LABS

  • The Phenomenological Impact of Interface by Michael Austin
    October 30, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Screen capture from "U Have Been Disconnected for Flooding," by Michael Austin (2011). Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 The Phenomenological Impact of Interface on the Analysis of Digital Music and Sonic Art The experience of an artwork is just as important as any other con...
  • Structuring Somnolence by Lisa Carrie Goldberg
    October 22, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 Structuring Somnolence: Sleep Science Technology as a Medium for Drawing with the Body at Rest In December 2010, three volunteers participated in a two-week sleep study conducted by artist Lisa Carrie Goldberg and administered by a c...
  • "Music to Be Seen" by Eleni Michaelidi
    October 22, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 Music to Be Seen: The Diatope (1978) by Iannis Xenakis This thesis revisits the automated audiovisual installation the Diatope by Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) as a groundbreaking precursor to new media art. Although Xenakis’s pioneering cross-disciplin...
  • Scorescapes by Yolande Harris
    October 22, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 Scorescapes: On Sound, Environment and Sonic Consciousness Scorescapes investigates how sound mediates our relationship to the environment, and how contemporary multidisciplinary art practices can articulate this relationship. It joins my own a...
  • Time and Space Compressio​n in Cyberspace Art by Avi Rosen
    October 20, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 Time and Space Compressio​n in Cyberspace Art The term "time-space compression" was coined by David Harvey in his book, "The Condition of Postmodernity" (1989). It refers to speed-up in the pace of life, while abolishing ...
  • Re-negotiating Social Space by Linda Ryan Bengtsson
    October 20, 2012
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    Lanfranco Aceti (LEA Editor in Chief)
    Leonardo Abstract Services (LABS) 2010-2012 Re-negotiating Social Space: Public Art Installations and Interactive Experience Digital media technologies are becoming increasingly and extensively integrated into our way of living. We communicate, inform and entertain ourselves through media tec...