[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | September 1, 2009
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NEWS
LEONARDO GOVERNING BOARD ELECTS NEW MEMBER:
MELINDA KLAYMAN
The Leonardo Governing Board elected Melinda Klayman to the board at
its August 2009 meeting. Melinda is Program Manager for Sony U(x)
nited, the User Experience team for Sony and Sony Ericsson, where she
combines her background in art and art history with experience in
mobile computing to influence the future of consumer technology. Find
out more
EVENTS
NEXT LASER: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), September 14, 2009 at the University of
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for feature presentations by Rachel
Beth Egenhoefer (USF) on "Knitting Code," Chris McKay (NASA/AMES) on
"This Martian Life," Bonnie DeVarco (artist) on "Imago Mundi -
Visioning Earth from MappaeMundi to Cyberspace," and Zann Gill on
"What Daedalus told Darwin." Find out more
COMMUNITY
THE ARTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DARWINIAN THEORY TODAY
In the context of Darwinian Year (2009), this three-day colloquium
organized by the Musique Informatique de Marseille in collaboration
with IMERA, Leonardo/OLATS, Zinc and Aphabetville will re-examine
cultural activity and the arts in the context of the Theory of
Evolution as it is understood today. The symposium will be held in
Marseille, France, October 22-24 2009. Find out more
(UN)INHABITABLE?: THE ART OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Leonardo/Olats in collaboration with the @rt Outsiders Festival is
pleased to host a discussion on "Habitability and Exteme
Environments." The discussion will take place on the YASMIN
discussion list from September 25 to October 15, 2009. Find out more
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the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) offers access to cutting
edge researchers and their laboratories and a dedicated gallery for
exhibitions. Here too the center hosts the Sci|Art NanoLab Summer
Institute for high school students by introducing them to the vast
possibilities in the quantum field of artscience for the present/
future generations. In cooperation with CNSI, the UCLA School of the
Arts and the Department of Design | Media Arts, the Art | Sci Center
supports visiting research scholars, and artists in residency from
around the world. The center hosts lectures, mixers, and symposia to
bring artists and scientists together in order to mesh these cultures
and inspire individuals to think about art and science as already
interrelated and relevant to our society. Leonardo/ISAST welcomes The
Art | Sci Center as a returning Affiliate Member. Find out more.
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