[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | August 1, 2010

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NEWS

STEPHEN SCHNEIDER, 1945--2010
The board and staff at Leonardo/ISAST were deeply saddened to learn  
of the unexpected death of Dr. Stephen Schneider, Stanford professor  
and noted climate change scientist, while en route to the U.K. from a  
scientific conference. Throughout his 40-year career, Schneider was  
outspoken about the need for an aggressive response to climate change  
and his belief that scientists’ involvement in advocacy was necessary  
and important to engage the public and improve their understanding of  
science and the environment. Find out more

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.

"Vanishing Landscapes: The Atlantic Salt Marsh" by Joseph Emmanuel  
Ingoldsby
ABSTRACT: The author, trained in art and landscape architecture,  
utilizes observation of nature and culture as a central focus in his  
art. The work involves research, scientific collaboration and  
examination, documentation, analysis and synthesis using art, science  
and technology for environmental advocacy. The focus for these works  
has been on the coastal landscape of New England, the imprint of  
humans on land and sea, and the impact of climate change on the  
marine landscape and fisheries of New England. [This paper was  
originally published in Leonardo Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, and is  
currently available to Leonardo and LMJ subscribers through the MIT  
Press web site.]

"The Ecological Imperative: Elements of Nature in Late Twentieth  
Century Art" by Aleksandra Manczak
ABSTRACT: The author draws attention to visual artworks of the 1980s  
and 1990s in which the artists, drawing upon diverse trends,  
disciplines and artistic generations, applied materials directly from  
the surrounding environment in pieces called eco-installations. The  
text attempts to explain certain creative postures and artistic  
decisions in the context of our advanced civilization---its  
achievements and threats alike. The eco-installations---subtle,  
subdued, gentle, fragile, fleeting, whose finite existence (like that  
of living organisms doomed to pass away) reflects the artists' own  
decisions---are in urgent need of identification, analysis and  
documentation. Among artists recognized in international circles, the  
author situates two Polish artists perhaps less well known than their  
colleagues. [This paper was originally published in Leonardo Vol. 35,  
Number 2, 2002, and is currently available to Leonardo and LMJ  
subscribers through the MIT Press web site.]

Find out more about how to access these articles

OTHER EVENTS

AUGUST LASER
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), August 11, 2010, at the SETI Institute,  
Mountain View, CA. Feature presentations include Renetta Sitoy, "The  
Internet as Media"; Shona Kitchen, "Hyper-functional Landscapes and  
Art", Leila Takayama, "Throwing Voices" and Fred Kuttner, "Can  
Quantum Mechanics Save Science from Newton's Sleep?". Find out more

COMMUNITY

THE HYBRID CITY AS INTERFACE
A YASMIN DISCUSSION JULY/SEPTEMBER 2010
In the beginning of the 21st century, urban environments, within  
which social life evolves, are being radically reordered by  
technological systems and networks. Join the YASMIN discussion list  
to discuss the relations between the virtual and physical experience  
of the city, as well as the new social dynamics of this hybrid urban  
context for everyday life. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LMJ 21 CALL FOR PAPERS
BEYOND NOTATION: COMMUNICATING MUSIC
Peer-to-peer file exchange, the iTunes store, MySpace, Pandora – by  
2010 it's obvious that the Internet has radically transformed the  
economy and culture of selling, distributing, owning and hearing  
recorded music. Less discussed is the Web's impact on that part of  
music that used to be called "the score" – instructions, suggestions  
and materials for performing, rather than consuming, music. For  
Volume 21 of Leonardo Music Journal we solicit papers that address  
the impact of technological change on how we distribute instructions  
and materials for musical performance. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

ASCI CALL FOR ENTRIES:
DIGITAL'2010: PLANET EARTH
12th International Juried, Digital Print Exhibition, Digital'2010:  
Planet Earth, organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)  
to be held at the New York Hall of Science; October 3, 2010 - January  
31, 2011; Entry Deadline: August 16, 2010. Find out more

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