ISTVAN HARGITTAI NOW AVAILABLE
Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential  
Scientists of the Twentieth Century (Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2010,  
hardcover, 650 pages, illustrations) by Istvan Hargittai is a  
balanced portrait of the multifaceted and enigmatic scientist against  
the backdrop of a turbulent period of history. The author avoids bias  
and preconceptions, and critically examines Teller’s personality,  
family background, actions, and the experiences that guided his  
actions. Hargittai corrects many of the myths that others and Teller  
himself promulgated. He reveals the contradictory nature of this  
complex man in all his strengths, flaws, and brilliance. Find out more

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