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Announcing the 2025 Touch Aesthetics Fellows

Submitted by jasonlam on Wednesday, 02/12/2025 11:30am

 

We are proud to announce the fellows Olivia Ting, Antonella Mazzoni, and Selwa Sweidan + Vanessa Cruz to  the Touch Aesthetics Fellowship, a partnership between Arizona State University’s Narrative & Emerging Media Program and Leonardo CripTech Incubator! Based at the Haptics for Inclusion lab at the ASU California Center Broadway in Los Angeles, this 3-month fellowship is dedicated to the research and creative exploration of the intersections between haptics and disability. Harnessing innovative haptic technologies such as gloves, vests, and tactile actuators, fellows will employ the transformative power of touch to reimagine new possibilities for learning, creativity and accessibility in immersive storytelling. 

Leonardo CripTech Incubator receives Ability Central’s 2025 Communication Access Grant for its groundbreaking career, leadership, and access work in art and technology

Submitted by jasonlam on Wednesday, 02/12/2025 11:11am

 

Launched in 2021, Leonardo's CripTech Incubator promotes diversity across the arts and technology by providing an innovation platform for artists with disabilities to remake creative technologies through an accessibility lens. Leveraging labs, fellowships, residencies, workshops, and exhibitions, CripTech Incubator reimagines how a body-mind can move, look, and communicate by employing a broad understanding of technologies, including prosthetic tools, neural networks, software, and the built environment.

Recognition of Leonardo’s Outstanding Peer Reviewers

Submitted by Nick Cronbach on Tuesday, 01/21/2025 1:15pm

 

As a result of 50 years of publishing work on the cutting edge, Leonardo has become the leading international peer-reviewed journal on the use of contemporary science and technology in the arts and music and, increasingly, the application and influence of the arts, design and humanities on science and technology.

Exploring Interdisciplinarity Across Continents: The Laser Talks Convening Brings Together 22 Thought Leaders

Submitted by Christiana Kazakou on Saturday, 12/14/2024 1:40am

 

On November 4th, the LASER Talks convening brought together 22 thought leaders from five continents online. In an era where the pace of innovation and interdisciplinarity knows no borders, the Laser Talks Convening emerged as an example of global collaboration.

A Fond Farewell from Shamsher Virk

Submitted by Shamsher Virk on Wednesday, 12/11/2024 5:00pm

 

Shamsher Virk, formerly ZERO1’s Executive Director and current Senior Director for Programs & Operations at Leonardo, is stepping down. Having successfully overseen ZERO1’s integration into Leonardo, he closes a dynamic chapter for ZERO1. Virk reflects on his time leading ZERO1 and then joining the Leonardo leadership team.

Remembering Dick Land (1932–2024) by Pierre J. Pernuit

Submitted by Nick Cronbach on Wednesday, 12/11/2024 4:02pm

Longtime friend of and collaborator with Leonardo Richard I. Land (b. 1932) passed away at Harvard, on 12 October 2024. A scientist, computer art pioneer, and media artist, Dick was initially trained in physics and began his career in the late 1950s working with plasma, while simultaneously pursuing an amateur career in theater acting, theater lighting, and the visual arts.

Leonardo/ISAST Integrates ZERO1 in a merger with the art and technology nonprofit organization

Submitted by Leonardo Team on Thursday, 11/14/2024 10:50am

To further solidify its leadership at the intersection of art, science, and technology, Leonardo: the International Society for Arts, Sciences, and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), is excited to announce the full integration of ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network (ZERO1) into its organization. Building on the successful strategic partnership established in 2022, Leonardo’s integration of ZERO1 reflects both organizations' shared commitment to apply creativity to the complex challenges we face today.