Leonardo

International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology

The journal Leonardo was founded in 1968 in Paris by kinetic artist and astronautical pioneer Frank Malina. Malina saw the need for a journal that would serve as an international channel of communication between artists, with emphasis on the writings of artists who use science and developing technologies in their work.

Following Frank Malina’s death in 1981, Leonardo was moved to California by his son, Roger F. Malina, an astronomer at the University of California at Berkeley. With the support of founding board members Frank Oppenheimer and Robert Maxwell, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) was formed in 1982.

In addition to peer-reviewed articles by artists, Leonardo includes discussions of new concepts, materials and techniques, and covers subjects of general artistic interest. Leonardo publishes regular issues covering a variety of topics as well as special issues and special sections on specific topics of interest to the art, science and technology community. (Leonardo issues are available from the MIT Press).

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