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EVENTS
LEONARDO @ SIGGRAPH 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Join members of the Leonardo community at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New
Orleans, LA, for the Leonardo/SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Reception and Special
Issue Release Reception (Tuesday, August 4, 2009) and the Leonardo
Town Hall / Birds of a Feather Session (Thursday, August 6, 2009).
Find out more
NEXT LASER: AUGUST 12, 2009, SETI INSTITUTE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), August 12, 2009 at the SETI Institute in
Mountain View, CA for feature presentations by David Stork (Ricoh
Innovations) "When Computers Look at Art: Rigorous Image Analysis in
Humanistic Studies of the Visual Arts"; Darlene Lim (NASA) "Learning
by Doing: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Scientific Training of Moon and
Mars Bound Astronauts"; Irene Chien (Berkeley Center for Innovation)
"Embodied Gaming from Dance Dance Revolution and Wii to Biofeedback
Gaming"; and Laura Granka (Stanford University and Google) "Applying
Ethnography to Search". Find out more
COMMUNITY
LEONARDO EDUCATION FORUM AT ISEA 2009
BELFAST, IRELAND
Join Andrea Polli, Nina Czegledy, Daniella Reimann and members of the
Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) at the 15th International Symposium on
Electronic Art (ISEA), August 29, 2009 in Belfast, Ireland. Topics
for discussions will include "The Role of Research in Media Art &
Science & Technology," "The Role of Curricula: Mapping the Terrain"
and "The Role of Institutions: Institutional / Organizational." Find
out more
PUBLICATIONS
NOW AVAILABLE: LEONARDO 42:4, SPECIAL SIGGRAPH ISSUE
This special issue of Leonardo, produced in collaboration with the
world-renowned, annual SIGGRAPH Conference, presents the peer-
reviewed SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Papers and documents the projects on
exhibit in the BioLogic gallery at the SIGGRAPH 2009 Conference in
New Orleans, LA, August 3-7, 2009. Find out more
MEMBERS
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL ART PROGRAM JOINS LEONARDO
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
The Master Program in Technology and Digital Art is organized by the
University of Minho, one of the recognized top universities in
Portugal, with the participation of faculty from the schools of
Architecture, Communication Sciences, Engineering, Psychology and
Education. It approaches technology as a tool for artistic
expression, exploring new concepts for interactive experiences. This
master program bridges engineering, design and artistic processes
from conceptualization through prototyping to the implementation
stage. It is oriented towards individuals with an artistic or
technological background aiming at acquiring a different point of
view on their creative process. It provides hands-on experience
through the development of projects during the semester, working
closely with the teaching staff. Seminars, exhibitions, and other
opportunities are organized for the students to exhibit their work.
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OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
PROJECT "MATH GOES ART" BY HERBERT W. FRANKE
Computer artist and physicist Prof. Dr. Herbert W. Franke, senior
fellow of the ZIB in Berlin, launched a research project called "math
goes art." The Konrad-Zuse-Institut für Informationstechnik Berlin
(ZIB) is a German research institute working in the field of
information technology. In this project, a virtual three dimensional
world will be set up on the Internet for presentations and
experiments in the field of mathematics and art. The platform used
for this project is "active worlds." The so called "Z-Galaxy" will be
opened to the public at the end of 2009. Find out more
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