LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Roger F. Malina In 1992, a year designated the International Space Year by the United Nations with the theme “Mission to Planet Earth,” Roger Malina commented on a series of articles in Leonardo explored what space means for art and culture… The Cultural Dimension of Space Exploration This century has seen the […]
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TO THE STARS, SILENTLY by Douglas Vakoch
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Douglas Vakoch Douglas Vakoch discusses the mission of the SETI Institute and an initiative to produce workshops with Leonardo/ISAST. The mission of SETI is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe… To the Stars, Silently There has long been hope that contact with an […]
RECOVERING THE WHOLENESS OF ART by Itsuo Sakane
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Itsuo Sakane Itsuo Sakane argues for a balance between the art of synthetic reality, based on information technology, and the art of the five human senses, based on material. Recovering the Wholeness of Art: Information versus Material There is a new trend in the world of ‘technoscience art’ away from the kind […]
EXPANDING THE MANDATE by Sheila Pinkel
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Sheila Pinkel Sheila Pinkel asks if the mandate of Leonardo be expanded to explore the intersection between art, science, technology and society. Expanding the Mandate Since its inception, Leonardo’s mandate has been to explore the intersection between the arts, sciences and technology. Now there is a 500-pound question on the table: Can […]
TRANSLATION DISCUSSION Part I: Michael Punt
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Michael Punt Translation Discussion: Michael Punt, Roger Malina and Martin Zierold Part I: How much for a bad translation? by Michael Punt Part II: Roger Malina (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion1/) Part III: Martin Zierold (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion2/) As we are preparing to go to press with this edition of Leonardo Reviews Quarterly an article in a reasonably […]
TRANSLATION DISCUSSION Part II: Roger Malina
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Roger F. Malina Translation Discussion: Michael Punt, Roger Malina and Martin Zierold Part II: Non-Euclidian Translation: Crossing the River Delta from the Arts to the Sciences and Back Again by Roger F. Malina Part I: Michael Punt (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion/) Part III: Martin Zierold (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion2/) Michael Punt in his LRQ editorial asks some simple […]
TRANSLATION DISCUSSION Part III: Martin Zierold
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Martin Zierold Translation Discussion: Michael Punt, Roger Malina and Martin Zierold Part III: A Commentary by Martin Zierold Part I: Michael Punt (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion/) Part II: Roger Malina (https://leoalmanac.org/index.php/lea/entry/translation_discussion1/) (The preceding editorials by Michael Punt and Roger Malina emerged from an intensive series of discussions on translation stimulated by Martin Zierold in Budapest […]
VISUAL MATHEMATICS: A NEW ERA? by Michele Emmer
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Michele Emmer Michele Emmer summarizes the new branch of mathematics that we call Visual Mathematics and how the visual use of computers gives rise to new problems for mathematicians. He proposes that computer graphics could perhaps have a future as the unifying language between art and science. Visual Mathematics: A New Era? […]
ON THE VERGE OF AVALANCHE by Wasim Maziak
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Wasim Maziak Wasim Maziak argues for the importance of an institutionalized front of scientists and artists for world peace and sustainability. On the Verge of Avalanche The end of the Cold War ushered in an era of optimism for a safer and more inhabitable world. Many thought, rather naively, that, with the […]
THE MILLENNIUM OF THE ARTS by Jorge Glusberg
LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Jorge Glusberg This opinion selection is based on remarks by Jorge Glusberg at the opening session of the Fourth Biennial, 1 October 1991. He suggests that art offers a path to help bring peoples together. The Millennium of the Arts Three years ago Francis Fukuyama, an American thinker unknown until then, revolutionized […]