[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter: LEAF, LASER, LIFE

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15 January 2013

The Leonardo Network Newsletter is a bi-weekly publication of  
Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and  
Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), bringing news and opportunities to the  
attention of readers interested in the creative spaces where art,  
science and technology connect.

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EVENTS

LEAF @ CAA 2013
Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) events at the upcoming  
College Art Association conference, 13-16 February 2013, in New York  
City: Business meeting: Thursday, 14 February,12:30 -2:00 pm. Come to  
meet others interested in the LEAF art/sci mission. Open to the  
public (conference registration not required). 1.5 hour session: Art  
and Medicine: Reciprocal Influence. Adrienne Klein and Patricia  
Olynyk, moderators.  Thursday, 14 February, 5:30 -7:00 pm. The panel  
will explore the impact of medicine on artistic practice, of creative  
process on medical research, and the very notion of the artist's body  
as subject matter. Open to the public (conference registration not  
required). 2.5 hour session: Re/Search: Art, Science, and Information  
Technology (ASIT): What Would Leonardo da Vinci Have Thought? Joe  
Lewis, moderator. Saturday, 16 February, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm. When  
Leonardo Da Vinci introduced himself to the Duke of Milan he  
convinced the Duke that he could develop weapons to protect his city  
in times of siege. What entrepreneurial activities/businesses/ideas  
have contemporary artists developed to provide revenue streams to  
fund their projects? (Conference or single event registration  
required.)  For more information contact Adrienne Klein  
AKlein at gc.cuny.edu.

NEXT STANFORD LASER: 6 FEBRUARY 2013, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA
Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER),  
6 February 2013, at Stanford University. Feature presentations  
include Carina Earl on "Labyrinth of Infinite Doorways"; Luke  
Muehlhauser (Singularity Institute) on "Superhuman Artificial  
Intelligence: Promise and Peril"; Christine Marie on "Cinematic  
shadows and stereoscopic objects"; Jeremy Mende (Designer) and Bill  
Hsu (San Francisco State University) on "" Confrontational Strategies  
- The Social Mirror"; plus networking and the opportunity to make an  
announcement about your own current project! Find out more

LASERS COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU!
LEONARDO is pleased to announce the inauguration of Leonardo Art  
Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) in Los Angeles, hosted by Victoria  
Vesna at the UCLA Art | Sci Center. Find out more

Watch this space for announcements of additional new LASER venues!

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

SMMMASH AT STANFORD: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 6:30PM
What is a body, where does it come from, what is it for? The answers  
seem obvious until you focus and realize that there is a lot more  
than the superficial biological facts. For example, our bodies are  
also for dancing and for playing sports, activities that require  
incredible skills and practice. We spend an increasing amount of time  
in a disembodied virtual world of emails, websites, social media and  
even e-learning; and science will soon be capable of changing the  
genes of your DNA, of replacing your limbs with better prosthetic  
limbs, of augmenting your organs with microchips, of cloning your  
entire being, and of building robots that can do everything you do:  
what are the implications of a disembodied or "multi-embodied" life?  
Interaction among bodies is fundamental to shape human psychology:  
the brains of babies develop faster and better if they are held and  
cuddled than if they are left alone; and elderly people live longer  
and healthier lives if they have some kind of physical contact with  
others. Can surgery, drugs, etc. replace the power of body contact?  
Visit Stanford's Cubberley Auditorium for a discussion with Dancer  
Antara Bhardwaj (Chitresh Das Dance company); Robot scientist Oussama  
Khatib (Stanford Univ); Contemporary music performer Sarah Cahill;  
Multimedia artist and inventor Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley); Author,  
culural historian and blogger Piero Scaruffi; along with an art  
exhibit. Find out more

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: MEDIA ART HISTORIES 2013: RENEW
The 5th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art,  
Science and Technology, Renew, will be hosted by RIXC and held in  
Riga, Latvia, 8-11 October 2013, coinciding with the international  
festival for new media culture Art+Communication. The conference will  
host three days of keynotes, panels and poster sessions on the  
histories of networked digital, electronic and technological media  
arts. The conference will discuss sustainable approaches towards the  
issues of producing, preserving and representing media artworks --  
how to "renew" them through both tools and histories. Deadline for  
Abstracts: 25 January 2013; Acceptances announced 25 March 2013. Find  
out more.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2013 PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
Entries for 2013 Prix Ars Electronica prize consideration are  
currently being accepted. The competition is being held in seven  
categories, including one for Austrian youngsters. The leading  
barometer of current trends in media art, the Prix Ars Electronica is  
the world’s most highly endowed prize for computer art. Jurors award  
six Golden Nica statuettes, [the next idea] voestalpine Art and  
Technology Grant, 12 Awards of Distinction and a number of Honorary  
Mentions. Entries can be submitted to http://prix.aec.at/.  Deadline:  
8 March 2013. You can nominate interesting works and other people’s  
projects at http://prix.aec.at/nomination.
THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
CURRENTS 2013, the 4th Annual Santa Fe International New Media  
Festival, will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 14-30 June 2013.  
CURRENTS' curators look for the unique ways artists use technology as  
a tool for expression and communication, and ways that scientists,  
programmers and developers are integrating the arts and aesthetics  
into their explorations and projects. 2013 will be the first year  
CURRENTS and the Santa Fe Art Institute will collaborate to offer a 2- 
month residency award at the Art Institute. All artists submitting in  
the installation category are invited to indicate their interest.   
Entry Deadline: 1 February 2013. Festival dates: 14-30 June 2013.  
Find out more

CALL FOR ARTICLES: HYBRIDITY: THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN PERFORMING  
ARTS AND SCIENCE
The International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is  
dedicating an issue to new interdisciplinary connections and  
intersections between performance and science, as a creative and  
practical tool that expands and supports the creative endeavors of  
digital practices in art and performance, and also as a critical  
framework to discuss and apprehend the impact of digital media arts  
on the human experience.  Essays should be between 5,000 and 8,000  
words, and include images as appropriate. The journal seeks essays by  
practitioners, researchers and scholars; co-authored articles are  
also welcome. Submit essays by 1 May 2013. Publication of Special  
Issue (10.2) on 1 September 2014. Essay submission deadline: 1 May  
2013.   Find out more

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM CALL: UNDERSTANDING VISUAL MUSIC 2013
The Electronic Arts Experimentation and Research Centre – CEIArtE  
(Centro de Experimentación e Investigación en Artes Electrónicas) of  
the National University of Tres de Febrero (Universidad Nacional de  
Tres de Febrero) in Argentina is issuing a call for papers and  
artworks about videomusic to be considered for the UVM 2013  
symposium.  The conference theme, "From macro to micro," suggests the  
possibility of exploring multiple universes that we are just  
beginning to discover. The symposium will include a colloquium which  
invites artists-researchers and academics to expose their  
explorations and findings, and concerts -open to the general public-  
with “visual music” works. Symposium: 8-9 August 2013, Buenos Aires –  
Argentina.  Submissions deadline: 12 March 2013, midnight Buenos  
Aires time. Find out More

INTERNATIONAL WÅNANGA-SYMPOSIUM IN TARANAKI FEBRUARY 2013
Registrations are open for the international symposium SCANZ 2013:3rd  
nature. Representatives of local Taranaki groups including iwi will  
meet with representatives of 10 universities and two New Zealand  
Research institutes on 1-3 February 2013. The primary aim is to bring  
together people from Aotearoa and around the world to talk about  
integrating indigenous knowledge into art, science and technology  
projects.  Dr. Te Huirangi Waikerepuru is a keynote speaker, as is  
Leonardo Board Member Nina Czegledy, an international artist- 
scientist who lives in Canada and Hungary.  Find out more
FREE ENTERPRISE: THE ART OF CITIZEN SPACE EXPLORATION
University of California, Riverside (UCR) ARTSblock presents "Free  
Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration" (19 January-18 May  
2013), the first contemporary art exhibition in the U.S. to present  
an international array of artists and organizations who are exploring  
the implications of civilian space travel.  Free Enterprise is  
comprised of 25 artists, collectives, organizations, and initiatives,  
including Lowry Burgess, Richard Clar, Kitsou Dubois, MIR -  
Microgravity Interdisciplinary Research, Frank Pietronigroand Arthur  
Woods. Opening events include Reception and Panel Discussion with  
curators and artists, Saturday, January 19. Panel Discussion 3-5 p.m.  
Reception 6-9 p.m. Free and open to the public. The exhibition opens  
19 January 2013. Find out more

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