Fwd: LEA June 2004 - Beauty in the Beast, Art as Technology ....

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "nisar keshvani" <[email protected]>
> Date: June 20, 2004 3:21:07 AM EDT
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: LEA June 2004 - Beauty in the Beast, Art as Technology ….
> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>
>
> *sincere apologies for cross-posting*
>
> Leonardo Electronic Almanac: June 2004
> ISSN#1071-4391
> art | science | technology - a definitive voice since 1993
> http://lea.mit.edu
>
> *Beauty in the Beast by Sundar Sarrukai*
> In this month's LEA, Leonardo Editorial Board Member
> Sundar Sarrukai explores the question of how we can find
> deeper terms of engagement between art and
> technology.
>
> *Art as Technology by Bill Witherspoon*
> In our main feature, artist Bill Witherspoon describes an
> intriguing series of artistic projects in which massive
> geometrical designs made in remote natural settings
> often seemed to be connected with surprising changes in
> the environment and its inhabitants. His research and
> work led to exploration of sacred Indian symbols, or *
> yantras,* which are said to have a
> powerful and beneficial influence on consciousness on its
> deepest levels.
>
> *Leonardo Reviews: June 2004*
> Allan Graubard reviews *Jaroslav Roessler: Czech Avant-
> Garde Photographer,* exploring the photographer's
> impact on Czech photography and the art world as a
> whole; Rob Harle reviews the 20th Anniversary edition of
> the YLEM Journal, considering its influence on and by the
> art/science/technology community; and again Harle looks
> at a book on Chinese artist
> Wenda Gu, whose work explores "transculturalism"
> through the us of unusual materials (including human
> hair).
>
> Also in this issue, the Leonardo Abstracts Services
> highlights Elisa Giaccardi