LABS

  • Synthetics by Stephen Jones
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 Synthetics: an Archaeology of the Electronic Image in Australia, 1955-1975 This thesis primarily traces the development and use of electronic technologies in Australian visual art, and to a lesser extent dance and electronic music. The thesis exami...
  • Transparency, Cognition and Interactivity By Brigitta Zics
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 Transparency, Cognition and Interactivity: Toward a New Aesthetic for Media Art This practice-based thesis undertakes research into the contemporary aesthetic of interactive media art, in order to propose a useful practical model of interactivity f...
  • On the Couch - Capturing Audience Experience By Rolf Wolfensberger
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 On the Couch - Capturing Audience Experience. A Case Study on Paul Sermon’s ‘Telematic Vision’ The thesis is a contribution to current debates on preservation strategies for electronic media artworks and is based on a case study on Paul Sermon’s i...
  • The Experience of Interactive Art By Elizabeth Muller
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 The Experience of Interactive Art: A Curatorial Study Interactive art exists through the participation of its audience. There is an increasing awareness amongst artists, critics and curators that the audience’s experience is of central importance ...
  • Creating Order in the Ceaseless Flow By Zita Joyce
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 Creating Order in the Ceaseless Flow: The Discursive Constitution of the Radio Spectrum The concept of ‘radio spectrum’ was created to organize the electromagnetic waves used by communicative technologies. It signifies an ordered sequence of radio ...
  • Towards a Species Songbook By Hollis Taylor
    November 16, 2009
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2008-2009 Towards a Species Songbook: Illuminating the Vocalisations of the Australian Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) Is musicality a capacity Homo sapiens shares with birds? The pied butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) is suggested for a zoömusi...