Next LASER: 5 October 2011, Palo Alto, CA (Stanford)
Attention San Francisco Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), 5 October 2011, at Stanford University. Feature presentations include "What the Next Phase of the Web Could Mean" by Henrik Bennetsen, "Knitting Code" by Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, "My Life Among the Patterns" by Trudy Myrrh Reagan and "Makrokosma Bali" by Wayne Vitale. Find out more
Publications
Leonardo 44:5 Now Available
Inside Leonardo 44:5: Fine art processed on processors: Printmaking at the microscale, frosted onto the wafers of integrated circuits, in the secret tradition of engineer art; Escher made flesh(er): Galina Pasko and company create 2-to-3D models (using, naturally, a language called HyperFun) to meet the challenges of M.C.'s logic-eluding designs; Food, printed on demand: using digital modeling and fabrication to sketch out a future toolkit for backyard gastronomers; Give us your biofeedback: Thoughts from Mauri Kaipainen and his enactive media cohorts on tracking brain states for art's sake. Find out more
Leonardo Call for Papers
The editors of Leonardo invite submissions exploring the theme "The Future of Art History in the Context of New Discoveries of Psychology and the Cognitive Sciences." We are interested not in purely historical perspectives, but in research looking to the future: What are the most promising new approaches? How can they aid our understanding of visual art? We are interested both in general programmatic statements and in innovative accounts of individual works of art. Find out more
Leonardo Music Journal Call for Papers
Volume 22: Acoustics
Immersed as we are in electronically mediated sound, at the end of the day---whether it's coming from ukuleles or earbuds---sound reaches us through acoustic pressure. The sheer physicality of sound, and its quirky interaction with our sense of hearing, has driven many a composer and sound artist to go back to the "year zero" in music---before the codification of melody, rhythm and harmony---and explore fundamental aspects of the physics and perception of sound. Deadline for rough proposals/queries: 15 October 2011. Find out more
Opportunities and Community Announcements
Beam Camp Call for Project Proposals
Engineers, architects, designers, sculptors, builders, technologists, artists: You supply the plan and vision. We’ll supply 100+ energetic campers and staff and 700+ acres of forest and lakes as studio, canvas and workshop. Submit your proposal today to be one of Beam’s 2012 Project Masters. Find out more
