[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | September 1, 2011

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September 1, 2011

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EVENTS

NEXT LASER: 12 SEPTEMBER 2011, SAN FRANCISCO, CA (USF)
Attention San Francisco Bay Area readers! Join us for the next  
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 12 September 2011,  
at the University of San Francisco. Feature presentations include  
"Cultural Perspectives of Science in Antarctica" by Alan Cooper and  
Julianne Stafford, "Music the Dead Can Hear: Occult Presences in the  
Art of Noises" by Luciano Chessa, "The Art of the Body, The Art of  
the Pen" by Leonard Pitt and "Why and How to Transition from Wet-Ware  
to Substrate-Independent Minds" by Randal Koene Find out more

LEONARDO EDUCATION AND ART FORUM AT ISEA 2011
17 SEPTEMBER 2011, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
The Transdisciplinary Visual Arts, Science & Technology Renewal Post- 
New Media Assimilation Workshop at ISEA 2011 Istanbul, presented by  
Leonardo Education and Art Forum, will provide a forum for addressing  
and sharing experiences and difficulties encountered while developing  
transdisciplinary art-science research and when teaching and meshing  
curricula from diverse fields. The transdisciplinary model will be  
explored in the context of the trans-migratory role of ISEA in search  
of a different voice from the various constructed international  
institutional perspectives. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LEA ISSUE 1 - MISH MASH - NOW AVAILABLE
MISH MASH, Issue 1 of the all-new Leonardo Electronic Almanac is now  
available as a free PDF. With this re-launch the editors are working  
on implementing availability on a wide range of digital platforms.  
The issues are published online but will also be rolled out on a  
series of e-publishing platforms ranging from Print on Demand on  
Amazon to iTunes. Find out more

SPECIAL OFFER: DISCOUNT SUBSCRIPTION + FREE BOOK
Subscribe now to Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal, or Computer Music  
Journal to receive a 20% discounted subscription and a FREE MIT Press  
book! Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal and Computer Music Journal are  
essential reading for those interested in art, science, technology,  
music, and the exciting intersections between these fields. This  
offer is good through 31 December 2011. Find out more

MEMBERS

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO RENEWS AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
We are pleased to announce that The Master of Fine Arts in Sound at  
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has renewed its affiliate  
membership with Leonardo. The Master of Fine Arts in Sound at the  
School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a unique program in the  
creative use of sound that goes well beyond the boundaries of a  
typical program in visual art, music, or multimedia. Students may  
pursue the creation and recording of audio work; the composition of  
music in numerous genres; live performance, improvisation, and audio  
installation; the integration of sound in other media, such as video,  
film, performance, and web-based art; designing and building software  
and hardware instruments; live and recorded electroacoustic music;  
and the use of distribution technologies such as radio, Internet, and  
others. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IMAGERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE MIT PRESS
Imagery in the 21st Century edited by Oliver Grau and Thomas Veigl  
offers systematic and interdisciplinary reflections on new image  
worlds and new analytical approaches to the visual. Imagery in the  
21st Century examines this revolution in various fields with  
researchers from the natural sciences and the humanities to achieve a  
deeper understanding of the meaning and impact of the image in our  
time. The contributors explore and discuss new critical terms of  
multidisciplinary scope, from database economy to the dramaturgy of  
hypermedia, from visualizations in neurosciences to the image in bio  
art. Find out more

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