3 LEA Monographs: Rencontres du 13 avril

The "Rencontres du 13 avril" are a series of workshops co- organized by Leonardo/OLATS, the OURS Foundation and the International Academy of Astronautics. Every year, since 1997, it gathers leading scientists and artists on a specific theme for a one day workshop (by invitation) in Boulogne-Billancourt in the near suburb of Paris. The "Rencontres du 13 avril" focuses on the exchanges between artists and scientits and on the cultural impact of space activities.

In 1997, the theme of the first "Rencontres" was "The Artists as Space Explorers" ; in 1998, Space Art/Earth Art ; and in 1999, Cultural Perspectives on Space.

In three years the "Rencontres" have gathered more than 40 participants : Jacques Arnould, Marc Battier, Eva Belik & Josh Firebaugh, Marco Bernasconi, Michael Boehme, Joel Boutteville, Burkhard Bratke, Ralf Buelow, Annick Bureaud, Jackie Burns, Vinton Cerf, Richard Clar, Jurgen Claus, Pierre Comte, David Criswell, Kitsou Dubois, Frank Friedlander, Richard Kriesche, William Hartmann, Benjamin Jay Britton, S.Reid Mac Gregor, Susan McKenna-Lawlor, Nathalie Lafforgue, Rob La Fresnais, Roger Malina, Christine Maxwell, Herve Moulin, Karen O'Rourke, Lucy & Jorge Orta, Didier Ottinger, Marki Peljham, Jean-Marc Philippe, Josette & Jean-Jacques Runavo, Richard Americus de Seabra, Alexandre Szames, Nicola Triscott, Claudine Varesi, Tracey Warr, Chris Welch, Arthur Woods

The three monographs archived in Leonardo Electronic Almanac document the three workshops with abstracts or full text of the communications. Extremely diverse, they range from artists presentations of achieved works or projects (Keo by Jean-Marc Philippe, Cosmic Dancer and the SEEDS project by Arthur Woods, Alpha of Zero G. Art by Pierre Comte, Earth Star by REichard Clar, Solar Modules by Jurgen Claus) to curators's projects of exhibitions (Seven Hills in Berlin for year 2000 presented by Ralf Buelow), to scientific presentations (Mars exploration and astrobiology by Douglas O'Handley, Lunar Solar Power Project by David Criswell, Design and Form of Extraterrestrial Garden by Chris Welch).

We invite the readers to check the full documentation archived on LEA and to go to OLATS web site for information on the next workshop http://www.olats.org.