[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | June 1, 2010

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GLOBAL WARNING SYMPOSIUM 2010
ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

GLOBAL WARNING PARTICIPANTS
The GLOBAL WARNING--Artists, Scientists and Environmental Activism  
Symposium, organized by ZER01: The Art and Technology Network, the  
City of San Jose Public Art Program, the SJSU CADRE Laboratory for  
New Media and LEONARDO/ISAST, with additional support from the  
Montalvo Arts Center, will be held September 16–17, 2010, in San  
Jose, CA, in conjunction with the 3rd 01SJ Biennial taking place  
September 16–19. Confirmed for Day 1 of the symposium are a keynote  
talk by Nobel laureate Dr. Stephen Schneider, an overview of  
environmental activist artists by Gail Wight, and a lively artist- 
scientist dialogue featuring Dr. Karen Holl, Marisa Jahn, Andrea  
Polli and Meredith Tromble. Day 2 of the symposium will highlight the  
work of the three finalist Climate Clock Initiative artist teams.  
Find out more

ART, SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
FROM THE LEONARDO AND LMJ ARCHIVES
Leading up to the Global Warning Symposium, we will be publishing  
abstracts from papers that have been published in Leonardo and LMJ  
over the years on art, science and the environment. Many of these  
papers are available for free to current Leonardo and LMJ  
subscribers. Papers published before 2005 are available through the  
JSTOR digital archive.

"Between Reason and Sensation: Antipodean Artists and Climate  
Change," by Janine Randerson
ABSTRACT: The author, drawing on her experience as a New Zealand  
artist who has collaborated with meterologists, suggests that artists  
may enter climate change discourse by translating (or mis- 
translating) scientific method into sensory affect. She examines  
three recent art projects from Australasia that draw on natural  
phenomena: her own Anemocinegraph (2006-2007), Nola Farman's working  
prototype The Ice Tower (1998), and Out-of-Sync's ongoing on-line  
project, Talking about the Weather. The author cites Herbert  
Marcuse's 1972 essay "Nature and Revolution," which argues that  
sensation is the process that binds us materially and socially to the  
world. [This paper was originally published in Leonardo Vol. 40, No.  
5, 2007, and is currently available to Leonardo and LMJ subscribers  
through the MIT Press web site.]

"Gathered from Coincidence: Reflections on Art in a Time of Global  
Warming," by George Gessert
ABSTRACT: How will global warming affect art? The author proposes  
that the effects will be continuous with other human-caused threats  
to civilization such as nuclear weapons. Such threats have already  
contributed to devaluation of the human figure. In many different  
times and places, the primary focus of art, with the notable  
exception of Western art, has been on nonhuman imagery. Global  
warming will give this new significance. Questions of permanence and  
impermanence in art are also likely to become more relevant. [This  
paper was originally published in Leonardo Vol. 40, No. 3, 2007, and  
is currently available to Leonardo and LMJ subscribers through the  
MIT Press web site.]

Find out more about how to access these articles

OTHER EVENTS

NEXT LASER: JUNE 9, 2010
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), June 9, 2010, at the SETI Institute,  
Mountain View, CA. Feature presentations include Robert Lang, "From  
Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes"; Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton  
Harrison, "How Can Art Help Create a Sustainable World?; Victoria  
Scott and Scott Kildall, "Imaginary Gifts"; and Tom McKeag, "How  
Would Nature Do That?" Find out more

20XX.EDU: GRAND CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION
This panel, scheduled to take place at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles,  
CA, brings together a diverse group of outstanding researchers and  
artists, academy and industry professionals, educators, and  
government officials to discuss the future of education in its  
broadest sense, encompassing both formal and informal learning. The  
panel is being organized by the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee and  
Leonardo/ISAST. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
INTO FOCUS: ART/SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM
In conjunction with the College Art Association 99th Annual  
Conference, to be held February 9-12, 2011 in New York City, Science  
& the Arts at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York  
will host a panel titled "Into Focus: Art/Science in the University  
Classroom." If you have developed or participated in instruction  
bringing together art and science, we would like to give you the  
opportunity to share your experiences. The panel is a satellite event  
of the Leonardo Education and Art Forum. Find out more

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