Leonardo Calendar of Upcoming Events

(see also the list of past events)

10 February 2010

Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER)
SETI Institute
515 N Whisman Rd
Mountain View, CA 94043-2172

LASER is a monthly series of lectures and presentations organized by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST. LASER is sponsored by The University of Illinois eDREAM Institute, The University of Calabria Evolutionary Systems Group, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sound Department.

This event is FREE but space is limited. Please RSVP to p@scaruffi.com.

Schedule:

6:45pm-7pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.

7-7:30pm: June Power (Altor Systems) on "A Matter of Form"

A discussion of how mathematics might provide inspiration for addressing complex management issues in distributed computer systems. The talk will be conceptual in nature and will aim to provide a glimpse into this very complex problem space.

7:30-8pm: John Edmark (Stanford Univ) on "Geometric Patterns of Change"

A number of transforming and kinetic works have been created as a result of an ongoing exploration into spatial patterns of symmetry and growth, focusing in particular on those arising out of logarithmic spiral structures, Fibonacci numbers, and the golden ratio.

8-8:30: BREAK

8:30-9pm: Carlo Sequin (U.C. Berkeley) on "Knotty Sculptures"

This presentation explores the use of simple knots as constructivist building blocks for abstract geometrical sculptures. One approach places simple n-foil knots on the n-sided faces of a Platonic or Archimedean polyhedron. Another investigation explores various generating principles for the construction of recursive knots. For instance, a simple crossing of two strands is replaced with a more complicated tangled version of two strands, and the process is then repeated recursively. A few of these designs conceived on a computer are then developed further to make actual 3D models on various rapid prototyping machines.

9-9:30pm: Gertrude Reagan (Visual Artist) on "My Life Among the Patterns"

Studying natural patterns both by drawing them and finding analogs for them in crafts materials. Patterns as metaphors for philosophic ideas.

9:30-10:00: More Socializing/Networking

Find out more about past LASERs

13 February 2010

Leonardo Education and Art Forum at CAA Chicago 2010
Regency A, Gold Level
West Tower
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, IL
12:30 PM–2:00 PM

"Migratory Structures: Scientific Imagery and Contemporary Art Practice"

Chair: Paul Hertz, independent artist and curator, Chicago

RE:presentation
Marlena Novak, Northwestern University
Jay Alan Yim, Northwestern University

Algorithmic Practices at the Intersection of Art and Science
Jean-Pierre Hebert, University of California, Santa Barbara

Better than Drugs: VR, Meditation, and Pain
Diane Gromala, Simon Fraser University

Visualization and the Art of Metaphoric Mapping
Jack Ox, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Discussant:Hannah Higgins, University of Illinois, Chicago

Updated 13 January 2010