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To the attention of Art/Science/Technology students in <st1:place
w:st="on">Northern California</st1:place>
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Announcing the first Leonardo Art/Science Student Contest
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Leonardo/the International Society for the Arts, Sciences
and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.leonardo.info">www.leonardo.info</a>) is organizing a new
digital
media conference in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State></st1:place> which will take place
on June
3, 2008 as part of the UC Berkeley Spring New Media Festival. As part
of that
conference, Leonardo would like to invite students to submit projects
that
blend the arts and the sciences.
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The board of Leonardo/ISAST will select ten significant
projects by students. Five of them will be exhibited at the closing
event of
the conference. The other five will receive an honorary mention. All
ten will
be given recognition in the journal <i style="">Leonardo</i>.
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Projects must have been implemented and demonstrable.
Projects that are close in spirit to the three panels of the conference
(see
below) are particularly welcome, but other topics are welcome too, and
there is
no restriction on the audio/visual format of the project. The five
winning
students will be responsible for setting up and (if needed) operating
their
installations. Leonardo/ISAST regrets that it will not be able to
provide for
transportation to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:City>.
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Submissions can be emailed or mailed to Leonardo/ISAST. Each
submission should contain a brief abstract (500 words maximum) in
Winword, PDF
or HTML. A CD/DVD or a hyperlink to a website that contains the audio
and/or
video demonstration is very welcome (all major video/audio formats are
acceptable).
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Deadline for submission is March 31, 2008.
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Winning students will be notified in April.
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Conference panels:
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"Osmosis": What can the arts do for the
sciences?"
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"Brilliant Noise: how data becomes experience for
artists and for scientists"
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"The New Sensuality: Epistemologies of the Very Very
Small"
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Leonardo/ISAST
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Art/Science Student Contest
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<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">211 Sutter Street, suite
501</st1:address></st1:Street>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94108</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>
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Email: <a href="mailto:isast@leonardo.info">isast@leonardo.info</a>
(Please specify in subject line: “Art/Science Student Contest”)
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