Shows
The MIT Press PodcastWater Is in the Air: Physics, Politics, and Poetics of Water in the ArtsOur contributors discuss their work in the arts and sciences, which is showcased in the new article collection, Water Is in the Air: Physics, Politics, and Poetics of Water in the Arts. Water Is in the Air explores the ways that artists, from all over the world, working at the cutting edge of science and engineering, create work that addresses critical issues of water in culture and society. This conversation was recorded on March 19, 2014.
Jean-Marc Chomaz, CNRS research director at the École Polytechnique Hydrodynamics Laboratory (Ladhyx) and professor at École Polytechnique. He is a member of the artist group L...
2023-03-3032 min
New Books in Physics and ChemistryWater Is in the Air: Physics, Politics, and Poetics of Water in the ArtsOur contributors discuss their work in the arts and sciences, which is showcased in the new article collection, Water Is in the Air: Physics, Politics, and Poetics of Water in the Arts. Water Is in the Air explores the ways that artists, from all over the world, working at the cutting edge of science and engineering, create work that addresses critical issues of water in culture and society. This conversation was recorded on March 19, 2014.
Jean-Marc Chomaz, CNRS research director at the École Polytechnique Hydrodynamics Laboratory (Ladhyx) and professor at École Polytechnique. He is a member of the artist group L...
2023-03-3032 min
NaturArchy: Towards A Natural Contract | JRC SciArt Summer School 2022Diana Ayton-Shenker | NaturArchy 2022A brief conversation with Diana Ayton-Shenker, CEO of Leonardo/ISAST and one of scientists who has attended to Resonances IV SciArt Summer School at Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy.Official Website - http://dianaaytonshenker.com/Curated by Francesca Rotta
2022-06-2402 min
Between Art and ScienceEpisode 08: Electronic & elemental art in [anti]disciplinary topographiesWe talk Ars Electronica, an annual festival for art, technology and society in Austria. In a collab 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.
2021-08-2330 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 07: Science fiction on stage & Fiction-Science in the galleryDerek 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.
2021-07-2223 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 06: On computer graphics and interactive techniquesIn 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.
2021-07-1418 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 05: Art on the blockchain & in critical zonesSarah 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.
2021-06-1837 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 04: @Dante’s #Inferno in augmented reality & new views of art historyArtist, playwright and technologist Kat Mustatea discusses with Leonardo senior program manager Vanessa Chang her award-winning digital performance VOIDOPOLIS, a take on Dante's Inferno played out in New York City: born on Instagram, premiering his year in Augmented Reality, and culminating in experimental book form. Edith Doove reviews the book A History of Art History by Christopher S. Wood, newly released in paperback.
2021-05-1431 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 02: The expansion of bordersChicana indigenous mestiza transborder nepantlera activista Liliana Conlisk Gallegos discusses decolonization through the expansion of borders as well as the Eurocentric myth of modernity. John F. Barber reviews Nothing But the Music: Documentaries from Nightclubs, Dance Halls and a Tailor's Shop in Dakar by Thulani Davis.
2021-05-1428 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 03: Far and AwayThis special bonus episode coproduced with the MIT Press Podcast features a conversation between Bettina Forget, director of the SETI institute's artist-in-residence program, and Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of the NASA Psyche Mission. Listen as these Leonardo authors discuss the connections between art and science, the flawed idea of the hero, exploration of both land and space, and the complexities of being a woman in a male dominated field.
2021-04-2115 minBetween Art and ScienceEpisode 01: Chaos, Cosmos, and Charlie BrownArt critic and curator Annick Bureaud and curator and art historian Natalia Kolodzei discuss COSMOS and CHAOS in the context of their contributions to the February 2021 issue of Leonardo journal on Space Art, a special publication in English and Russian for the CYFEST-13 Media Art Festival. Jan Baetens reviews the new book Peanuts Minus Schultz by Ilan Manouach.
2021-03-1333 minBetween Art and SciencePreviewErica Hruby introduces BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE, the new podcast from Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology.
Leonardo/ISAST exists to create a community for transdisciplinary practitioners and to amplify their ideas and their work. In this podcast, you can expect to hear from the creators, makers, thinkers and artists who exist in the spaces in between. Please join us.
2021-03-0903 min
Disability VisibilityEp 96: Art and Technology
Today’s episode is about art and technology featuring a conversation with Lindsey D. Felt and Vanessa Chang. Lindsey and Vanessa curated Recoding CripTech, a multidisciplinary art exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco in early 2020. You’ll learn about how their collaboration and friendship started, what it was like curating this exhibit, some of the disabled artists that were part of the exhibit, and why CripTech, disability culture, and accessibility is more important than ever in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Transcript
[Google doc] [PDF]
Related Links
M Eifler...
2021-02-0745 min
State Of The ArtThe Art of Building Art and Technology: Joel Slayton, Artist, Curator, and EducatorIn our time exploring the intersection of art and tech on State of the Art podcast, we've spoken with a number of contemporary artists, curators, researchers and innovators incorporating new media in their practice. In this episode, we continue that exploration but take a step back with Joel Slayton, artist, curator, and educator, who has been in the scene since the 70s. Slayton's involvement in the world of art and tech for the past 40 years brings a unique point of view to SOTA, with insight into how tech as a creative medium has evolved over time and continues to...
2018-10-1100 min
SIGGRAPH Spotlight10 – SIGGRAPH, Leonardo, and the Future of ArtTo celebrate the “generations” of SIGGRAPH and the 50th anniversary of the Leonardo journal, Danielle Siembieda (Managing Director, Leonardo/ISAST) sat down with an expert panel to discuss Leonardo’s history with the SIGGRAPH conference, its upcoming 50th anniversary and where the future of art — and the conference — is headed. Panelists include: Ernest Edmonds (Professor of Computational Art, De Montfort University; Founding Director, Creativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology, Sydney), Jacquelyn Martino, Ph.D. (STSM, IBM Research AI), Andrés Burbano (Associate Professor – Design Department, Universidad de los Andes; Art Gallery chair, SIGGRAPH 2018), Roger Malina (Distinguished Professor of Art and Technolog...
2017-12-2241 min