Contemporary Opinion by Laura Cinti The Sensorial Invisibility Of Plants: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Through Bio Art And Plant Neurobiology Rather than reconcile the two understandings of plants discussed in the essay with a broader spectrum of experiences, my findings show that we return to the ‘Aristotelian’ position of plants. Although bio art as an ‘interaction’ [...]
New Leonardo Thinks Postings
New Leonardo Thinks Postings
Contemporary Opinion by Patricia Olynyk Minding the Gap: Risk Capital and the Myth of Two Cultures Patricia Olynyk argues that if one accepts the premise of “one culture” – of a shared overall world view, then engaging risk capital in the academy could not only prompt a re-evaluation of our target investments but support the [...]
New Leonardo Thinks Postings
Contemporary Opinion by Ernest Edmonds Research on and from within Creative Practice Ernest Edmonds discusses the rich and exciting space in which more and more artists and collaborative teams are conducting practice-based research, particularly in the areas of interest to Leonardo. Originally published in Leonardo August 2007, Vol. 40, No. 4: 318–318 Historical Opinion by [...]
Symbiotic Art and Science Workshop
Colleagues- I will be attending the Symbiotic Art and Science workshop (see summary below). If you have relevant writings I will happily bring them to the attention of the participants Roger An Investigation into the Intersection of Life Sciences and the Arts jointly sponsored by The National Science Foundation / The National Endowment for the [...]
Lovely Weather, The End of Astronomy and the need for ArtSci Socio-Economic indicators
by Roger F Malina | January 2, 2011 In preparing for last year’s US National Science Foundation/National Endowment of the Arts workshop, I was forced to articulate the best case for why it would be a good thing for society to encourage more collaboration between artists and scientists, see http://www.arts.gov/artworks/?p=4093. I found it impossible to quantify [...]
Mental illness as a source of creativity debunked
Leonardo Reviews board member Wilfred Arnold debunks mental illness as a source of creativity in his video: “Creativity and the van Gogh Legacy” 14 minutes, here
Videos: Innovation Group: Center for Nanotechnology in Society
I attended an Innovation workshop and the talks are available on line http://innovate.ucsb.edu/914-lyon-workshop-videos Innovation Group: Center for Nanotechnology in Society Lyon Workshop Videos These videotaped sessions are from the “States of Innovation: Research Policy and Practice After 10 Years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative” Workshop held in Lyon, France, April 28-30, 2010 The talk I [...]
Reference List: The case for art-science collaboration in cog sciences as a benefit to science and engineering
Click HERE for a draft of the scientific reference list related to art and cognitive/neuroscience. The list also includes links to reports and general references in the art/sci field
UPCOMING NSF/NEA WORKSHOP ON ART SCIENCE
I am attending this working shop and am interested in any inputs or thoughts you might have. roger malina Re/Search: Art, Science, and Information Technology A Joint Meeting of the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts This workshop seeks to advance exploration at the intersection of art and science. Areas of [...]
OPEN OBSERVATORY CHALLENGE ROGER MALINA AND THE NEW LEONARDOS
Interview with Roger Malina: Txt: Teresa De Feo / Eng: Mimi Peña Full interview is posted at http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1764 Teresa De Feo: Mister Malina, you believe in the relationship between science and humanity and particularly in the relationship between science, art and technology and seeing as, according your ideas, seem to be the most fruitful solutions [...]