[Leonardo/ISAST Network] LEAF @ CAA 2012, February LASER, Low Cost Article Access, Special Article: "Art Inside Chaos" and More
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January 15, 2012
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EVENTS
UPCOMING LASER: 1 FEBRUARY 2012, PALO ALTO, CA (STANFORD)
Stretch your imagination into places far and near at the next
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 1 February 2012, at
Stanford University. Feature presentations include "First Light" by
artists Daniel Small and Luca Antonucci, "City of the Future" by
architect Anne Fougeron, "Collaborative Intelligence" by former NASA
scientist Zann Gill and "Mycotecture" by artist Phil Ross. Find out more
LEONARDO EDUCATION AND ART FORUM AT COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE, LOS ANGELES, CA
Join the Leonardo Education and Art Forum at the 100th College Art
Association conference in Los Angeles, CA, 22-25 February 2012.
Panels include Is It Time to Question the "Privileging" of Visual
Art?, Friday, February 24. Chairs: Greta Berman, The Juilliard
School; Ellen K. Levy, independent artist, New York; Headlines!
Environmental News, Artist Presenters, Audience Respondents,
Wednesday, February 22. Chair: Linda Weintraub, Artnow Publications;
Sustainable Futures: New Cultural Movements in Art + Ecology,
Saturday, February 25. Chair: Patricia Olynyk, Chair, LEAF; Leonardo
Education and Art Forum Business Meeting, Thursday, February 23; and
a LEAF Education Roundtable: Education at the Intersections of Art,
Science, and Technology, Thursday, February 23. Workshop Leader:
Eddie Shanken. Find out more
PUBLICATIONS
LOW-COST ARTICLE ACCESS TO LEONARDO AND LMJ
The MIT Press journals division is now able to offer low-cost article
access through third-party service Deep Dyve. Users can now rent
articles published in Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal and other MIT
Press journals for a limited, one-time use or extended use with
special membership. This service is in addition to the other article
access options currently provided by the MIT Press. Find out more
MEMBERS
ART INSIDE CHAOS: A SPECIAL ARTICLE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA
EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS GROUP
Leonardo Affiliate University of Calabria Evolutionary Systems Group
(ESG) shares information on the work of their program in the special
article "Art Inside Chaos." In this paper ESG, an innovative
Edutainment (education plus entertainment) laboratory on chaos for
high school students is presented, promoting the awareness that art
and contemporary science have a common matrix. In particular, the
group foresees the physical construction of Chua’s circuit, its
simulation on a computer, as well as the production of three-
dimensional attractors and music. The software that allows the
visualization of chaotic phenomena and their use as artistic product
is "Chaos Explorer." Find out more
OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
The Department of Media Study at the University of Buffalo is
renowned for its pioneering contributions to film, video and sound
art practices and theory. Today, the department adds to these
existing strengths conceptual and computational media to offer
diversity very few art departments can match. Candidates accepted in
the program work together with artists, thinkers and theorists whose
work and research deliver formative contributions to current practice
and discourse in media arts. Media Study maintains vibrant exchanges
with many departments across UB, the flagship institution in the
State University of New York, including Anthropology, Architecture,
Visual Studies, Geography, Comparative Literature, Music and Theatre
+Dance. International ties with world-class institutions such as the
Bauhaus Universität Weimar offer students opportunities for research
abroad. Find out more
UCLA SCI | ART NANOLAB: IMAGINE THE "IMPOSSIBLE"
The UCLA Sci | Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for
high school students interested in collaborating with diverse and
notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the
arts and sciences. This program is open to high school students who
are graduating seniors or will be juniors or seniors in the fall.
Throughout the 2-week intensive program, students will make
connections between cutting-edge scientific research, popular culture
and contemporary arts. Find out more
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