LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Louise Poissant Louise Poissant comments on the Dictionary of New Media Arts project. She notes that it allowed us first to observe the passage from tools and machines to interfaces and then gradually to witness the shift from the instrumental register to the more global paradigm of media ecology The Encyclopedia of […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Yusuf A. Grillo Yusuf A. Grillo asks how much influence should the patron or the critic have on what the artist does? Science and Technology and the Purpose of Art It is a widely held belief of art patrons, particularly in connection with art in Third World countries such as Nigeria, that […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Jack Ox Jack Ox looks at how the LambdaRail can help to develop the paths for communication, while also forging methods to reunite dispersed communities… The Global Artists’ Diaspora and the LambdaRail What is happening to collaborative communities of artists whose centers of activity have been decimated by rising real-estate values? How […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Ernest Edmonds Ernest Edmonds discusses the rich and exciting space in which more and more artists and collaborative teams are conducting practice-based research, particularly in the areas of interest to Leonardo… Research on and from within Creative Practice One view of art-making is that it is fundamentally a research process. Each art […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Roy Ascott Roy Ascott sees our age as one that includes an art of interactivity, involving the human use of computerised communication and electronic telepresence.  He believed this approach carries great potential and hope for our emergence into the next millennium as caring, cooperative and creative human beings… Connectivity: Art and Interactive […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Arthur Woods Arthur Woods concludes that the Space Option represents the most optimistic scenario for insuring humanity’s long-term sustainability and ultimate survival at this critical moment in history. The Space Option Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke could not have been more perceptive in 1968 when he wrote: The challenge of the great […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Sonia Landy Sheridan Sonia Landy Sheridan comments on the tenets of art education toward the end of the twentieth century (in 1990) and the importance of new technology and new social conditions in educational program development. New Foundations: Classroom Lessons in Art/Science/Technology for the 1990s In less than a decade we will […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Ricardo Mbarkho Ricardo Mbarkho comments on how globalization and new media have fostered change and creative pursuits in Lebanon from 2008-2011. On New Media and Creativity in the Lebanese Setting: 2008-2011 People in Lebanon are obsessed with their country. The technology network has become a place where the utopian models of Lebanon […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Historical Opinion by Péter Érdi Péter Érdi proposes that artistic projects offer insight into how we may reconcile the reductionistic and holistic approaches to biology and dynamic structures. Biology and Art The Parts and the Whole The history of biology could be characterized by two rather complementary approaches. While ‘reductionists’ emphasize the importance of the […]

LEONARDO THINKS 1968 – 2011 Contemporary Opinion by Jacques Mandelbrojt Jacques Mandelbrojt looks at how the concept of fractals, invented by Benoit Mandelbrot, unites and gives a solid mathematical framework to ideas of artists, scientists and philosophers of art sometimes felt more or less clearly. Fractals in Art, Science and Technology Benoit Mandelbrot French and American mathematician who just passed […]