LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2012 Contemporary Opinion by Meredith Root-Bernstein Meredith Root-Bernstein introduces the influential Portuguese teacher and historian of science Rómulo de Carvalho (1906-1997) who wrote under the pseudonym António Gedeão. Rómulo de Carvalho and António Gedeão, Scientist-Artist The influential teacher and historian of science Rómulo de Carvalho (1906-1997) is well known in his native Portugal both for his […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Gianni Romano Gianni Romano examines why the idea of “house” and the concept of “habitation” seem somewhat inadequate in an epoch in which many are turning toward cyberspace… The House as a Place to Share In a recent special issue of the popular architecture magazine Abitare devoted to Milan, two expensive shops […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Jacques Mandelbrojt Jacques Mandelbrojt looks at the challenges and constraints an artist faces while using one work of art to produce a corresponding one in another medium can force the artist to expand his or her creative vocabulary… Intersenses Most forms of art are traditionally linked to one of our senses-music to […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by by Paulina Borsook Paulina Borsook asks how and if written works created for the Internet differ from works created for print. Something about Art I write fiction as well as nonfiction, and was alarmed when I found out that one of my published short stories, the novella “Love Over The Wires” that […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by by Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac reflects on the landing of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft and how this event brought telepresence to the masses. Live from Mars Today, 4 July 1997, is an exciting day for art. [1] Although the art of telepresence has been consistently explored since the late 1980s, today the […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Curtis E. A. Karnow Curtis E. A. Karnow noted in 1997 that there are many responses to the way the computer impacts copyright laws. He concluded that it is up to us to push for and map out solutions that encourage creativity. In Collaboration with Machines Art is I; Science is we. […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Michael Punt Michael Punt states that where the digital proposes the perfect finite conditions for a perfect existence regardless of matter (as for example in the human genome project), in the postdigital analogue (as for example in the ironies of genetic and wet biological art) human consciousness is regarded as almost infinitely […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Patricia Olynyk 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 most innovative, generative and experimental thinking, research and creative work emerging […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by David Topper David Topper parallels the development of ideas about the neutrino and the Sydney Opera House, examining the idea that due to the constraints in all aspects of human thought there are similar patterns of thinking among theorists. The Neutrino and the Sydney Opera House The Neutrino and the Sydney Opera […]