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NEWS
STEPHEN SCHNEIDER, 1945--2010
The board and staff at Leonardo/ISAST were deeply saddened to learn
of the unexpected death of Dr. Stephen Schneider, Stanford professor
and noted climate change scientist, while en route to the U.K. from a
scientific conference. Throughout his 40-year career, Schneider was
outspoken about the need for an aggressive response to climate change
and his belief that scientists’ involvement in advocacy was necessary
and important to engage the public and improve their understanding of
science and the environment. Find out more
GLOBAL WARNING SYMPOSIUM 2010
ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
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.
"Vanishing Landscapes: The Atlantic Salt Marsh" by Joseph Emmanuel
Ingoldsby
ABSTRACT: The author, trained in art and landscape architecture,
utilizes observation of nature and culture as a central focus in his
art. The work involves research, scientific collaboration and
examination, documentation, analysis and synthesis using art, science
and technology for environmental advocacy. The focus for these works
has been on the coastal landscape of New England, the imprint of
humans on land and sea, and the impact of climate change on the
marine landscape and fisheries of New England. [This paper was
originally published in Leonardo Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, and is
currently available to Leonardo and LMJ subscribers through the MIT
Press web site.]
"The Ecological Imperative: Elements of Nature in Late Twentieth
Century Art" by Aleksandra Manczak
ABSTRACT: The author draws attention to visual artworks of the 1980s
and 1990s in which the artists, drawing upon diverse trends,
disciplines and artistic generations, applied materials directly from
the surrounding environment in pieces called eco-installations. The
text attempts to explain certain creative postures and artistic
decisions in the context of our advanced civilization---its
achievements and threats alike. The eco-installations---subtle,
subdued, gentle, fragile, fleeting, whose finite existence (like that
of living organisms doomed to pass away) reflects the artists' own
decisions---are in urgent need of identification, analysis and
documentation. Among artists recognized in international circles, the
author situates two Polish artists perhaps less well known than their
colleagues. [This paper was originally published in Leonardo Vol. 35,
Number 2, 2002, 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
AUGUST LASER
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), August 11, 2010, at the SETI Institute,
Mountain View, CA. Feature presentations include Renetta Sitoy, "The
Internet as Media"; Shona Kitchen, "Hyper-functional Landscapes and
Art", Leila Takayama, "Throwing Voices" and Fred Kuttner, "Can
Quantum Mechanics Save Science from Newton's Sleep?". Find out more
COMMUNITY
THE HYBRID CITY AS INTERFACE
A YASMIN DISCUSSION JULY/SEPTEMBER 2010
In the beginning of the 21st century, urban environments, within
which social life evolves, are being radically reordered by
technological systems and networks. Join the YASMIN discussion list
to discuss the relations between the virtual and physical experience
of the city, as well as the new social dynamics of this hybrid urban
context for everyday life. Find out more
PUBLICATIONS
LMJ 21 CALL FOR PAPERS
BEYOND NOTATION: COMMUNICATING MUSIC
Peer-to-peer file exchange, the iTunes store, MySpace, Pandora – by
2010 it's obvious that the Internet has radically transformed the
economy and culture of selling, distributing, owning and hearing
recorded music. Less discussed is the Web's impact on that part of
music that used to be called "the score" – instructions, suggestions
and materials for performing, rather than consuming, music. For
Volume 21 of Leonardo Music Journal we solicit papers that address
the impact of technological change on how we distribute instructions
and materials for musical performance. Find out more
OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
ASCI CALL FOR ENTRIES:
DIGITAL'2010: PLANET EARTH
12th International Juried, Digital Print Exhibition, Digital'2010:
Planet Earth, organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)
to be held at the New York Hall of Science; October 3, 2010 - January
31, 2011; Entry Deadline: August 16, 2010. Find out more
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