[spectre] Meta-Life. Biotechnologies, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Life and the Arts

Dear Spectrites, I have the great pleasure to announce the publication of the new Leonardo ebook Meta-Life. Biotechnologies, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Life and the Arts, co-edited by Roger Malina, Louise Whiteley and myself. It is a true mamoth : 45 articles ! Enjoy the reading as much

[spectre] Support Creative Distrubance: the Leonardo new podcasts platform

Leonardo has the pleasure to announce the launch of Creative Disturbance, its podcast platform supporting collaboration among the arts, sciences, and technologies communities http://creativedisturbance.org/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1008226087/creative-disturbance Creative

[spectre] Trust Me, I'm an Artist

Dear Spectrites, This year 2015 starts with a new exciting project for Leonardo/Olats as we are a partner in the european project Trust Me, I'm an Artist (2015 -2016) exploring ethical issues in art that engage with biotechnology and medicine. http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php You will

[spectre] Audiolats, Leonardo/Olats Sound Bites Series on Creative Distubrance

Dear Spectrites, It is with great pleasure that we are launching Audiolats, the Leonardo/Olats sound bites series on Creative Disturbance, the international, multilingual network and podcast platform supporting collaboration among the arts, sciences, and new technologies communities

[spectre] Listening to Leonardo podcasts!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The series of podcasts on the Leonardo Creative Disturbance platform is growing everyday. Find below an update of what has been released on Audiolats and its associated channels ((Meta-Life, PioneersPathbreakers, Virtual Africa, Space Art Culture). According to

[spectre] Edmond Couchot, Memoirs

Dear Spectrites, For those of you who can read French, I deeply recommend the Memoirs of Edmond Couchot about his envolvement in digital/new media art and his recall of the French scene from the late 60' to the 80's that I had the great pleasure to publish on the Leonardo/Olats website in

[spectre] ŠPELA PETRIČ: ‘Confronting Vegetal Otherness: Skotopoiesis’

Dear Spectrites, Pencil your calendar for this event that is taking place 9 – 11 September in Ljubljana, organised by the Kapelica Gallery part of the ‘Trust Me, I’m an Artist’ project (http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php). ŠPELA PETRIČ: ‘Confronting Vegetal Otherness: Skotopoiesis’

[spectre] New on Audiolats

Dear Spectrites It is my great pleasure to provide you with the list of the new podcasts on the Audiolats chanels on the Creative Disturbance Platform. Best Annick *META-LIFE* http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/meta-life/ •Natural Technology: A Phytocentric Perspective (1/2)

[spectre] Create! Program! Force to Live!

Dear Friends, It is my great pleasure to announce the next "Trust Me, I'm An Artist" event that is taking place in Prague on November 19th 2015. All info below ! Best Annick *** CREATE! PROGRAM! FORCE TO LIVE! "Molding the Signifier" by Ivor Diosi

[spectre] Trust Me, I'm An Artist: new event in Ljubljana and podcasts online !

Dear Spectrites, September starts in quite an active manner for the Trust Me, I'm An Artist group with Spela Petric performance at the Kapelica Gallery in Ljubljana and the first podcasts published on Audiolats on the Creative Disturbance plateforme. We are looking forward to seeing you in

[spectre] "Trust Me I'm An Artis: The Conundrum of Plant Life by Spela Petric

Dear Spectrites A New Year and a New Article in the Trust Me, I'm an Artist Series. This is the article by Spela Petric : "Trust Me I'm An Artis: The Conundrum of Plant Life. "Skotopoiesis" is the first event from the series "Confronting Vegetal Otherness" within which artist Spela Petric

[spectre] Trust Me, I'm An Artist : First Articles

Dear Friends, Don't know what to do during the holiday break? Have read already all your books, articles, mail? Just want something new? Here some fresh reading for you! It is my great pleasure to announce that the 3 first articles from the Trust Me, I'm An Artist are available online at :

[spectre] "Cellular Propeller", Howard Boland and Lucas Evers at Transmediale

Dear Friends Going to Transmediale ? Join the "Trust Me, I'm An Artist" team for the ethics panel regarding the "Cellular Propeller" project by Howard Boland (of London-based C-Lab), which explores the fourth domain of synthetic biology where bio-matter is mobilized to perform novel

[spectre] New Podcasts on Audiolats

Dear Friends, Two new podcasts in the "Trust Me, I'm An Artist" (Creative Europe project) (http://olats.org/trustme/trustme.php) series on the Audiolats channel on the platform Creative Disturbance. They deal with the work "Confronting Vegetal Otherness: Skotopoiesis", one with the artist,

[spectre] Call for Pioneers in Art and Technology to document their Memories

Dear Spectrites A new call from Leonardo for memoirs articles and podcasts. We are really looking for voices from all over the world ! Best Annick With Leonardo’s 50th Anniversary now upon us, the Leonardo Pioneers and Pathbreakers project ( http://www.olats.org/pionniers/pionniers.php ) is

[spectre] Launching FEAT/Future Emerging Art & Technology

Dear Spectrites, Springs starts with a new project for Leonardo/Olats. We are thrilled to be the "Outreach Partner" of the FEAT project. FEAT stands for Future Emerging Art & Technology. Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union, it is lead by The Waag Society,

[spectre] Trust Me, I'm An Artist: New Podcasts & Articles

Dear Spectrites, While we are preparing for the new "Trust Me, I'm An Artist" event around "Heirloom" by Gina Czarnecki and John Hunt at the Medical Museion in Copenhagen (http://www.museion.ku.dk/heirloom/), we are happy to provide you with some reading and audio material from the Prague

[spectre] Updates for my Trust Me, I'm An Artist Diary

Dear Spectrites, This time of the year is supposed to be writing and reading friendly. On the writing side, it helped me finish the posts for my diary about the Trust Me, I'm An Artist project. Here the links to the English translation of those two posts, translated beautifully as usual by

[spectre] Podcasts with Adam Zaretsky

Dear Spectrites, I am happy to bring to your attention 3 new "ear candy" in the Leonardo podcast series on the META-LIFE channel, 3 podcasts (no less !) with Adam Zaretsky. Enjoy ! Best Annick META-LIFE http://creativedisturbance.org/channel/meta-life/ • What’s so Sexy with the

[spectre] FEAT @ Ars Electronica

Dear Spectrites, For those of you attending Ars Electronica, join us on Thursday 8th for the FEAT workshop & Panel. Time : 12:00 - 15:30 Location : Post City - Future Innovators Summit Stage (this is right near the Railway Station) Programme 12:00 - 12:15 Introduction to FEAT by Erich

[spectre] Trust Me, I'm An Artist, Update

Dear Spectrite, Before the final events that will take place in 2017, the "Trust Me, I'm an Artist" team is happy to provide you with some food for thoughts, namely 2 new articles and 3 podcasts. The articles are about "Heirloom" created by artist Gina Czarnecki and scientist John Hunt.

[spectre] Recordings of the FEAT panel at Ars Electronica available online !

Dear Spectrites, You could not come to the FEAT panel at Ars Electronica but you are interested in this art-science collaboration european project ? We are pleased to bring you the recordings of that day with the presentations of Anna Dumitriu, Vicky Isley & Paul Smith from

[spectre] Art-Science. Podcasts with Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand and Anna Dumitriu

Dear Spectrite Art-Science collaborations and programmes have become a hot topic. Leonardo/Olats is happy to bring you some food for thoughts with the first podcasts with the artists part of the FEAT project. And stay tuned, we'll have some more for you before the end of the year, kind of

[spectre] 3 New art-science podcasts

Dear Spectrites, On behalf of Leonardo/Olats, I wish you all a wonderful year 2017. And to start it in good tracks, here 3 more podcasts in the FEAT series (scroll the page to discover them). http://olats.org/feat/podcasts.php "Human priorities at exascale computing", meeting with Špela

[spectre] Art-Science Podcasts

Dear Spectrites, On behalf of Leonardo/Olats, I wish you all a wonderful year 2017. And to start it in good tracks, here 3 more podcasts in the FEAT series (scroll the page to discover them). http://olats.org/feat/podcasts.php "Human priorities at exascale computing", meeting with Špela

[spectre] Spring in Scotland for the FEAT exhibition

Dear Friends, Spring has arrived. Time to get out and to go to Dundee, Scotland for the first exhibition from the FEAT / Future Emerging Art and Technology project. Find herewith the press release with all relevant information. Best Annick -- Venue: LifeSpace

[spectre] Coming soon: LASER Paris, May 3rd

Dear Spectrites, If you happen to be be in Paris, we'll be happy to welcome you to our next LASER meeting on May 3rd. Don't forget to register, it is free, but needed! Best Annick Leonardo/Olats, La Diagonale Paris-Saclay et Le Fonds de dotation agnès b. are happy to invite you to attend

[spectre] TrustMe, I'am An Artist-Final Event

Dear Spectrite, The whole Trust Me, I'm an Artist team will be happy to welcome you at the Waag Society in Amsterdam on November 16th a 17th for the final event in this series with an ethics panel performance with Maja Smrekar and a symposium. The detailed programme is available at:

[spectre] Leonardo Music Journal : Call for papers

Dear Friends, "Leonardo Music Journal" is evolving. It is opening up this annual issue of the Journal "Leonardo" to any articles with a sound- or music-centric focus and will ask authors to contribute their audio works to the companion. Leonardo/ISAST recently posted an open call for

[spectre] A Journey Through Art Science Projects

Happy New Year, Dear Spectrites, It is my great pleasure to launch the final version of « A Journey Through Art Science Projects"*. http://www.olats.org/feat/feat.php « A Journey Through Art Science Projects » is an experimental online publication documenting four of the artworks that have

[spectre] "Neotenous Dark Dwellers (Lygophilia)", Robertina Šebjanič

Dear Spectrites, Last week of August. Want to end the month in a great way ? Come and join us in beautiful Ljubljana for the panel discussion and exhibition opening of Robertina Šebjanič new piece, "Neotenous Dark Dwellers (Lygophilia)". Looking forward to seeing you there. Best Annick

[spectre] Robertina Šebjanič "Neotenous dark dwellers (Lygophilia)"

Dear Spectrites, It is my great pleasure to announce that I am curating the presentation of the new work of Robertina Šebjanič "Neotenous dark dwellers (Lygophilia)". It will be exhibited in Ljubljana on August 31st. This is going to be a nice way to end the Summer. Come and join us ! You

[spectre] Mending the Fabric of the World

Dear Spectrites, "Mending the Fabric of the World" is the title of this year Rencontres Bandits-Marges that I have the great pleasure to curate. It takes place in Bourges, the very centre of France. The opening is on Thursday November 15th and the week end is going to be full of events.

[spectre] This Friday October 5th in Athens : Art & the Life Sciences: Ethics & perspectives

Dear Spectrite, For those of you in Athens (and for those who would like to come for the week end), I am super happy to take part in this event. See all detailed info below. Best Annick *** International Meeting Art & the Life Sciences: Ethics & perspectives,

[spectre] Help Online Exhibitions

Dear Spectrites, I am currently working on a research about online exhibitions. What are the online exhibitions formats that you have experimented (can be current or past) that you think were truly interesting ? From my own experience: - The best one that I have seen is the "Temporary

[spectre] Help Online Exhibitions

Dear Spectrites, Thank you for you answers ! Very useful indeed. Now I have to dig into all the websites/projects ! I am researching about how to produce an online exhibition/publications about artworks that are not net art, but physical works. And I think it is still a challenge to do

[spectre] Leonardo/Olats : LASER Paris and other news

Dear Spectrites, 2019 started in full swing for Leonardo/Olats : the news of a funding from the Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation (www.fondationcarasso.org/) allows us to initiate or to better deploy our projects. Here it goes ! *LASER Paris* (website under construction) It is with great

[spectre] Septembre 26th - LASER Paris at the Centquatre

Dear Spectrites, From Roscoff to Space via Mars, this is our ride for the next LASER Paris on September 26th at the Centquatre. Here below, full details, come and join us ! Best Annick "Extra terrestrial Atmospheres" LASER Paris at the 104factory 5 rue Curial, 75019 Paris salon de

[spectre] Leonardo Podcasts correct url

http://www.olats.org/space/sasc21/2019/podcasts.php sorry, sorry ... Best Annick __ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre

[spectre] TTT/Taboo Transgression Transcendence in art & science

Dear Spectrites, You may be interested by this call for the conference TTT/Taboo Transgression Transcendence in Art & Science. Best Annick TTT2020: Call for papers, posters and artist-talks Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science 2020 Deadline for proposals: March 31, 2020

[spectre] Leonardo/Olats gifts for the end of the year

Dear Colleagues and Friends, 2019 has been a busy year for Leonardo/Olats and it is our great pleasure to give you those three gifts to end the year. Enjoy ! *> /Neotenous Dark Dwellers – Lygophilia/, **Robertina Šebjanič**, video capsule*** http://www.olats.org/ope/ope.php (may not work

[spectre] LASER Paris - February 27

Dear Friends, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the first *LASER Paris* event of the year 2020: "Foam and Whirlpool" will take place *at the Cité internationale des arts *on *February 27th *(19h00 - 22h00) with J*aviera Tejerina-Risso, Patrice Le Gal, Sandrine Teixido and Aurélien

[spectre] "All Women Crew", a new Leonardo/Olats series of podcasts

Dear Spectrites, Teaming up with the FEMeeting initiated by Marta de Menezes and Dalila Honorato in Portugal in 2018, Leonardo/Olats proposed to have an "All Women Crew" for its 2020 Space Art Science Workshop to "celebrate women in art, astronautics and astronomy". Doing things remotely

[spectre] Launching FEMeeting WEB 2020 Antibodies

Dear Spectrites, I am happy to share with you the launch of FEMeeting WEB 2020 Antibodies Friday May 29th 2020, opening at 4pm in Troy, NY and 10pm in Paris, France Registration: https://femeeting.com/femeeting-2020/ On March 11th we announced the cancelling of the first FEMeeting Troy

[spectre] "All Women Crew" on the Moon

Dear Spectrites As the participants to the Leonardo Space Art Science Workshop "All Women Crew" could not meet in Paris this March 2020, they decided instead to go to the Moon thanks to artist Daniela de Paulis and her Visual Moonbounce technology. Today we are happy to share this "journey"

[spectre] OPEN CALL - Roots & Seeds XXI. Biodiversity Crisis and Plant Resistance

Dear  Spectrites As a member with Leonardo/Olats of The Roots & Seeds XXI project, I am happy to send you its call to support the production of two artworks and one research residency. The deadline to apply is February 15th 2021. Full guidelines and application forms:

[spectre] JURIES Announced for Roots & Seeds XXI

Dear Spectrites, The countdown is ticking for the *Open Calls for the Roots & Seeds XXI project*. *Deadline*for the support to the creation of two artworks and for the research residency is *February 15th*. *Full guidelines and application forms: www.rootsandseedsxxi.eu/open-call* In

[spectre] The Jellyfish and the Moon

Dear Spectrites, Today, I am thrilled to announce the publication of the book "The Jellyfish and the Moon". It is a great gift to both children and adults. I hope you will enjoy it. Best Annick Bureaud /The Jellyfish and the Moon (La Méduse de la Lune/) tells the story of a jellyfish

[spectre] Recipients of the Roots & Seeds Open Call

Dear Spectrites, We are delighted to announce the results of the Roots and Seeds XXI Open Call for Residency and for the two Production Awards for new artworks. We received a total of 329 applications from 32 countries, 91 of which were for the Research Residency that will take place at

[spectre] LASER Paris 23rd September: "Next to my Tree ..."

Dear Spectrites, It is with great pleasure that we'll welcome you on September 23rd to this LASER Paris special Roots & Seeds XXI with *Amandine Cornille, Marjolijn Dijkman, Marc-Williams Debono.* Registration is now open (still free, but still need for registration) All the info below

[spectre] Which Body(ies) in/for Space? 26 october 2021

** *"**Which Bodie(s) in/for Space**?"* ** *Tuesday  October 26th 2021* *9:30 - 20:00* *Centre Wallonie Bruxelles* 127-129 Rue Saint-Martin, 75004 Paris http://www.olats.org/ *Research Day co-directed by Annick Bureaud and Manuela de Barros* *with *Marie-Pier *BOUCHER*, Valérie

[spectre] Leonardo/Olats: some gifts for the end of the year

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Leonardo/Olats has cooked you some gifts to end the year: one is a series of podcasts and the other the video recordings of the symposium "Which Bodies in/for Space?". Enjoy! *Roots & Seeds XXI - Podcasts* https://www.olats.org/roots-and-seeds-xxi-podcasts/

Re: [spectre] diverse voices on Eurotopics

Thank you for your first message and this one, Andreas. We are going to get a lot of trolling but we are accustomed to that, right? I was, I am, feeling so useless and powerless. I don't want to add noise to noise. I am grateful that you opened the discussion. Syndicate has been very important

[spectre] Some Exciting News from Leonardo/Olats Residencies Residents

Dear friends and colleagues, Most art residencies asks for a project and most of the time on a specific theme. For the Maison Malina Residencies with Leonardo/Olats I took the opposite approach: no theme, no topic, no obligation for production of any kind. The results are quite exciting, I

[spectre] LASER Paris April 21st

*LASER Paris - April 21st - Special "Roots & Seeds XXI - Biodiversity crisis and plant resistance" - Alone or in Mound?* *LASER Paris : "Alone or in Mound?"* ** Free admission, registration required */(https://tinyurl.com/3bedme7t)/* How to reproduce when you are the last male of your

[spectre] Roots & Seeds XXI at Resilienze Festival in Bologna with Margherita Pevere

Dear Spectrites, Fancy a travel to Italy for next week end? We are delighted to announce the residency of artist Margherita Pevere in the frame of our project Roots & Seeds XXI, and her involvement with our project's first Dissemination Events. Annick Bureaud ** *Resilienze Festival,

[spectre] 23rd - 24th Sept: Global Periphery A Journey Through Space Imaginaries

Dear Spectrites, very much looking forward to seeing you there! All the Best Annick Bureaud */Global Periphery/*/,//Contemporary Imaginaries of Outer Space, Multiple Voices/ https://www.olats.org/global-periphery *Friday Sept 23rd - Saturday Sept 24th 2022* *Cité Internationale des Arts

[spectre] Theater of Vegetal Appreciation

Dear Spectrites, Sometimes you have the opportunity to be able to experiment your ideas. Sometimes you have the opportunity to work with wonderful creative people you always dreamt to work with. Today, I am truly and deeply happy to release the /"Theater of Vegetal Appreciation"/, at the

[spectre] Videos from Global Periphery now online

Dear Friends and Colleagues I am happy to announce that the video recordings of the /Global Periphery/ Symporium are now online! https://www.olats.org/global-periphery/ (scroll down the page or select "video" in the table of contents). You could not make it to the Symposium /Global

[spectre] PHOTO NORTH: Open Call for 2 Residencies as part of More-than-Planet

Dear Friends and Colleagues, This is call for residencies season. I am very happy to relay the call of the *Northern Photographic Centre *(Finland) for *2 residencies* in 2023-2024 as part of the More-than-Planet Creative Europe project. Do check them out! Great environement, great people

[spectre] LASER PARIS March 30th - Planetary Portraits

*Rencontre LASER Paris: **"Planetary Portraits"* // *Thursday March 30th 2023* *Cité internationale des arts* *18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville* *75004 Paris* 19h00 - 21h30 ** https://www.olats.org/** ** *with **Lily Hibbert , Alice Le Gall , Dominique Genty , Guillemette Legrand* *Free

[spectre] The Traveling Plant @ ISEA 2023 with Eva-Maria Lopez

*The Peripatetic Tour of the Nelson Mandela Garden in Paris above ISEA* Nelson Mandela Garden Les Halles, Paris May 17th 2023, 12:00 - 13:15 CET https://www.olats.org/the-traveling-plant-tour-nelson-mandela-garden-paris/ Free by registration, limited number of participants

[spectre] Symposium "Ocean-Space-Ocean"

Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to forward the information about the Symposium "Ocean-Space-Ocean" organised by Makery / Art2M in Paris at the time of ISEA. This symposium is part of the Creative Europe "More-than-Planet" project. With my Best Wishes Annick Symposium

[spectre] Video from the "Imaginary Futures" performance now online !

Dear Friends and Colleagues, On September 23rd and 24th 2022, Marcus Neustetter opened and closed the /Global Periphery /symposium with the /Imaginary Futures/ performance. It is our great pleasure to bring you today a video recording of this performance with excerpts edited by Antoine

[spectre] More-than-Planet @ Ars Electroncia 2023: it's a FULL programme !

Dear Spectrites, Come and Join us at Ars Electronica 2023 in Linz next week. The More-than-Planet team has cooked you a whole programme! Details and links below. Looking forward to seeing some of you in Linz! Best Annick Bureaud ** *More-than-Planet @ Ars Electronica 2023*** *6.9.2023 -

[spectre] Listening: two new podcasts series by Leonardo/Olats

Dear Spectrites, In my quadrant, the end of Summer is approaching, in yours it might be another season, everywhere the weather is upside down and climate is loosing its compass. Here some food for your ears and for your thoughts, in a soft manner, with those *two podcasts series *produced

[spectre] Space Art & Culture: Leonardo/Olats articles

Dear Friends and Colleagues, 70! We have 70 of them. A little bit more even as some have both an English and a French version. For the first time, we offer the articles from the various activities of Leonardo/Olats in the field of space art, culture and science regrouped all together.

[spectre] Ocean Space Ocean Videos

Dear Friends and Colleagues, May 2023: Makery / Art2M was organising the More-than-Planet symposium *Ocean Space Ocean* in the framework of ISEA Paris. You coud not attend? The video recordings of this symposium are now available!