Leonardo ISAST and SETI Institute invite you to a meeting of the Leonardo Art/Science community. See below for location and agenda. The event is free and open to everybody. Feel free to invite relevant acquaintances. Please RSVP to p@scaruffi.com . Admission is limited. Like previous evenings, the agenda includes some presentations of art/science projects, and time for casual socializing/networking. In order to facilitate the networking, feel free to send me the URL of a webpage that describes your work or the organization you work for. I will publish a list on this webpage before the day of the event so that everybody can check what everybody else is doing. (Not mandatory, just suggested). See also... Art, Technology, Culture Colloquia Art/Science Fusion at UC Davis Previous Art/Science Evenings When: December 8, 2009 Where: SETI Institute 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, California, USA What: 6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking. During the evening anyone in the audience is welcome to present their work in 30 seconds. 7:00-7:30: Bathsheba Grossman (Artist) on "Title" Abstract 7:30-8:00: Romie Litteral (UCLA) on "DIY biology, a movement to put more biological tools in the hands of those outside institutions for hobbyist and artistic purposes" Abstract 8:00-8:30: BREAK 8:30-9:00: Peter Foucault (SFAI) on "Systems and Interactivity in Drawing" A discussion on how drawings are constructed through mark making systems, and how audience participation can influence the outcome of a final composition, focusing on an interactive robotic drawing installation 9:00-9:30: Wayne Vitale of Gamelan Sekar Jaya on "The Planets: Balinese Music Meets 21st Century Astronomy." A century ago, composer Gustav Holst brought together contemporary conceptions of the solar system, mostly from astrology, with the universe of the symphony orchestra. Now, I and visual designers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are engaged in an elaborate updating of this project, which may end up as remote from Holst's "Planets" as the newly discovered exoplanets are from the Hindu temples of Bali, Indonesia. I'll focus on the creative and conceptual arc of the project, touching on the tuning systems of Balinese gamelan, the end of the universe, and why the two might have more in common than is apparent prima vista. 9:30: Piero Scaruffi on the next Leonardo Art/Science evening I will simply preview the line-up of speakers for the next Leonardo evening. 9:30pm-10:00pm: Discussions, more socializing You can mingle with the speakers and the audience Bios: Peter Foucault creates works on paper, videos, and installations that are fueled by his love of drawing and mark making. He has created a series of Drawing-Projects, which utilize systems developed by the artist that produce complex abstract compositions. Viewer interactivity plays an integral part in his drawing installations, large-scale artworks in which participants influence the outcome of a drawing that is created by a small robot over the duration of an event or exhibition. Foucault has participated in numerous exhibitions nationwide and has curated several art events. Bathsheba Grossman is Romie Litteral is Piero Scaruffi is a cognitive scientist who has lectured in three continents and published several books on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, the latest one being "The Nature of Consciousness" (2006). He pioneered Internet applications in the early 1980s and the use of the World-Wide Web for cultural purposes in the mid 1990s. His poetry has been awarded several national prizes in Italy and the USA. His latest book of poems and meditations is "Synthesis" (2009). As a music historian, he has published ten books, the latest ones being "A History of Rock and Dance Music" (2009) and "A History of Jazz Music" (2007). He has also written extensively about cinema, literature and the visual arts. An avid traveler, he has visited 121 countries of the world. Wayne Vitale is a composer, performer, author, teacher, recording engineer, and instrument conservator in the field of Balinese music. He is the director of Gamelan Sekar Jaya (www.gsj.org), an ensemble of sixty musicians and dancers that has achieved an unparalleled international reputation for its cross-cultural creative work. As a composer, he has created numerous works for gamelan that have directly impacted the evolution of Balinese kebyar music. His recording label, Vital Records (www.vitalrecords.ws), releases critically acclaimed CDs of Balinese music. He has also devoted himself to the metallic art of gamelan tuning, grinding and filing his way throughout the US and Europe to restore Balinese instruments. Address and directions: 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone: 650-961-6633 Directions to SETI Confirmed so far: