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Episode 08: Electronic & elemental art in [anti]disciplinary topographies
Submitted by Erica Hruby on Monday, 08/23/2021 3:04pmEPISODE NOTES (click through for transcript and more)
We talk Ars Electronica, an annual festival for art, technology and society in Linz, Austria. In a collaboration with Ars Leonardocast, Kenneth Azurin and Dawn Faelnar interview Dutch fashion and textile designer Hellen van Rees about her projects at Ars 2018. Leonardo’s Vanessa Chang introduces [Anti]disciplinary Topographies for Ars 2021. The first winner of the Prix Ars Electronica, Brian Reffin Smith, reviews Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art edited by Sharon Hecker and Silvia Bottinelli.
The Mindful Mona Lisa: Random Geometry of Planets
Submitted by Max Herman on Wednesday, 08/04/2021 2:30pm
Episode 07: Science fiction on stage & Fiction-Science in the gallery
Submitted by Erica Hruby on Thursday, 07/22/2021 1:43pm
EPISODE NOTES (click through for transcript and more)
Derek Lee McPhatter, a playwright who unfolds narratives at the crossroads of race, class, gender, sexuality and technology speaks about his work, informed by his subjective experience as a black gay man. Edith Doove reviews the exhibition Fiction-Science—Buvard et Pichet.
Recognition of Leonardo’s Outstanding Peer Reviewers
Submitted by Erica Hruby on Wednesday, 07/14/2021 4:34pmAs 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.
Episode 06: On computer graphics and interactive techniques
Submitted by Erica Hruby on Wednesday, 07/14/2021 11:20amEPISODE NOTES (click through for transcript and more)
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.
The Mindful Mona Lisa: Weaving to Simplify
Submitted by Max Herman on Friday, 07/02/2021 2:13pm
Episode 05: Art on the blockchain & in critical zones
Submitted by Erica Hruby on Friday, 06/18/2021 6:32pmEPISODE NOTES (click through for transcript and more)
Sarah Meyohas, an artist who centers her practice within emerging technologies, talks about art on the blockchain, including BitchCoin, crypto currency backed by her own photography. Jussi Parikka reviews Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth edited by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel.
The Mindful Mona Lisa: Scientific Allegory and the Algebra of Dream
Submitted by Max Herman on Thursday, 06/03/2021 6:16pm
Remember Joel Chadabe
Submitted by David A. Jaffe on Tuesday, 06/01/2021 4:54pmI met Joel at Bennington College in beautiful Southern Vermont in the mid-1970s, where he was the director of the electronic music studio. Having been a ham radio operator from a young age, I'd always had an interest in electronics. Arriving after several years studying with Karel Husa at the conservatory of Ithaca College, Bennington offered a very different environment, with an intimate apprenticeship-style approach.