[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo/ISAST gives New Horizons Award for Innovation to Critical Art Ensemble

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> From: "Leonardo/ISAST" <[email protected]>
> Date: October 25, 2004 8:23:14 PM EDT
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo/ISAST gives New Horizons
> Award for Innovation to Critical Art Ensemble
>
> For immediate release
> October 25, 2004
> Contact: [email protected]
>
> Leonardo/ISAST Announces:
>
> Leonardo/ISAST gives New Horizons Award for Innovation to Critical Art
> Ensemble
>
> The Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and
> Technology
> Governing Board (Leonardo/ISAST) is pleased to announce a special
> Leonardo
> New Horizons Award given to Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). CAE is
> internationally acclaimed for their artistic work in fields such as
> biotechnology, robotics and tactical media. Their performances and
> installations have reached viewers around the world and have broken new
> ground in the often controversial area of new technologies.
>
> The Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board voted to give CAE this special
> award to
> affirm the principle that artists should engage emerging technologies
> and be
> willing to take critical stances that may be at odds with those of the
> mainstream. Freedom of artistic expression and research form a part of
> the
> foundation of an open society. For more information on Critical Art
> Ensemble, please visit http://www.critical-art.net.
>
> Leonardo/ISAST recognizes the challenges that artists face as they
> strive
> for exposure and recognition. These challenges are amplified for
> artists
> working with new media and new techniques—especially for those
> artists who
> are pushing the boundaries of the integration of art and technology.
> The
> Leonardo New Horizons Award for Innovation was initiated to recognize
> new
> and emerging artists for innovation in new media. Evelyn
> Edelson-Rosenberg,
> Jean-Marc Philippe, Jaroslav Belik, Peter Callas, Patrick Boyd,
> Christian
> Schiess, I Wayan Sadra, Kitsou Dubois, Gregory Barsamian, Graham
> Harwood and
> Ewen Chardronett have received this award.
>
> More information on previous Leonardo New Horizons Award winners can be
> found at: http://leonardo.info/isast/awards.html.
>
> For over 35 years, Leonardo/ISAST has served the international arts
> community by promoting and documenting work at the intersection of the
> arts,
> sciences, and technology, and by encouraging and stimulating
> collaboration
> between artists, scientists, and technologists. Leonardo/ISAST
> activities
> include publication of the art, science and technology journal
> Leonardo;
> Leonardo Music Journal; the Leonardo Book Series; the electronic
> journal,
> Leonardo Electronic Almanac; and our World Wide Web Site, Leonardo
> On-Line
> (all published by The MIT Press). More information about Leonardo/ISAST
> membership and activities can be found online at:
> http://www.leonardo.info.
>
>
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