LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Ivan Dryer Ivan Dryer examines new realities that we can create, realities that are viscerally, if not logically, indistinguishable in plausibility from ordinary, objective reality. Virtual Realities and the Future of the Arts The impact of simulation technologies such as virtual reality and, eventually, holographic projections, will be as profound in the […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by The Dagstuhl Aesthetic Computing Workshop The Dagstuhl Aesthetic Computing Workshop looks at applying aesthetics to computing. Aesthetic Computing Manifesto The application of computing to aesthetics and the formation of art and design has a long history. With the integration of hardware, software and cybernetics in the 1960s, computer art emerged as a […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Ernst Gombrich Ernest Gombrich argues that it takes time for a system of art conventions to crystallize and says we are more likely to achieve a new language of form when we are less obsessed with novelty and change… Art is Long… “Art is long and life is short.” That famous saying […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Michael Punt Michael Punt looks at the history and the future of the Leonardo Reviews project… Renaming the Future In August 2003, the Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board approved the name change of Leonardo Digital Reviews to Leonardo Reviews. The removal of the adjective “digital” may seem a trivial reduction but it was the […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Roger F. Malina In 1995 Leonardo/ISAST launched a World Wide Web site. Roger Malina looks at the promise of the web and why the site was launched in this historical opinion.  Leonardo’s current site is hosted at http://www.leonardo.info. The Fourth World: The Promises and Dangers of the World Wide Web The Promise […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Robert Root-Bernstein Robert Root-Bernstein introduces a column that will be to explore the essential connection of art and science in the past, present and future, with the aim of stimulating broader discussion of, and participation in, this essential connection… ArtScience: The Essential Connection If the pages of Leonardo are any indication, technological […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Sundar Sarukkai Sundar Sarukkai asks: In this era of the growing presence of technology in art, a trend well exemplified by digital art, how do we find deeper terms of engagement between art and technology? Beauty in the Beast In this era of the growing presence of technology in art, a trend […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Jack Ox Jack Ox asks: How can living artists protect their rights to participate in a continuing intellectual dialogue through their artworks by participation in important and relevant exhibitions? Intellectual versus Real Property Rights How can living artists protect their rights to participate in a continuing intellectual dialogue through their artworks by […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Nancy Gorglione Nancy Gorglione examines holography, three-dimensional (3D) laser photography, and encourages support for ensuring the archiving of holography.. A Partial View Of A Three-Dimensional World I want to say everything in this introduction to convince the reader that holography, three-dimensional (3D) laser photography, is ‘the’ art medium of the twentieth century. […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Julianne Pierce Julianne Pierce examines Media Arts Networks, Exchange and Dialogues in the Asia Pacific Region… Network, Exchange and Dialogue: Media Arts in the Asia Pacific If we are to look for a contemporary edge or a growing buzz in the field of art, science and technology, it may well be found […]