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November 15, 2013

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NEWS

SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY OF INNOVATORS, INVENTORS AND CREATIVES
Since 1968 Leonardo has supported the community of individuals, institutions and organizations working at the intersection of art, science and technology. We share their work throughout the ever-growing Leonardo Network in print, online and at conferences, symposia and events all over the world. In the spirit of the holiday season, you can help keep the important resources and opportunities Leonardo provides alive and continuing to thrive. Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies on the support of its community. Donations to Leonardo/ISAST provide critical support for Leonardo programs, such as the Leonardo Educators and Students Program and the expanding LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) series. As an added perk: All donors are eligible for complimentary listing in the Leonardo Electronic Directory and will have their names published online and in the print journal. Donate Now

EVENTS

NEXT NY LASER: 22 NOVEMBER
Join us for wine and discussion at the next New York Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous on Friday, 22 November, 6:30–8:30 p.m. at LevyArts, 40 E 19th St. #3-R. The program will feature presentations by current associate professor in the department of Film, Video, New Media and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Claudia Hart, and New York-based painter and founding artist in residence of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Daniel Kohn. To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, we invite attendees to send 5–10 low-resolution slides of their art to <levy at nyc.rr.com>. The first five attendees to do so will have their work included in a pecha kucha. Deadline to submit: 16 November 2013. Space is limited; to reserve your place, send an email to <levy at nyc.rr.com>. Find out more

NEXT UC DAVIS LASER: 2 DECEMBER
The next UC DAVIS LASER event will take place Monday, 2 December, 6:30–8:30 p.m. in the Plant and Environmental Science building on the UC Davis campus. Presenters will include Distinguished Professor of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis, Art Shapiro; artist and founder of San Francisco-based art collective Futurefarmers, Amy Franceschini; interdisciplinary artist Mary Anne Kluth; and Director of Conservation Science for the National Audubon Society, Justin Schuetz. The program will also include time for audience members currently working within the intersections of art and science to share their work. Find out more

NEXT STANFORD LASER, 12 DECEMBER
Join us for the next Stanford Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 12 December 2013, at Stanford University, featuring Uwe Bergmann (Stanford) on "The Science and Applications of X-Rays," Ellen Fullman (musician) on "A Compositional Approach Derived from Material and Ephemeral Elements," Alison Gopnik (UC Berkeley) on "The Philosophical Baby" and David Stork (Rambus Labs) on "Computer Image Analysis of Parmigianino's Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror." Find out more

PUBLICATIONS

LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL VOL. 23 NOW AVAILABLE!
Art is getting noisier every day. Whether made by sculptors, video artists, composers, printmakers or installation artists, there’s no question but that “Sound Art” is a genre ascendant. The Turner Prize went to a Sound Artist last year, Phonography has revived an interest in R. Murray Schafer’s Soundscape theories, and critical writing is beginning to proliferate on the topic. LMJ23 gives this field a closer look by highlighting artists and composers from around the world who address the role of sound in art that wouldn’t necessarily be called "music." LMJ23 includes an accompanying CD, "sound—or its absence," curated by Seth Cluett and featuring tracks by James Webb, Catherine Béchard & Sabine Hudon, Maia Urstad, Tania Candiani, Keith and Mendi Obadike, Tetsuya Umeda, Pascal Broccolichi, Hong-Kai Wang, Benedict Drew, and Nina Katchadourian. Find out more

LEONARDO ELECTRONIC ALMANAC VOL. 19, NO. 3: LIVE VISUALS — NOW AVAILABLE
Live visuals have become a pervasive component of our contemporary lives, either as visible interfaces that re-connect citizens and buildings overlaying new contextual meaning or as invisible ubiquitous narratives that are discovered through interactive actions and mediating screens. The contemporary re-design of the environment we live in is in terms of visuals and visualizations, software interfaces and new modes of engagement and consumption. Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) Vol. 19, No. 3: Live Visuals presents a series of seminal papers in the field, offering the reader new perspectives. Find out more

LEONARDO REVIEWS
New reviews are now available online at Leonardo Reviews! Leonardo Reviews is the work of an international panel of scholars and professionals invited from a wide range of disciplines to review books, exhibitions, CD-ROMs, websites and conferences. New reviews for the month of November include: Action Science: Foundations of an Emerging Discipline, edited by Wolfgang Prinz, Miriam Beisert and Arvid Herwig, reviewed by Ian Verstegen; After Art by David Joselit, reviewed by Kieran Lyons; How Things Shape the Mind: A Theory of Material Engagement by Lambros Malafouris, reviewed by Martha Blassnigg; Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) directed by Christian Chaudet, reviewed by Richard Kade; Nancy Holt: Sightlines, edited by Alena J. Williams, reviewed by Jonathan Zilberg; and Understanding Pain: Exploring the Perception of Pain by Fernando Cervero, reviewed by Cecilia Wong. Find out more

RELIVE: MEDIA ART HISTORIES
In Relive, the most recent release in the Leonardo Book Series from MIT Press, editors Sean Cubitt and Patrick Thomas have compiled the works of leading historians of the media arts that grapple with this dilemma: How can we speak of “new media” and at the same time write the histories of these arts? The contributors consider the idea of history and the artwork’s moment in time; the intersection of geography and history in regional practice, illustrated by examples from eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand; the contradictory scales of evolution, life cycles and bodily rhythms in bio art; and the history of the future—how the future has been imagined, planned for and established as a vector throughout the history of new media arts. These essays, written from widely diverse critical perspectives, capture a dynamic field at a moment of productive ferment. Find out more

ART AT THE DAWNING OF THE ELECTRONIC ERA: GENERATIVE SYSTEMS
Artist, author, educator and Leonardo Honorary Editor Sonia Landy Sheridan’s latest book, Art at the Dawning of the Electronic Era: Generative Systems, due out 4 February 2014, covers the topic of Generative Systems, a visionary art program Sheridan founded at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1970s. Using colorful images showing how youthful, imaginative artists created images and sounds by reappropriating electronic equipment, Sheridan explores the history and the development of generative systems and generative art. Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

RISD SEEKS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN DESIGN
The Division of Foundation Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) seeks an Assistant Professor in Design (2D) for a full-time position with appointment to begin fall 2014. The Division is open to a radical range of approaches to Design—Western and/or non-Western, studio-based and/or post-studio, traditional media and/or new media, fine art and/or design. The successful candidate will be an individual working with emerging technologies and will have an understanding of their relationship to both traditional and new media practices. He or she will have a distinctive vision and pedagogical approach, and will be prepared to teach Design as a vital experience for a range of disciplines. Designers and artists from all disciplines are encouraged to apply, as well as those whose approach is broadly interdisciplinary. Applicants should have a terminal graduate degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience, evidence of teaching at the college level and a strong record of creative work and ongoing professional activity. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Candidates who submit their materials by 8 January 2014 will be assured full consideration. Find out more

OPENING: FRIEDER NAKE AND FRIENDS: NO MESSAGE WHATSOEVER
This exhibition, held in honor of Leonardo Editorial Advisor Frieder Nake, combines two special anniversaries: the 50 years that have passed since 1963, when Nake started to experiment with a computer and a pen plotter, and Nake’s 75th birthday. For this exhibition, Nake has invited his friends to show a diverse selection of generative art from the last 50 years. While the exhibition will feature a wide selection of representative works, the focus of the exhibition will be on Frieder Nake’s own artwork, all from his private collection. The exhibition will run from 16 November 2013 until 24 January 2014 at DAM Gallery, Berlin. Find out more

OPENING: I OCCUPY
The goal of I Occupy, a new exhibition at Kasa Gallery, organized in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Cuts, is to survey, analyze and question current trends in interventionist and augmented reality art. The exhibition will showcase ARworks—actual live interventions—and documents of past Occupy Wall Street events. There will also be a panel discussion on the issue of art, politics and interventions in the public sphere within a technologically advanced society. I Occupy, curated by Leonardo Electronic Almanac editor Lanfranco Aceti, opens 15 November and will run until 31 December. Find out more

NEMO FESTIVAL 2013
This year marks the 16th Nemo Festival, a contemporary digital arts and exploratory music event organized by Arcadi Île-de-France. The festival will feature audiovisual performances, concerts and exhibitions in 10 locations around Paris and Île-de-France from 16 November to 15 December. This year, in addition to exploring the theme Trouble Makers: Sensation versus Digital, Nemo will also be highlighting female artists in the contemporary digital arts. Find out more

OPENING OF SIGGRAPH ASIA: 19–22 NOVEMBER
SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 will be held 19–22 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Both a conference and a trade exhibition, SIGGRAPH Asia will allow attendees to see, meet and interact with the international computer graphics and interactive techniques community. This year’s conference program includes SIGGRAPH Asia’s inaugural business symposium, an art gallery, a computer animation festival, courses and workshops, a symposium on mobile graphics, presentations of technical briefs and papers and a trade exhibition. Find out more

SF ACM SIGGRAPH COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Join San Francisco ACM SIGGRAPH members and computer animation enthusiasts for a glimpse into the talented technical and artistic minds of the computer graphics industry. The screening will be held on Wednesday, 20 November, 7 p.m. at the Independent Film Center, 145 9th St., San Francisco, CA 94103, and will feature animations that premiered at the SIGGRAPH 2013 International Conference. Find out more

TORONTO ACM SIGGRAPH: ELECTRONIC THEATER SCREENING
ACM SIGGRAPH, Toronto, invites you to come see the jury-selected creative work of the best of Toronto’s computer graphics industry on Thursday, 28 November, 6:30 p.m. at The Royal Theater in Toronto’s Little Italy. Selections include outstanding achievements in time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics and narrative shorts. Find out more

CASCADE ACM SIGGRAPH: THE SYMPHONY OF LIGHT
Join the Cascade chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH on Saturday, 30 November, for a special orchestration of color and light, projected live on the Hillsboro Civic Center Plaza in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, for the annual tree lighting ceremony. The Symphony of Light is a real-time, interactive, projection-mapped experience that moves to the rhythm of live music. Audience members will interact with the projection using common audio controllers and computer drawing styluses. Find out more

DEADLINE EXTENDED: CAA CHICAGO 2014 NEW MEDIA CAUCUS
The New Media Caucus, an affiliated society of the College Art Association, has extended the deadline to submit proposals of possible questions and topics for a panel and roundtable discussion on Thursday, 13 February 2014, during the College Art Association meetings in Chicago, IL. The session will address the emerging field of 3D printing in the context of art and technology and studio art, with a particular focus on pedagogy. The New Media Caucus is also seeking panelists to participate in a rapid-fire panel presentation consisting of 10 presentations, no longer than 6 minutes, 40 seconds each. Deadline to submit questions/topics and panel presentation proposals: 1 December 2013. Find out more

FIELD STUDIES OF ART+NATURE IN PUERTO RICO
Escape to the Caribbean this winter and attend this one-of-a-kind art + nature immersion experience in Puerto Rico, 10–17 January 2014. Join the ART+BIO Collective for an artistic exploration of the diverse tropical wildlife from rainforest, mountain, beach and coastal environments. Through hands-on observation, artistic interpretation and various biological methods, attendees will learn to utilize the natural habitat as a studio/lab to make informed art about tropical plants, animals and nature. Deadline to register: 1 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR APPLICANTS: ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY 2014
Since 2010 the Finnish Society of Bioart, in collaboration with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki, has organized the Ars Bioarctica residency program in the sub-Arctic Lapland. The residency focuses on the subject of the Arctic environment and on facilitating art-science collaboration. The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station and offers residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff, including access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room, as well as usage of field equipment. This call is open to artists, scientists and art-science research teams. Deadline to submit: 15 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SIGGRAPH VANCOUVER 2014
SIGGRAPH 2014 invites you to showcase your expertise and unique technical and creative skills at the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 10–14 August 2014, in Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is accepting submissions in a wide variety of categories, including artworks for their art gallery, art papers to be presented as part of the conference and published as part of the SIGGRAPH 2014 special issue of Leonardo, and proposals for courses and panels. Deadlines to submit varies. Find out more

GROW YOUR OWN: TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
Grow Your Own is now on view at the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin and will run until 19 January 2014.The exhibition invites attendees to consider some of the potentially ground-breaking applications and uncertain implications of synthetic life. By tackling the questions that the concept and reality of designing life raise, Grow Your Own hopes to get “under the hood” of synthetic biology, explore some of the techniques and research behind it and provide an opportunity to help shape future discussions. This exhibition includes work by artists, designers, scientists and engineers that evoke the themes of living versus non-living, human versus nature and design versus evolution. Find out more

EYEBEAM: WEARABLE TECH NIGHT
As part of the Computational Fashion initiative, an Eyebeam initiative bringing together artists, fashion designers and technologists to explore new ideas and develop new work at the intersection of fashion and technology, Eyebeam is hosting a panel and demo night on Tuesday, 19 November, exploring emerging opportunities in fashion and wearable technology. The panel "Fashion and the Body" will feature a selection of emerging fashion thought leaders and makers who will discuss the possibilities and obstacles for fashion designers looking to incorporate technology in their work and consider how/if wearable tech can actually be fashionable. The Fashion and Wearable Tech Demo will provide attendees a chance to talk one-on-one with designers and entrepreneurs. Find out more


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