[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | February 1, 2011

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February 1, 2011

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NEWS

BOARD MEMBERS RE-ELECTED
At the January 2011 governing board meeting, Greg Harper, Jeffrey  
Babcock, Roger Malina, Tami Spector and Meredith Tromble were all re- 
elected to serve for another term. Greg Harper was re-elected  
president, Gordon Knox was elected secretary and Jeffrey Babcock was  
elected treasurer. Find out more

EVENTS

LEONARDO EDUCATION AND ART FORUM
AT THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Members of the Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) will  
participate in the 99th annual College Art Association conference in  
New York City, 9-12 February 2011. Panel sessions include "Into  
Focus: Art/Science in the University Classroom," "New Media, Art- 
Science, and Mainstream Contemporary Art: Toward a Hybrid  
Discourse?," "Designing a New Joint Studio, Art History and Theory  
Program: A Gedanken Art/Sci Experiment" and a Leonardo business  
meeting. Find out more

NEXT LASER: FEBUARY 9, 2011, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 9 February 2011, at the SETI Institute,  
Mountain View. Feature presentations include Anne Fougeron, "City of  
the Future," Bill Smart, "Human-Robot Interaction and the Performing  
Arts," Miu-Ling Lam, "Streaming Nature," and Pamela Z, "Baggage  
Allowance." Find out more

UPCOMING DASER: 16 FEBRUARY 2011
Attention Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area readers! Join us for the  
very first D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), 16 February  
2011, at the Keck Center, National Academy of Science, Washington,  
D.C., with presentations by Lee Boot, Carol Christian, Gunalan  
Nadarajan and Thomas Skalak. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LEONARDO 44:1 NOW AVAILABLE!
Inside Leonardo 44:1: Sculpture and the intangible: Julian Voss- 
Andreae's works evoke the elusive nature of quantum reality, trying  
to show us how weird the everyday world really is. Special affects:  
Brigitta Zics's Mind Cupola makes art out of each user's unique  
cognitive feedback. Moldy, but still good: Patrícia Noronha makes art  
with pigments from unicellular yeast fungi. The yeast might die but  
the art survives nicely. Representing death: How can art deal  
ethically with the scars of social violence? Ana Peraica's project  
draws some defining lines around the inexpressible. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

HYBRIDKULTUR BY YVONNE SPIELMANN NOW AVAILABLE
Yvonne Spielmann in her new monograph discusses hybrid cultures as  
phenomena of the present. They emerge from connections between  
influences and elements of different media and from various cultural  
contexts and discursive fields. The plurality of media and cultures  
under the signs of the digital and the global are prominently  
discussed as "hybrid" with regard to cyberspace and multipe  
identities. Find out more

INVISIBLE HEADS: SURREALISTS IN NORTH AMERICA--AN UNTOLD STORY
Invisible Heads: Surrealists in North America--an Untold Story,  
edited by Thom Burns and Allan Graubard, will be published in two  
volumes first quarter 2011 (Anon Edition) and available in print and  
e-book form via Internet book sites. Surrealism in North America has  
a fractured history, with several arcs of continuity. Here is the  
story of one collective that evolves in five cities through various  
groups over four decades. Essential to understanding the fate of  
surrealism in North America. Find out more

THE IMMORTALISATION OF BILLY APPLE
The Immortalisation of Billy Apple is a collaborative project by  
Billy Apple and Craig Hilton, where the artist works in the service  
of science and science serves the artist to enhance and protect the  
artist's brand by immortalising his biological tissue for perpetuity.  
The transaction ensures that the brand (and the artist) can last  
forever, unconstrained by death and that Billy Apple cells are  
available for scientific and art practice. Find out more

DESIGNING INTERFACES IN PUBLIC SETTINGS
NOW AVAILABLE FROM SPRINGER
Interaction with computers is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous and  
public affair. With more and more interactive digital systems being  
deployed in places such as museums, city streets and performance  
venues, understanding how to design for them becomes ever more  
pertinent. A signature issue of these settings is the role of  
bystanders and spectators in interaction. "Designing interfaces in  
public settings" presents a design framework for such public  
technology-mediated interactions, developing conceptual  
understandings and practical strategies for interaction design  
practitioners, artists working with technology, and computer  
scientists. Find out more

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