[Leonardo/ISAST Network] LEAF @ CAA 2012, February LASER, Low Cost Article Access, Special Article: "Art Inside Chaos" and More

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January 15, 2012

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EVENTS

UPCOMING LASER: 1 FEBRUARY 2012, PALO ALTO, CA (STANFORD)
Stretch your imagination into places far and near at the next  
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 1 February 2012, at  
Stanford University. Feature presentations include "First Light" by  
artists Daniel Small and Luca Antonucci, "City of the Future" by  
architect Anne Fougeron, "Collaborative Intelligence" by former NASA  
scientist Zann Gill and "Mycotecture" by artist Phil Ross. Find out more

LEONARDO EDUCATION AND ART FORUM AT COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION  
CONFERENCE, LOS ANGELES, CA
Join the Leonardo Education and Art Forum at the 100th College Art  
Association conference in Los Angeles, CA, 22-25 February 2012.  
Panels include Is It Time to Question the "Privileging" of Visual  
Art?, Friday, February 24. Chairs: Greta Berman, The Juilliard  
School; Ellen K. Levy, independent artist, New York; Headlines!  
Environmental News, Artist Presenters, Audience Respondents,  
Wednesday, February 22. Chair: Linda Weintraub, Artnow Publications;  
Sustainable Futures: New Cultural Movements in Art + Ecology,  
Saturday, February 25. Chair: Patricia Olynyk, Chair, LEAF; Leonardo  
Education and Art Forum Business Meeting, Thursday, February 23; and  
a LEAF Education Roundtable: Education at the Intersections of Art,  
Science, and Technology, Thursday, February 23. Workshop Leader:  
Eddie Shanken. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LOW-COST ARTICLE ACCESS TO LEONARDO AND LMJ
The MIT Press journals division is now able to offer low-cost article  
access through third-party service Deep Dyve. Users can now rent  
articles published in Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal and other MIT  
Press journals for a limited, one-time use or extended use with  
special membership. This service is in addition to the other article  
access options currently provided by the MIT Press. Find out more

MEMBERS

ART INSIDE CHAOS: A SPECIAL ARTICLE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA  
EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS GROUP
Leonardo Affiliate University of Calabria Evolutionary Systems Group  
(ESG) shares information on the work of their program in the special  
article "Art Inside Chaos." In this paper ESG, an innovative  
Edutainment (education plus entertainment) laboratory on chaos for  
high school students is presented, promoting the awareness that art  
and contemporary science have a common matrix. In particular, the  
group foresees the physical construction of Chua’s circuit, its  
simulation on a computer, as well as the production of three- 
dimensional attractors and music. The software that allows the  
visualization of chaotic phenomena and their use as artistic product  
is "Chaos Explorer." Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
The Department of Media Study at the University of Buffalo is  
renowned for its pioneering contributions to film, video and sound  
art practices and theory. Today, the department adds to these  
existing strengths conceptual and computational media to offer  
diversity very few art departments can match. Candidates accepted in  
the program work together with artists, thinkers and theorists whose  
work and research deliver formative contributions to current practice  
and discourse in media arts. Media Study maintains vibrant exchanges  
with many departments across UB, the flagship institution in the  
State University of New York, including Anthropology, Architecture,  
Visual Studies, Geography, Comparative Literature, Music and Theatre 
+Dance. International ties with world-class institutions such as the  
Bauhaus Universität Weimar offer students opportunities for research  
abroad. Find out more

UCLA SCI | ART NANOLAB: IMAGINE THE "IMPOSSIBLE"
The UCLA Sci | Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for  
high school students interested in collaborating with diverse and  
notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the  
arts and sciences. This program is open to high school students who  
are graduating seniors or will be juniors or seniors in the fall.  
Throughout the 2-week intensive program, students will make  
connections between cutting-edge scientific research, popular culture  
and contemporary arts. Find out more

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