> 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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