By JARON LANIER | New York Times If machines are to improve teaching, we must recognize their limits — and our own capacity for magic. Full article
Archive of posts filed under the Web/Tech category.
Lecture on György Kepes and Frank J. Malina
Interesting lecture on Roger Malina’s site. It is his Keynote Lecture from “The Pleasure of Light exhibition and conference, an exhibition that presents the pioneering interdisciplinary concepts of György Kepes and Frank J. Malina through the course of their lives, creations and enduring influence. Lots of wonderful photographs in the presentation.
Leonardo Reviews – August 2010
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau: Interactive Art Research <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/aug2010/harle_stocker.php> by Gerfried Stocker, Christa Sommerer, and L.aurent Mignonneau, Editors Reviewed by Rob Harle Dada in Paris <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/aug2010/mosher_sanouillet.php> by Michel Sanouillet; Michèle Humbert, Editorial Consultant; trans. by Sharmila Ganguly; revised and expanded by Anne Sanouillet Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher Fireworks: Pyrotechnic Arts and Sciences in [...]
Survey: Perception of Images
Amanda Wilson has put together a survey to collect some data about the perception of images. It is short, 7 questions. Here’s the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XRVRXJ6 I urge you to visit.
Open Call: DIGITAL’2010: PLANET EARTH
DIGITAL’2010: PLANET EARTH 12th international digital print competition-exhibition organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) to be held at the New York Hall of Science Oct.3, 2010 – January 31, 2011 DEADLINE: Aug.16, 2010 Click here for the GUIDELINES <http://www.asci.org/artikel1106.html> with links to: Co-Juror Bios, Online Entry Form, Payment Page] INTRODUCTION Our blue planet, [...]
New Leonardo Reviews: Posted | June 2010
A Body Worth Defending: Immunity, Biopolitics, and the Apotheosis of the Modern Body <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/june2010/black_cohen.php> by Ed Cohen Reviewed by C.F. Black
Ann: Leonardo Reviews Quarterly 1.01 | June 2010
Now online here Leonardo Reviews is the work of an international panel of scholars and professionals invited from a wide range of disciplines to review books, exhibitions, CD-ROMs, Web sites, and conferences. Collectively they represent an intellectual commitment to engaging with the emergent debates and manifestations that are the consequences of the convergence of the [...]
Ann: Illuminating the Science: Art and Climate Change
Thursday, April 22 at 3pm + 6:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre, Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street, New York City Free! First come, first served http://web.gc.cuny.edu/MESTC/events/s10/illuminating-science.html
Catastrophic Art
Philadelphia artists enlist the help of a mathematician to convey the idea that sometimes, all it takes is one small change for an elaborate biological system to crash.
CFP: The first International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture
“New Imaging: transdisciplinary strategies for art beyond the new media”. Takes place on 5 – 6 November at Artspace, 43/51 Cowper Wharf Rd, Sydney, NSW 2011. Deadline for Abstracts: June 25, 2010 A profound shift is occurring in our understanding of postmodern media culture. Since the turn of the millennium the emphasis on mediation as [...]
