[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | February 1, 2009

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February 1, 2009

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News

In memoriam: Bulat Galeyev
We are very saddened to report the passing of Bulat Galeyev who died  
January 5, 2009. Galeyev was a member of the Leonardo Editorial Board  
since 1987. He was also head of SKB Prometheus Scientific and  
Research Institute for Experimental Aesthetics (affiliated with the  
Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan and Kazan State Technical  
University, Kazan, Russia) for 15 years. He was well known for his  
work in synesthesia. FIND OUT MORE

Events

Next LASER: February 11, 2009
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a series of  
lectures and presentations on art, science and technology organized  
by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST. This year LASER  
expands to a monthly series, with programs in downtown San Francisco  
and now in Mountain View, CA. Join us for the next LASER at the SETI  
Institute in Mountain View, CA, with feature presentations by Amy  
Ione, Frank Pietronigro, Daniel Grupp and Robert Rich. FIND OUT MORE

Join Leonardo Education Forum at CAA
The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) will participate in the upcoming  
College Art Association Conference, February 25-28, 2009, in Los  
Angeles, CA. LEF-sponsored events include a business meeting, the  
special session "Shifting Paradigms in Media Art, Science and  
Technology Education in a Global Context" and a special visit to the  
UCLA Art|Sci Center. FIND OUT MORE

Publications

Coming Soon: White Heat, Cold Logic
(MIT Press/Leonardo Books)
White Heat, Cold Logic tells the story of early British digital and  
computer artists—and fills in a missing chapter in contemporary art  
history. Contributors, including Roy Ascott, Paul Brown, Charlie  
Gere, Beryl Graham and others, describe the influence of cybernetics,  
with its emphasis on process and interactivity; the connections to  
the constructivist movement; and the importance of work done in such  
different venues as commercial animation, fine art schools and  
polytechnics. FIND OUT MORE

Members

ZKM | Center for Art and Media Joins Leonardo Affiliate Membership  
Program

Under the direction of Prof. Peter Weibel since 1999, ZKM | Center  
for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany) probes new media in theory and  
practice, tests their potential with in-house developments, presents  
possible uses in exemplary form and promotes debate on the form our  
information society is taking. Working closely with the State Academy  
for Design in Karlsruhe, Germany, and other institutes, the ZKM |  
Center for Art and Media provides a forum for science, art, politics  
and finance. ZKM | Karlsruhe consists of the ZKM | Museum of  
Contemporary Art, the ZKM | Media Museum, the ZKM | Institute for  
Visual Media, the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics, the ZKM |  
Institute for Media, Education and Economics and the ZKM | Laboratory  
for Antique Video Systems. Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to welcome ZKM |  
Center for Art and Media as a new member in the Leonardo Affiliate  
Membership Program. FIND OUT MORE

Opportunities

Call for Submissions: Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music  
and Science
The Bridges conference, scheduled to take place July 26-29, 2009 at  
The Banff Centre, will feature presentations of full and short  
papers, invited talks, an art exhibition and hands-on workshops.  
Papers will be published in a refereed proceedings. FIND OUT MORE

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