Leonardo Isast and Olats are pleased to announce the upcoming opening of The Pleasure of Light, György Kepes and Frank J. Malina at the intersection of Art and Science
an exhibition and conference at the Ludwig Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.

The Pleasure of Light exhibition and conference aim to present the pioneering interdisciplinary concepts of György Kepes and Frank J. Malina through the course of their lives, creations and enduring influence. Simultaneously we wish to chart the intersection of art, science and technology, particularly in the last century.
Nina Czegledy and Rona Kopecky, Project Curators.

The Pleasure of  Light exhibition opens on September 2nd 2010 at 8 pm by

Prof. Dr. Michael Punt,
Transtechnology Research, University of Plymouth, UK,
Editor in Chief, Leonardo Reviews

Please join us on  September 3, 2010 for The Pleasure of  Light  conference, a collaboration between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study, The French Institute Budapest and the Ludwig Museum- Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest

Date:           September 3, 2010
Location:              Auditorium (1st floor) Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.
            Palace of Arts, Komor Marcell u. 1 Budapest, H-1095, Hungary
            The conference will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Hungarian.
                FREE

Welcome Nina Czegledy and Rona Kopeczky

Schedule:
10.00   Introduction: Miklos Peternak, chair
    Professor, Intermedia Department, Hungarian University of Fine Arts

10.15        Keynote: Roger Malina, astronomer, editor
       Intimate Science; Frank Malina and Gyorgy Kepes
      
        Invited speakers:
11.00  Annick Bureaud, director Leonardo/OLATS
        40 Years later, The Legacy of the Journal Leonardo

11.30 Mrs. Nicholas Schoffer, artist, Co-founder & President of the ANSI.  Association
        Internationale des Amis de Nicolas Schöffer
12.00         Martha Blassnigg, media anthropologist, Research Fellow, University of Plymouth
        Delightful(l) Mind: Toward an Anthropology of Light
12.30   Gabor Zemplen, historian of science, Budapest University of Technology and
        Economics, fellow, Budapest Collegium Institute for Advanced Study
      Exciting interactions in the history of light and color theories

13.00   Buffet lunch provided
14.00   Introduction:  Ivan Almar, chair
        Fellow, Budapest Collegium, Institute for Advanced Study
14.15   Keynote: Oliver Botar, art historian, professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
        The Nexus of Science, Art and Technology: György Kepes’ New Landscape

Invited speakers:
15.00   Norbert Kroo, physicist, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of Science
        Some ideas on science and arts

15.30     Attila Csaji, laser and hologram artist
In the spirit of Gyorgy Kepes
16.00   Michael Punt, Transtechnology Research, University of Plymouth,
                Editor in Chief Leonardo Reviews
        Grinding A Ridge: The Subversive Pleasure of Artificial Light
16.30   Keiko Prince, artist, fellow, Center of Advanced Visual Studies MIT
     KEPES Beacon

Closing Overview:
17.00   Arnauld Pierre, art historian, Sorbonne University, France

17.30   Coffee break

17.45       Closing discussion

18.30 ends

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