[Leonardo/ISAST Network] March DASER, Leonardo 45:2 Now Available, LEA Call for Papers, LABS Call for Submissions

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March 15, 2012

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EVENTS

UPCOMING DASER: 22 MARCH 2012, WASHINGTON DC
Join us for the next DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous DASER), 22  
March 2012, at Keck Center, Washington DC. This month, the discussion  
focuses on the intersection of visual culture and evolution. Feature  
presentations by professor Gerald Borgia, associate professor  
Nathaniel Comfort, artist/educator Ellen Levy, and professor David  
Rothenberg. Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

NOW AVAILABLE: LEONARDO, VOLUME 45, ISSUE 2
Inside Leonardo 45:2: Prepared for emergences: Mutant frogs, sound  
swarms and music critics were some of the ways Tom Davis coaxed self- 
organizing art out of complexity science. Information artist v. media  
meltdown: In the heat and hubbub of Japan's nuclear crisis, Rama  
Hoetzlein designed an on-line data artwork to cut through a spreading  
cloud of info-pollution. Changing the mental climate: A storm surge  
of art-science-community action is giving shapes and sounds to our  
brave new climate dystopia and what we can do to change it. The  
multiple choice: How do our brains handle challenging images?  
Microscopist Amanda Wilson surveys artists, scientists and a third  
kind. Find out more

LEA CALL FOR PAPERS: ASTRONOMY, LUNACIES AND ENDS OF THE WORLD
Are the contemporary lunacies and conspiracy theories on the end of  
the world in 2012 just another cultural fad similar to the end of the  
world in the year 2000 or in the year 1000? Is the world really  
destined to end or does the Mayan calendar’s prediction represent  
another excuse to develop myths and illusions? Proposals are invited  
from artists and scientists that work on issues related to astronomy,  
mythologies, social behaviors, conspiracy theories inspired by  
astronomy as well as eschatological interpretations of historical and  
contemporary times. Interdisciplinary proposals that merge  
astronomical science and psychology, popular culture, sociology, mass  
media or philosophical analyses are particularly welcome. We welcome  
exploration of deep ecology and global management of the earth as a  
system as ways of avoiding catastrophic futures. Deadline for  
proposals: 1 June 2012 Find out more

LEONARDO ABSTRACTS SERVICE UPCOMING DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2012
As we near the end of the academic year, we want to bring the  
Leonardo Abstract Service (LABS) to the attention of students and  
educators. Students who will be getting an M.A., M.F.A. or Ph.D. in a  
subject related to the intersection of art, science and technology  
are encouraged to submit an abstract of their thesis to the LABS  
database. The LABS database, which has been in existence for over 10  
years, functions as a way for international artists and scholars to  
learn about the work of the next generation. The database is peer- 
reviewed, and the top-ranking authors are invited to publish their  
abstracts in Leonardo and Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA).  
Educators: Please bring the LABS database to the attention of your  
students! Find out more Find out more

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MEMBERSHIP
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producing digital artists of the highest caliber. This is  
accomplished through a progressive curriculum; a faculty comprised of  
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facilities and our location in New York. Following a broad  
curriculum, including studio work, art history and programming, each  
student’s education is individually tailored from over forty course  
offerings per semester. While multidisciplinary in nature, areas of  
specialization include animation, motion graphics, video art,  
interactive media, installation/digital fine art and performance.  
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