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SUPPORT THE LEONARDO COMMUNITY

Since 1968 Leonardo has supported the work of the art-science community through its scholarly publications and by creating and strengthening connections in the field of interdisciplinary inquiry. The Leonardo network continues to grow and thrive, thanks in part to the support of individuals like you! 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. Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies on the support of its community. 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. Please consider donating today! Find out more

Events

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 UCLA LASER: 5 DECEMBER

Join us at the UCLA Art | Sci Center for the final UCLA LASER of the year on Thursday, 5 December, 7--9 p.m. This LASER will be preceded by the opening of What Comes to Mind, an exhibition of Joyce Cutler-Shaw's current project that explores the human life cycle, the structure of the human body, the brain and the complex phenomenon of memory. Joyce Cutler-Shaw will also be presenting at the LASER event, along with UCLA psychology professor Robert Bilder; media artist Dustin O'Hara; Founding Executive Director of the Arts and Healing Initiative at UCLA, Ping Ho; artist and art director David Familian; media artist and visiting Art | Sci scholar Clarissa Ribiero; and psychologist and art therapist Hanna Chusid. Find out more

NEXT UC BERKELEY LASER: 11 DECEMBER

The next UC Berkeley LASER event will take place Wednesday, 11 December, 6 p.m. Presenters will include Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society Marcy Darnovsky on “The Case for a New Biopolitics”; founder of Ideami Studios Javier Ideami on “Instant Filmmaking: DIY Technology for Visual Storytelling”; leader of the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab David Salesin on “How Research Works”; and planetary scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames Chris McKay on “The Curiosity Mars Mission.” 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

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

CALL FOR APPLICTIONS: NEW MEDIA ARTS MFA, UNT

The New Media Art MFA program at the University of Northern Texas offers a unique blend of emerging transdisciplinary creative research with studio and art history disciplines. The program fosters critical thinking and innovative approaches to contemporary art-making, theory, social engagement and interdisciplinary research. Throughout the 3-year program, students engage in a wide variety of advanced technology-based practices, including interactive installation, electronic objects and interfaces, moving images, 3D modeling and animation, gaming, tactical media, bio-art, performance, rapid prototyping, data visualization and sonification, sound design, and other emergent art forms. NMA @ UNT offers students an internationally recognized faculty, teaching/research assistantships, access to the xREZ Art-Science lab, the physical computing and robotics lab, the digital print lab and shoot room, the UNT Center for Experimental Music and Innovation, as well as a fully outfitted fabrication shop and digital fabrication lab, six galleries for student exhibitions, the UNT System Gallery Showcase in downtown Dallas, an extensive public arts program and an active visiting artist/critic program. Deadline to apply: 5 January 2014. Find out more

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: ART/SCI RESEARCH SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

The University of Northern Texas xREZ ArtScience lab is seeking to hire a research software developer and technologist to join the art-science lab research team. This position centers on supporting interdisciplinary research projects through collaboratively specifying, building and deploying applications with faculty and students across the arts, sciences, engineering and humanities. The applications are highly heterogeneous, spanning desktop, mobile, web, cloud and data centers, and site-specific applications (tiled displays, computer vision, etc.). Technical direction, system specification and recommendation, documentation, and software development all are skills used daily. Find out more

MODEL & METAPHOR: NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA

2012 Synapse Residency recipient Nola Farman has organized Model & Metaphor, two events over two days comprised of a lecture and a symposium exploring the question: Has, does and can science emerge from art? The lecture, entitled “Public ‘Disruptive’” will take place Monday, 9 December and will feature Jill Scott, addressing the audience on re-composing art and science, and Margaret Wertheim, discussing how artists paved the way for physicists at the dawn of the scientific revolution. The symposium will serve to challenge the general paradigm that assumes a clear distinction between art and science and between artists and scientists. Presenters will include Jill Scott, Margaret Wertheim, Richard Vella, Doug Kahn, Natalie O’Connor, Renée Beale, Oron Cats and Stelarc. Find out more

OPEN CALL: EYEBEAM SPRING/SUMMER RESIDENCIES

Eyebeam is pleased to announce its open call for applicants interested in their 2014 Spring/Summer residencies. Up to four residents will join continuing fellows and residents in February 2014 at Eyebeam's shared design, research and fabrication labs in New York City, New York. Deadline to submit: 11 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR PAPERS: LAVAL VIRTUAL

Laval Virtual, the International Virtual Reality Conference sponsored by ACM ,will take place 9–11 April 2014 in Laval, France. Organizers have issued a call for papers in six categories: natural user interaction; virtual, augmented and robotic humans; digital heritage; augmented experience within real-time tele-immersive environments; interactive art for an active audience; and new uses of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. All papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library and a selection of authors will be invited to submit an extended paper to an international journal. Deadline to submit: 13 December 2013. Find out more

IN3 SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) invites you to Barcelona, Spain, for Innovation in Digital Culture Research: Internationalization at Home LaCaixa Seminars on 11–12 December 2013. Innovation in Digital Culture Research is a set of interdisciplinary seminars and workshops that aims to explore innovative ethnographic and qualitative methodologies of social research in the field of culture, media and digital technologies. During these sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to listen to and discuss different ways of thinking and doing ethnographic research across and about digital media and technologies with internationally recognized academic scholars. Find out more

CALL FOR APPLICANTS: EASTERN BLOC WINTER 2014 RESIDENCY

The Eastern Bloc media lab is a space for experimenting, learning, theorizing and a creating place to further develop systems-based, networked, generative and hybrid practices through an artist-led discourse. The lab is a site of convergence for emerging and established artists, professionals, students, technicians, theorists and curators to work side by side, supporting one another conceptually as well as technically. For the winter residency, held 20 January–2 March 2014, artists (or artist collectives) are asked to submit a project in one or more of the following disciplines: net art, interactive installation/performance, bio art, audio/video installation, A/V performance, sound performance and public intervention. Deadline to submit: 13 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: COLLISION COLLECTIVE

Founded by artists and technologists, COLLISIONcollective focuses their work on the intersection between art and technology, drawn to this synthesis as the epicenter of forward-looking cultural adaptation. For their 20th exhibition, COLLISIONcollective is issuing a call for works that pair art and technology in thought-provoking and visually engaging ways. Selected works will be featured in the exhibition, opening 17 January 2014 at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Deadline to submit: 15 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LOCUS SONUS SYMPOSIUM 2014

The main goal of research group Locus Sonus is to explore the ever-evolving relationship between sound, place and usage. In an art/science tradition the group’s research involves experimentation with emerging audio technologies, particularly those relating to sound transmission, mobilization or specialization. Since 2005, Locus Sonus Symposiums have maintained an exceptionally high standard in both artistic and scientific content, inviting international experts and generating lively discussion around a specific question or topic. Organizers are issuing a call for papers and posters, performances, installations and other mobile art forms adhering to this year’s topic: audio mobility. Deadline to submit: 15 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: xCoAx2014

xCoAx, the 2nd International Conference of Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X, is an event exploring the frontiers of digital arts with the participation of a diverse confluence of computer scientists, media practitioners and theoreticians, with a focus on how humans and computational systems intersect in the development of new directions in aesthetics. xCoAx2014 is calling for theoretical, practical or experimental research work to be presented as demos, poster presentations, exhibitions and performances. Deadline to submit: 31 December 2013. Find out more

CALL FOR ENTRIES: CURRENTS 2014

Currents 2014, the 5th annual Santa Fe International New Media Festival, will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. 13–29 June 2014. Currents curators are interested in the unique ways artists use technology as a tool for expression and communication, and in the ways that scientists, programmers and developers are integrating the arts and aesthetics into their explorations and projects. The citywide festival will be held in venues throughout Santa Fe and will include panel discussions, workshops and multimedia performances. Deadline to submit: 6 January 2014. Find out more

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: EVA LONDON

EVA London is an annual conference on electronic visualization and the arts where people using or interested in new technologies can share their experiences and network in a friendly, collaborative atmosphere. The conference focuses on the development and application of visualization technologies in art, music, dance, theater and the sciences. EVA London is issuing a call for proposals for papers, demonstrations, short performances, workshops and panel discussions in line with this year’s themes, which include new and emerging technologies and applications in computer arts and electronics, data and scientific visualization, digitally enhanced reality, music and performance, open source technologies and virtual cultural heritage. The conference will take place 8–10 July 2014. Deadline to submit: 10 January 2014. Find out more

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FINGER LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 17th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) invites submissions of new media art, tactical media, radical cartography, computer games and locative media for the online exhibition “Viral Dissonance.” FLEFF seeks projects that run online or on mobile devices that provoke, educate and promote an understanding of dissonance as knowledge-producing and agentive. Deadline to submit: 15 January 2014. Find out more

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NEXT THINGS 2014

Telefónica R&D and LABoral have launched a joint call for proposals for Next Things 2014, the third Global Art and Technology Challenge. The theme of the next Next Things challenge is “The Personal.” Participants are invited to explore the extent and implications of the existence, collection, use and distribution of personal data. Participants are encouraged to question and amplify the very definition of “personal data” and to explore the management of personal data in centralized or distributed fashions and the balance, confrontation or collaboration between public and private approaches. The call is open to all creators who work in the space between art and technology. Selected works will be produced during a six-month artist fellowship, split between LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain, and Telefónica R&D in Barcelona, Spain. Deadline to submit: 16 January 2014. Find out more