Sean Cubitt Named New Editor-in-Chief of Leonardo Book Series

For immediate release
June 2006

"The 21st century will be a period of intense exploration in the sciences, arts and technology. We can expect unseen beauty and unheard-of ideas; but we know that we will face unheralded risks and unprecedented ethical dilemmas. Leonardo authors are at the forefront of these new frontiers and challenges. Today wireless is having the effect that the Internet had 15 years ago. Biomedia, genomics, nano and the new brain science will undoubtedly re-forge what we think we know about human, natural and technological creativity, and beyond them new slopes will rise. Leonardo Books will be there to document, to predict, to comment, to critique and to send intelligence back from the places where the future is emerging." ---Sean Cubitt

Leonardo/ISAST is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Cubitt as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Leonardo Book Series. Established in 1994 by Leonardo and the MIT Press, the Leonardo Book Series publishes texts by artists, scientists, researchers and scholars that present innovative discourse on the convergence of art, science and technology. The Leonardo Book Series includes such seminal titles as Information Arts, by Stephen Wilson; The Language of New Media, by Lev Manovich; The Visual Mind, edited by Michele Emmer; and The Robot in the Garden, edited by Ken Goldberg.

Cubitt's duties as Editor-in-Chief include soliciting and reviewing manuscripts submitted for inclusion in the series as well as administrative oversight of the series in collaboration with the MIT Press and the Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board.

The Leonardo Book Series Advisory Board, appointed by Cubitt in June 2006, includes Annick Bureaud, Laura Marks, Anna Munster, Michael Punt, Sundar Sarukkai, Joel Slayton and Eugene Thacker.

Visit the Leonardo Book Series website for a complete list of titles in the series, ordering information and submission guidelines for prospective authors.