[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | January 15, 2011

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January 15, 2011

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NEWS

IN MEMORIAM: STEPHEN WILSON
The board and staff at Leonardo/ISAST are deeply saddened to announce  
the death of Stephen Wilson, artist, author, professor and longtime  
Leonardo/ISAST board member. Stephen Harth Wilson died in San  
Francisco on 10 January 2011 at age 66, of cancer. Find out more

EVENTS

LEONARDO EDUCATION AND ART FORUM
AT THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Members of the Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) will  
participate in the 99th annual College Art Association conference in  
New York City, 9-12 February 9 2011. Panel sessions include "Into  
Focus: Art/Science in the University Classroom," "New Media, Art- 
Science, and Mainstream Contemporary Art: Toward a Hybrid  
Discourse?," "Designing a New Joint Studio, Art History and Theory  
Program: A Gedanken Art/Sci Experiment" and a Leonardo business  
meeting. Find out more

NEXT LASER: FEBUARY 9, 2011, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 9 February 2011, at the SETI Institute,  
Mountain View. Feature presentations include Anne Fougeron, "City of  
the Future," Bill Smart, "Human-Robot Interaction and the Performing  
Arts," Miu-Ling Lam, "Streaming Nature," and Pamela Z, "Baggage  
Allowance." Find out more

COMMUNITY

LEONARDO/ISAST CO-SPONSORS NEW SPEAKING SERIES
WITH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences is partnering  
with Leonardo/ISAST to create D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous  
(DASER), a monthly discussion forum for presenting art and science  
projects in the national capital region. The monthly series kicks off  
on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 6 p.m. at the Keck Center, National  
Academy of Sciences, with presentations by Lee Boot, Carol Christian,  
Gunalan Nadarajan and Thomas Skalak. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

NEW ISSUE OF LEONARDO REVIEWS QUARTERLY
NOW AVAILABLE
Leonardo Reviews is the work of an international panel of scholars  
and professionals invited from a wide range of disciplines to review  
books, exhibitions, CD-ROMs, web sites and conferences. Leonardo  
Reviews publishes all reviews received from the panel monthly on the  
Leonardo Reviews web site. In addition, four times a year a selection  
of reviews is printed in Leonardo print journal and now in the  
Leonardo Reviews Quarterly (L|R|Q) which publishes an even larger  
selection as a printable PDF together with introductory material and  
overview essays. The second issue of L|R|Q is now available with 26  
new reviews by Jan Baetens, Amy Ione, Mike Mosher and many more. Find  
out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

UC SANTA BARBARA MEDIA ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM
TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
The Media Arts and Technology Program at the University of  
California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track  
position at the assistant professor level. The department seeks  
candidates who will establish a vigorous research and teaching  
program in computer graphics, scientific/information visualization or  
a related field applicable to immersive, interactive and distributed  
environments, working with high-dimensional data generated in  
scientific and artistic domains. Find out more

INSECT MEDIA: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANIMALS AND TECHNOLOGY
A NEW PUBLICATION BY JUSSI PARIKKA
"Uncovering the insect logic that informs contemporary media  
technologies and the network society." In Insect Media, media  
theorist Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social  
organization—swarms, hives, webs and distributed intelligence—have  
been used to structure modern media technologies and the network  
society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection  
of biology and technology. Find out more

DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVITY, ARTS, AND TECHNOLOGY
Virginia Tech is searching for a creative researcher and experienced  
administrator to serve as the founding director of the Institute for  
Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Part of the Center for the  
Arts at Virginia Tech and an integral part of the university's Arts  
Strategic Plan, ICAT will provide statewide and national leadership  
in research at the intersection of arts, technology and education.  
Find out more

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