[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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3 January 2013

The Leonardo Network Newsletter is a bi-weekly publication of  
Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and  
Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), bringing news and opportunities to the  
attention of readers interested in the creative spaces where art,  
science and technology connect.

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NEWS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Best wishes for 2013 from all of us at LEONARDO! We look forward to  
sharing news about exciting, provocative art/science/technology  
projects! Contact us if you are interested in submitting a paper,  
book project, collaboration idea - or just to let us know what you're  
up to: isast at leonardo.info And while you're at it, "like" us on  
Facebook and follow us on Twitter - see links on sidebar.
PUBLICATIONS

SIGGRAPH 2013 ART PAPERS
SIGGRAPH Art Papers illuminate and explore the changing roles of  
artists and the methods of art-making in our increasingly networked  
and computationally mediated world. Submission categories for  
SIGGRAPH 2013: (1) Project Description: A description of creative  
work, with particular emphasis on its significance and historical and/ 
or theoretical context. (2) Theory/Criticism: Exposition of a  
significant issue for contemporary art and design practice. (3)  
Methods: Novel techniques for creative practice. (4) History: In  
celebration of the SIGGRAPH conference's 40th year, submissions are  
sought that engage with the early history of electronic and  
interactive art. Papers can also explore the theme of the SIGGRAPH  
2013 juried Art Gallery, “XYZN: Scale,” or any other topic consistent  
with SIGGRAPH's hybrid culture. Accepted Art Papers will be published  
in a special issue of Leonardo, Vol. 46, No. 4, published in  
conjunction with the SIGGRAPH 2013 conference. Submissions deadline:  
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 22:00 UTC/GMT. Find out more

SIGGRAPH 2013 ART GALLERY: XYZN: SCALE
The 2013 SIGGRAPH Art Gallery theme, “XYZN: Scale,” draws attention  
to a key critical affordance of computer-based authorship: the  
ability to iteratively scale our digital representations at will: in- 
out-up-down, back and forth, + and -. These core functions enable us  
to change size and location over time, and at different degrees of  
resolution.The Art Gallery seeks projects that engage the artful  
transformation of these scaling techniques to explore an idea, tell a  
story, or create an experience in a novel and engaging way. All forms  
of electronic and digitally mediated art completed in the last two  
years will be considered. Artists may submit up to three projects. A  
special issue of Leonardo journal (Vol. 46, No. 4), published in  
conjunction with the SIGGRAPH 2013 conference, will include visual  
documentation of the works exhibited in the Art Gallery. Submissions  
deadline: 22 January 2013, 22:00 UTC/GMT. Find out more.

EVENTS

LEAF @ CAA 2013
The Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) will be well represented  
at the upcoming College Art Association conference, 13-16 February  
2013, in New York City. Join the LEAF community for panels and the  
annual LEAF business meeting. Watch this space for details! Find out  
more

ATTENTION LEAF MEMBERS
Leonardo Art and Education Forum (LEAF) hopes to have a presence at  
the SIGGRAPH conference in Anaheim, California, 21-25 July 2013. Are  
you planning to attend SIGGRAPH? Are you interested in representing  
Leonardo’s agenda? If so, please contact the incoming Chair of LEAF,  
Adrienne Klein, at aklein at gc.cuny.edu to discuss the possibilities.

NEXT SF LASER: 14 JANUARY 2013, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER),  
14 January 2013, at University of San Francisco. Feature  
presentations include "The Dream Vortex And Collaborative Process" by  
artist and educator Meredith Tromble, "The Philosophical Baby" by  
psychology/philosophy author and educator Alison Gopnik, and "A  
Biography of the Pixel" by Pixar and Lucasfilm veteran Alvy Ray  
Smith. Find out more

NEW YORK LASER ON HOLD
The upcoming New York LASER scheduled to take place Sunday, 27  
January 27, 4-7 p.m. has been postponed due to fire damage incurred  
from the neighboring space! Please watch this space for the  
announcement of the replacement LASER date. LEAF Chairs Patricia  
Olynyk and Ellen K. Levy apologize for any inconvenience caused by  
this unavoidable delay and wish all LEAF enthusiasts a healthy,  
joyous New Year.
OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: MEDIA ART HISTORIES 2013: RENEW
The 5th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art,  
Science and Technology, Renew, will be hosted by RIXC and held in  
Riga, Latvia, 8-11 October 2013, coinciding with the international  
festival for new media culture Art+Communication. The conference will  
host three days of keynotes, panels and poster sessions on the  
histories of networked digital, electronic and technological media  
arts. The conference will discuss sustainable approaches towards the  
issues of producing, preserving and representing media artworks --  
how to "renew" them through both tools and histories. Deadline for  
Abstracts: 25 January 2013; Acceptances announced 25 March 2013. Find  
out more.
CALL FOR POSTERS: ARTSIT 2013
The ArtsIT 2013 conference will be held in Milan, Italy, March 2013.  
The ArtsIT 2013 poster session aims at presenting innovative and  
cutting-edge projects at the boundary between Arts and Information  
Technology performed by Ph.D. and master students. Students working  
at art and technology related projects will have the possibility to  
present their findings to peers and discuss their topics with a panel  
of experts. Submission deadline: 15 January 2013. Find out more

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