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The Leonardo Network Newsletter is a publication of Leonardo/ISAST,
Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, bringing news and opportunities to readers interested in the creative spaces where art and science intersect.
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THANK YOU ARS ELECTRONICA PARTNERS AND FRIENDS
We want to extend a big thank you to everyone who participated in our events during Ars Electronica this year. We are especially grateful for our partners: UCLA ArtSci Center, Interface Cultures, Starts, Cyland MediaArt Lab. If you missed any of our events, recordings are available HERE.
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LIMITED TIME OFFER
Affiliate members are Leonardo’s strategic partners and valued members of an exclusive international network of innovative institutions, academic departments, museums, science labs and research centers who are leading the advancement of art, science and technology. Join as a new member and receive 20% off with code 20MEMBER. Offer expires 30 October 2020. 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:
“Leonardo Gallery: Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures” curated by Hannah Star Rogers; “Finding art and the art of finding: O que vos nunca cuidei a dizer” by André Rabello-Mestre, Claudia Núñez-Pachec, and Mauricio Carrasco; “Graphical Data Sets as Compositional Structure: Sonification of Colour Graphs in RGB for Clarinet and Piano” by Thomas Metcalf; “Inner Rhythms: Vessels as a sustained brain-body performance practice” by Grace Leslie; “Performing WIKI-PIANO.NET: Strategies for realising Alexander Schubert's ever-changing internet-composed piano work” by Zubin Kanga; “TRaNsMOG-RiFiER: Fictional Narratives as Catalyst for Experimental Instrument Building and Musical/Artistic Collaboration” by John R. Ferguson and Peter Bussigel; “Beat Machine: Embracing the creative limitations and opportunities of low-cost computers” by Andrew R. Brown and John R. Ferguson; “How music AI is useful: Engagements with composers, performers, and audiences” by Oded Ben-Tal, Matthew Tobias Harris, and Bob L. Sturm; “Composing with Multidimensional Timbre Representations” by Leah Reid; and Special Section “Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium” by Simon Biggs and Vicki Sowry (eds.), Jill Scott, Anton Hasell, Daniel East, Jo Law, Agnieszka Golda, Helen McGregor, Sepidar Sayyar, Grayson Cooke, Pamela Bain, Carolyn Lewens, Christopher Fluke, James Josephides, Jeffrey Cooke, Igor Andreoni, Roger Alsop, Stephanie Sacco, Ula Alexander, Jason Gascook, Warren Lawrance, Anastasia Tyurina, Elizabeth Day, Toni Fröhlich, Raewyn Turner, Brian Harris, Deirdre Feeney, Cat Jones, Jiann Hughes, Lisa Chandler, Donna Davis, Dan Parker, Stanislav Roudavski, Stephen Jones, Trish Adams, Mirella Dottori, Nigel Helyer, John Potts, Katie Dyer, Lizzie Muller, Tania Leimbach, Keith Armstrong, Andrew Grodecki, Leah Barclay, Helen Pynor, Niki Sperou, Svenja J. Kratz, Bill Hart, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Andrea Rassell, Chris Henschke, Paul Thomas, Paul Corballis, Deborah Lawler-Dormer, Gary P. Anderson, David Sequeira, Maria Bellesis, Sue Thornton, Daniel Hoyer, Jon Cattapan, Toby Gifford, Alex Lambert, and Jon McCormack. Find out more
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USE PROMO CODE LEON30 AT CHECKOUT. OFFER GOOD UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020
30% discount on individual subscriptions only. Not valid for institutional or student/retired subscriptions.
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The Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) series features short lectures and presentations on art, science and technology. Find out more
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LASER Talks Stanford
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 6:00 p.m. PDT/UTC-7 Find out more
LASER Talks Santa Fe
Friday, 25 September 2020, 12:00 p.m. PDT/UTC-7 Find out more
LASER Talks Immersive Experiences
Friday, 25 September 2020, 3:30 p.m. NZT/UTC-7 Find out more
LASER Talks Cambridge
Thursday, 25 September 2020, 6:00 p.m. BST/UTC+1 Find out more
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OPEN CALL: THE MAGAZINE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Deadline: 23 September 2020
The Magazine of Contemporary Art is an online publication slated to cover visual arts from around the world. The MOCA is currently accepting submissions from visual artists working with any medium. Digital images of paintings, drawings, graphic art, photography, sculpture, and 3D installations of any size will be considered without limitation. The curated artworks will be showcased for free in our rotating exhibitions. Art sales made during this period will not be charged any commission, and inquiries from prospective buyers will be forwarded directly to the artists. Find out more
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THOUGHTWORKS MASTER CLASS:
DEEPFAKES—SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND SYNTHESIS
Deadline: 25 September 2020
In the masterclass you will work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a synthetic media project. Guided by Ellen Pearlman and Julien Dewaef you will explore the possibilities of artificially generated media (moving images; synthetic photographs; motion capture; speech synthesis etc.) and explore innovative and artistic ways to deploy these strategies. Working virtually in interdisciplinary teams you will prototype and develop a synthetic media project. Find out more
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OPEN CALL: DARK STUDY
Deadline: 28 September 2020
Dark Study is an experimental program centered on art. We take this absence of the studio and the university’s full support as a profound opportunity. In our faculty and students, we are in search of a cohort of minds distributed around the world. We are digitally-rooted and virtual-first. This program is a place of resource redistribution aimed towards nothing less than liberatory ends. We are looking for students who have a developed art practice, one that they are looking to further enrich with discussion, debate, and critique. You absolutely do not need to have any kind of art degree to apply. We also welcome individuals who are in school, but may not fit in well because of their practice, or will be taking time off this coming year. Find out more
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OPEN CALL: MEDIA ART PRESERVATION INSTITUTE
Deadline: 1 October 2020
The Department for Image Science invites participation in the Media Art Preservation Institute held at the Danube University Krems, located 70km from Vienna in the UNESCO World Heritage Wachau region. Danube University is the leading public university in Europe specializing in advanced continuing education by offering low-residency degree programs for working professionals and continuing education / advanced studies. The Media Art Preservation Institute provides 5 ECTS of material in the MediaArtHistories, MA curriculum. Find out more
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OPEN CALL: SETI X AI RESIDENCY
Deadline: 7 October 2020
The SETI x AI residency is part of the AI Lab (European ARTificial Intelligence Lab). It offers international artists working in AI a chance to win a residency at a scientific partner institution and the Futurelab of Ars Electronica. The call is open for international artists who work in the fields of AI, Machine Learning and digital approaches. We are especially interested in projects that ponder the beginnings of life, explore the possibility of life on other planets, and critically reflect on our anthropocentric world view. Find out more
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THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE MEDICINE MEETING (ZAMM)
15–18 October 2020
Going digital 2020. The Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting (ZAMM) is a radically interdisciplinary meeting that bridges science and the arts to grapple with the most pressing challenges of the present and the future. ZAMM brings together scientists, artists, doctors, lawyers, ethicists and futurists to engage with the challenges of zombification and the apocalyptic conditions that may be generated by or contribute to zombification. The goal of ZAMM is to reduce the global burden of zombification and contribute to apocalypse prevention and preparedness through interdisciplinary engagement. Find out more
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PLAYWRIGHT OPEN CALL: SCIENCE AT PLAY
Deadline: 15 October 2020
Livermore Shakespeare Festival will commission a playwright of color to write a new play, one which will educate the public about the COVID-19 crisis and ways that scientists are using science and data to combat and develop a vaccine. The playwright will partner with LLNL and Sandia National Lab scientists actively engaged in this process. A Request for Qualifications is going out nationwide. There is a $6,000 commission available for the qualified candidate. Find out more
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OPEN CALL: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACHINE LEARNING AND ART 2021
Deadline: 14 December 2020
This is an open call for submissions for Art Machines 2: International Symposium on Machine Learning and Art 2021, which will take place between 10–13 June 2021 at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. "Art Machines 2," will bring together Academics, Artists, and Professionals in the field of Computational Media Art in a four-day symposium on the topic of Machine Learning and Art. The conference will comprise academic keynotes, plenary panel presentations and discussions, scholarly and art practice paper presentations, an art exhibition, and student-led workshops. Find out more
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BROTO: ART-CLIMATE-SCIENCE CONFERENCE
5 December 2020 and 12 December 2020
This conference takes place over three one-hour sessions on 5 December 2020 and another three one-hour sessions 12 December 2020. The theme is Affinity. In life and in science, "Affinity" is about closeness, alignment, rapport, mutual interest, attraction, symbiosis. Broto: Art-Climate-Science is a unique and unaffiliated conference of international experts in art, science, sustainability, economics, philosophy, business, advocacy, public health and other multidisciplinary fields. They focus on substantive, mutual, credible and real-time art-science collaboration that inspires innovation to address the climate crisis. Free to register and participate. Find out more
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ARLINDO MACHADO
17 July 1949–19 July 2020
Arlindo Machado, with fluency and elegance, communicated knowledge and thought in his conferences and writings, conveying his passion for studying the machinic universe controlled by the artist’s imagination. His personality and generosity made him a figure of admiration, who made a difference in the way audiovisual arts and media are taught.
—excerpt from a multilingual, collaborative memorial by Tania Fraga, Gilbertto Prado and Jorge La Ferla. Find out more.
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