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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <nettime-l-temp@material.net> is the temporary home of the nettime-l list while desk.nl rebuilds its list-serving machine. please continue to send messages to <nettime-l@desk.nl> and your commands to <majordomo@desk.nl>. nettime-l-temp should be active for approximately 2 weeks (11-28 Jun 99). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:07:40 +0100 To: syndicate@aec.at From: Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@v2.nl> Subject: Syndicate: Leonardo Books: The Digital Dialectic and Art and Innovation Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:50:05 -0700 From: Leonardo <isast@sfsu.edu> LEONARDO BOOK SERIES CONTINUES WITH "THE DIGITAL DIALECTIC" AND "ART AND INNOVATION" Two new books document the theory and practice behind the interdisciplinary jam session that is new media. Leonardo/ISAST and MIT Press announce the release of two exciting new books in the Leonardo Book Series: "The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media," edited by Peter Lunenfeld, and "Art and Innovation: The Xerox PARC Artist-in-Residence Program," edited by Craig Harris. Both books deal with the multifaceted nature of new media through both theoretical and hands-on approaches in search of the ways in which we will communicate and create tomorrow. "The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media" "The Digital Dialectic" is an interdisciplinary jam session about our visual and intellectual cultures as the computer recodes technologies, media, and art forms. Unlike purely academic texts on new media, the book includes contributions by scholars, artists, and entrepreneurs, who combine theoretical investigations with hands-on analysis of the possibilities (and limitations) of new technology. The key concept is the digital dialectic: a method to ground the insights of theory in the constraints of practice. The essays move beyond journalistic reportage and hype into serious but accessible discussion of new technologies, new media, and new cultural forms. "Art and Innovation: The Xerox PARC Artist-in-Residence Program" The idea behind Xerox's interdisciplinary Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) is simple: if you put creative people in a hothouse setting, innovation will naturally emerge. PARC's Artist-in-Residence Program (PAIR) brings artists who use new media to PARC and pairs them with researchers who often use the same media, though in different contexts. This is radically different from most corporate support of the arts, where there is little intersection between the disciplines. The result is both interesting and new scientific innovations. "Art and Innovation" explores the unique process that grew from this pairing of new media artists and scientists working at the frontier of developing technologies. In addition to discussing specific works created during several long-term residencies, the artists and researchers reveal the similarities and differences in their approaches and perspectives as they engage each other in a search for new methods for communication and creativity. For descriptions, prices, and order information, go to <http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/leobooks.html> Leonardo/ISAST serves the international art community by providing a channel of communication for artists and others interested in the arts, with an emphasis on artists who use science and developing technologies in their work. Our activities include: *publication of the art, science and technology journal Leonardo and the Leonardo Music Journal *the Leonardo Book Series, published by MIT Press *an electronic journal, Leonardo Electronic Almanac <http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/> *a World Wide Web Site, Leonardo On-Line <http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/home.html>, which features information on our activites and how to order Leonardo publications. Subscriptions to the journal are available as are back issues and books in the Leonardo Book series. Leonardo/ISAST Editorial Offices: 425 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A. Tel: 415-405-3335. Fax: 415-405-7758. Email: <isast@sfsu.edu>. Editorial Department LEONARDO 425 Market St. 2nd Floor San Francisco CA 94105 (415) 405 3335 Fax: (415) 405 7758