*sincere apologies for cross-posting*

Leonardo Electronic Almanac: June 2004
ISSN#1071-4391
art | science | technology - a definitive voice since 1993
http://lea.mit.edu

*Beauty in the Beast by Sundar Sarrukai*
In this month's LEA, Leonardo Editorial Board Member
Sundar Sarrukai explores the question of how we can find
deeper terms of engagement between art and
technology.

*Art as Technology by Bill Witherspoon*
In our main feature, artist Bill Witherspoon describes an
intriguing series of artistic projects in which massive
geometrical designs made in remote natural settings
often seemed to be connected with surprising changes in
the environment and its inhabitants. His research and
work led to exploration of sacred Indian symbols, or *
yantras,* which are said to have a
powerful and beneficial influence on consciousness on its
deepest levels.

*Leonardo Reviews: June 2004*
Allan Graubard reviews *Jaroslav Roessler: Czech Avant-
Garde Photographer,* exploring the photographer's
impact on Czech photography and the art world as a
whole; Rob Harle reviews the 20th Anniversary edition of
the YLEM Journal, considering its influence on and by the
art/science/technology community; and again Harle looks
at a book on Chinese artist
Wenda Gu, whose work explores "transculturalism"
through the us of unusual materials (including human
hair).

Also in this issue, the Leonardo Abstracts Services
highlights Elisa Giaccardi