[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | February 15, 2009
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February 15, 2009
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Events
Next LASER: March 9, 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. Join us for the next
LASER at the Downtown campus of San Francisco State University in San
Francisco, CA, with feature presentations by Wayne Vitale, Richard
Rinehart, Irene Chien and Ruzena Bajcsy. FIND OUT MORE
Community
LABS Introduces French-language database
Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS), consisting of the English-
language, Spanish-language, Chinese-language and French-language
databases, is a comprehensive collection of Ph.D., Masters and MFA
thesis abstracts on topics in the intersection between art, science
and technology. Individuals receiving advanced degrees in the arts
(visual, sound, performance, text), computer sciences, the sciences
and/or technology that in some way investigate philosophical,
historical or critical applications of science or technology to the
arts are invited to submit abstracts of their theses for
consideration. The French language database, under the direction of
Annick Bureaud, was introduced in January 2009. All those with
completed theses in French are invited to submit abstracts of their
PhD theses or access LABS for publication consideration in the
database. FIND OUT MORE
Call for Proposals: The Arts in the Context of Today's Darwinian
Theory of Evolution
Colloquium organized by MIM and in partnership with LEONARDO/Olats,
Alphabetville and ZINC-ECM, Marseille, France, Oct 22-24 2009. Since
its publication, Darwin's "The Origin of Species" has been widely
debated in its cultural context. In this colloquium we wish to re-
examine cultural activity and the arts in the context of the Theory
of Evolution as it is understood today. We solicit proposed papers
from scientists, artists and composers, scholars in the humanities
and social sciences. FIND OUT MORE
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center for the development and study of digital media and the
cultures they help create. This intensive two-year MFA program brings
together faculty and students from across the academic spectrum to
study and create interdisciplinary artistic and scholarly research.
Students take core and elective courses in the practice and theory of
digital media arts, and participate in collaborative research in one
of four areas: Mechatronics, Participatory Culture, Performative
Technologies, or Playable Media. The DANM journey culminates in the
development of an individual or collaborative thesis project,
premiered in our annual MFA exhibition. The MFA in Digital Arts and
New Media qualifies graduates for a variety of art-related careers
including university-level teaching and research. Leonardo/ISAST
welcome UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media Program as a new
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UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab Co-present the Sound + Science Symposium
The UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab (a Leonardo Affiliate Member) and the
University of California Digital Arts Research Network (UCDARnet)
proudly announces the Sound + Science Symposium, a two-day event
bringing together leading figures from a variety of disciplines to
discuss scientific research and technological breakthroughs concerned
with sound and their applications and implications in relation to
questions of culture, politics, history, environment, art and music.
The Sound + Science Symposium will take place Thursday, March 5 and
Friday, March 6, at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
Auditorium and will include presentations, film screenings,
discussions, and social gatherings. All events are free to the
public. FIND OUT MORE
Opportunities
Call for Submissions: ACM CREATIVITY & COGNITION 2009
Everyday Creativity: Shared Languages and Collective Action. October
27-30, 2009, Berkeley Art Museum, CA, USA. We invite submissions for:
Full Papers, Art Exhibition, Live Performances, Demonstrations,
Posters, Workshops, Tutorials, and Graduate Symposium. Keynotes:
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Professor of Psychology & Management, USA;
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director, Allosphere Research Laboratory, USA;
Jane Prophet, Professor of Interdisciplinary Computing, UK. All
submissions will be peer reviewed. Printed proceedings, published by
ACM Press, will be available at the conference and will be included
in the ACM digital library. Submission deadline: April 24, 2009. FIND
OUT MORE
Fulbright Scholar Program
March 1st is the opening of the Traditional Fulbright Scholar
competition. Over 800 grants are available for lecturing, conducting
research, or combining both in over 130 countries around the globe.
The deadline is August 1, 2009. If you are interested in requesting
materials, please write to scholars at cies.iie.org. For more
information, descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements
consult their website. FIND OUT MORE
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