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The Leonardo Network Newsletter is a publication of Leonardo/The International Society for
the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), bringing news and opportunities to readers interested in the creative spaces where art and science intersect.
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SAVE 50% OFF LEONARDO–ACM SIGGRAPH BACK ISSUES
Deadline: 1 September 2021
 ACM SIGGRAPH is the leading conference at the intersection of research, emerging technology, and the arts. In collaboration with the MIT Press, Leonardo/ISAST is offering a 50% discount on 12 years’ worth of Leonardo–ACM SIGGRAPH joint special issues to celebrate the SIGGRAPH 2021 virtual conference. Find out more
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RECOGNITION OF LEONARDO’S OUTSTANDING PEER REVIEWERS
In 2017 we commenced a quarterly recognition of exceptional peer reviewers in our network. This month we extend our gratitude and congratulations to the following for their in-depth and deeply constructive feedback on papers under consideration for publication:
Ricardo Arias is an experimental musician, sound artist, and professor at the Department of Art at the Universidad de los Andes.
Ingrid Koenig is Artist in Residence at TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre and co-organizes processes of collaboration between artists and physicists.
Silvia Laurentiz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts and in the Post-Graduate Program in Visual Arts at the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo.
Eryk Salvaggio is an interdisciplinary writer, researcher, and artist exploring intersections between cultural, social, ecological and technological systems.
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NEA ART + TECHNOLOGY FIELD SCAN
Leonardo Senior Program Manager Vanessa Chang was one of ten practitioners commissioned to contribute companion essays to the National Endowment for the Arts’ recently-released report, the culmination of a two-year research initiative, “Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium.” Her essay, “Recoding the Master’s Tools: Artists Remake Systems of Oppression and Extraction in Technology,” discusses the landscape of media art, toolmaking, open-source and capitalism. Read it here and the entire report here.
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UCLA SCI | ART LAB + STUDIO PRESENTS
2021: THE POWER OF THE INVISIBLE AND INAUDIBLE
25 July–6 August 2021
UCLA Sci|Art Lab + Studio is a remote summer program for high school students around the world to learn how scientific and creative practices can be used as complementary tools for innovation and design. This year, Sci|Art Lab + Studio will focus on the nanoscale entities and vibrational frequencies that surround and enfold us. The plan is to look deeper into how the invisible and inaudible affect the body, the mind, the planet and universe, as well as how complex and important these interrelationships are. Students will receive four transferable University of California credits upon completion of the course! Find out more
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NEW BONUS PODCAST EPISODE: ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS
AND INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES
 BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE is the podcast of Leonardo/ISAST. In this special bonus episode looking forward to the 2021 SIGGRAPH conference, we speak with Andrés Burbano, the 2021 Retrospective Program Chair and discuss the history of computer graphics and creative techniques; Artificial Intelligence, art and social justice; and advice for practitioners wanting to submit their work to the SIGGRAPH art program. Listen now
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PUBLISH WITH LEONARDO JOURNAL OR BOOK SERIES
Leonardo serves as a critical content provider through our print and digital publications, which include the scholarly journal Leonardo and the Leonardo Book Series, published by the MIT Press. The editors of each publication accept submissions and proposals at any time. Publishing an article or book can be a challenging process that demands a substantial amount of time and hard work. We want to support your efforts by providing all the information you need to get published in a Leonardo publication. Find out more
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NEW ON JUST ACCEPTED
Leonardo Just Accepted publishes recently accepted manuscripts online in anticipation of their publication in Leonardo journal. Among the manuscripts that have been published ahead of print to the Leonardo Just Accepted page of the MIT Press website are the following:
"Art Exists Because the Viewer Exists: How François Morellet's Triple X Neonly Influences Postural Control and Subjective Aesthetic Appreciation" by Lindsey M Ward, Aurélien Morize, Marine Vernet, Chrystalina Antoniades, Zoï Kapoula; "Representing hierarchies of visual regard in eye-tracking analysis" by Eugene Han; "The Ancestral Symbol installation: how unpredictable interactions are musically organized to create a sound of a Paleolithic cave sign" by Edson Zampronha; "From Structure to Atoms: Compression/Tension Systems to a Molecular Tensegrity'' by J. David Van Horn, Dayu Wang; "Constructing an Artworld Influencers Network by Mining Social Media" by Amalia Foka; "A computational study of empty space ratios in Chinese landscape painting from 618–2011" by Guoyan Wang, Jiafei Shen, Mengmeng Yue, Yena Ma, Shuyang Wu; "What is at stake in the interaction between media arts and cultural industries in Lebanon'' by Ricardo Mbarkho; "Transdesign: A prospective exercise on design transformation" by Mauricio Vásquez Arias, Edgard David Rincón Quijano, Widman Said Valbuena Buitrago, Viviana Molina Osorio, Jesús Alejandro Guzmán; "Who (or What) is an AI Artist?" by Kieran Browne; Art as a Future-Generating Machine: "Rheinberger's Experimentalism in Practice-Based Arts Methodologies" by Ash Tower; "Horizons of the image: interweaving photography, collage and the digital realm" by Carlos Fadon Vicente; "The flesh of imagination: locating materiality in biology inspired visual art" by Asmita Sarkar, Aileen Blaney; "Observations on Performing Sine Waves with an Oscillator Ensemble" by Nicolas Bernier; "Beyond Service-Subordination: Materials Experimentation in an Art-Science Collaboration'' by Amy S. Robbins; "The Work of Art in an Age of Mechanical Generation'' by Steven J. Frank; "Games, Music and Ludus Melothedicus" by Jeronimo Rajchenberg Ceceña; "Mathematical Inspiration for Color Choices in Oblique, Open-work Weaving" by Eva Knoll, Tara Taylor; "Animation, Theory of Mind and Humanoid Robots: Creating a Social Robot Video Task" by Ziggy O’Reilly, David Silvera-Tawil, Ionat Zurr, Diana Tan.
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 Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of LASER is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities worldwide. Find out more
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JOIN OUR UPCOMING HYBRID LASER TALKS PROGRAM!
California, US
The Spectacular Body
16 July 2021, 3:00 pm PDT/UTC-7 Find out more
 NZ
Sensory Intermediaries
30 July 2021, 4:00 pm NZST/UTC+13 Find out more
 Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland, AUS
Plant Thinking - Listening - Feeling
5 August 2021, 6:00 pm AEST/UTC+10 Find out more
View archived & recent LASER Talks on Leonardo’s YouTube Channel
All upcoming LASER Talks are listed here
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CALL FOR APPLICATION: NABI ONLINE HACKATHON
Deadline: 18 July 2021
Nabi Hackathons, designed to combine hackathon culture with creative workshops, are an open creative platform where creators from various fields and backgrounds gather to propose ideas, create prototypes, and share the outcomes. Nabi Hackathons aim to emphasize the value of sharing and working together and provide opportunities for a variety of converging cultural content to be produced and developed. Interested coders are welcome to apply for the hackathon 2021. Find out more
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OPEN CALL: ONLINE REACT RESIDENCY
Deadline:1 August 2021
P21 Gallery is excited to announce a second round OPEN CALL for the Fall 2021 Online reACT program! Emerging artists aged 30 & under are invited to submit artwork focusing on digital media or on artwork that can be represented well online, dedicated to or inspired by the Middle East & Arab world. The online residency will last for one month and includes a small artist stipend. Your artwork will be displayed on the P21 Gallery website, along with the opportunity for you to host supplemental events around your online exhibition including: Instagram takeovers & livestreams, virtual artist talks, themed webinars, filmed performances or any other online activities that will help give your audience context of your artwork. Find out more
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CALL FOR ARTISTS: AR SCULPTURE GARDEN
Deadline: 2 August 2021
XRE is looking for AR artists for the Ars Electronica Festival Garden NYC 2021. During the Ars Electronica Festival from 8–12 September we will host an AR Sculpture Garden in the car park of Culture Lab LIC in Queens. Our key goal is to empower the community NYC new media artists, creators, coders, performers, visionaries and community activists who are directly connected to multicultural and international communities. Find out more
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 25TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
Deadline: 3 September 2021
The Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee is now accepting entries for the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival. All artists around the world, without distinction as to professional, amateur, independent, or commercial, are invited to submit their works. From each division, the jury committee will select winners of the Grand Prizes, Excellence Awards, Social Impact Award, New Face Awards, and U-18 Award. Each of the winners from the four divisions will receive a trophy and prize money up to 1,000,000 yen, and also win an opportunity to present their works at the Exhibition of Award-winning Works in Tokyo. Find out more
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CALL FOR ARTISTS + PHOTOGRAPHERS: $550.00 INNOVATE GRANTS
Deadline: 16 September 2021
Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that. Innovate Grant awards (2) USD$550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Find out more
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PETER ZINOVIEFF (1933–2021)
Peter Zinovieff assembled the first personal computer in the world. A podcast with Peter Zinovieff recorded by Radio Web MACBA in 2019 was recently reshared via the SPECTRE mailing list. Listen here
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