Leonardo Calendar of Upcoming Events

(see also the list of past events)

• Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), September 8, 2008
• Leonardo Education Forum at ISEA 2008, Singapore, July 27, 2008
• Leonardo Education Forum at Siggraph 2008, LA, CA, August 14, 2008

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8 September 2008

Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER)
SFSU Downtown Center, 835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA

LASER is a bimonthly series of lectures and presentations organized by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST

6:00pm-6:30pm: Socializing/networking

6:45-7:15pm: Thomas Zimmerman IBM Almaden Research Center, on "Music as the Mother of Invention"

Many of my inventions started as input devices for musical instruments. The DataGlove was a means to play air guitar. The Personal Area Network was a means to play air drums. I shall discuss the development of input devices for electronic musical instruments and how they contributed to inventions.

7:15-7:45pm: William Hsu and Matt Heckert of the Multimedia & Visualization Lab at SFSU on "Sound Machines and Computer Control"

An overview of several mechanical sound installations and performances they have collaborated on over a 5 year period: the Rotifiers/Centripetal Sound, the Fencers, and the Chainboxes.

7:45-8:00pm: Break

8:00-8:20pm: Robert Rich, Electronic and Digital Composer, on "Microtonal Music and Just Intonation"

A brief introduction to the use of tuning systems based upon ratios, focusing on musical examples and audio demonstrations, with just a bit of history and not much math.

8:20-8:40pm: Sharon Siskin, of WEAD



8:40pm: Piero Scaruffi on the next Leonardo Art/Science evening

8:45-9:45pm: Discussions, more socializing

To receive mailings about upcoming LASER events, email isast@leonardo.info

For more information, see: http://www.scaruffi.com/leonardo/july2008.html

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27-30 July 2008

Leonardo Education Forum at ISEA 2008
Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore.

Sunday, July 27, 2008
At the Crossroads of Media Arts and Science and Technology:
Education in the 21st Century - What is to be done?
Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore.

Discussion of the white paper draft initiated at LEF@re:place2007 in Berlin, edited by Michael Century, Daniela Reimann and Nina Czegledy. Schedule: ollowing short opening statements, we would like to briefly introduce the LEF international network and discuss the concept and development of regional networks focused on local issues and context. We propose to spend the first hour on feedback of the white paper draft and identification of key areas for discussion. We suggest to break out into moderated discussion groups on each subject. The final hour is for conclusions and concrete recommendations.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Special Event at the Singapore Science center:
Art Science exchange, mixer, show and launch

In this informal gathering, UCLA Art | Science center director Victoria Vesna presents the concept, research and work of the recently established center housed in two locations -- Broad Art center and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). She is joined by astrophysicist Roger Malina, executive director of Leonardo journal and co-chairs of the Leonardo Education Forum, Andrea Polli and Nina Czegledy. Together they will discuss some of the most recent activities, challenges and opportunities that this internationally oriented organization is involved in. After this, Victoria will lead a tour of the NANO exhibition she co-created with nanoscientist James Gimzewski, followed by a tea reception mixer where ideas and contacts will be exchanged and the launch of the Filter magazine published by the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT). The edition will be on Interdisciplinarity -- specifically as such a practice relates to art and science collaborations.

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14 August 2008

Leonardo Education Forum at SIGGRAPH 2008
Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 507
Los Angeles, CA

Join members of the Leonardo Education Forum from 4 - 6 pm in Room 507 of the Los Angeles Convention Center for a Birds of a Feather meeting to discussion issues related to Leonardo Education Forum. Then join us for a party immediately afterwards at LEF member (and LABS Director) Sheila Pinkel's home. Contact spinkel@earthlink.net for directions.