This is the first full-length study about the British artist Roy Ascott, one of the first cybernetic artists, with a career spanning seven decades to date. The book focuses on his early career, exploring the evolution of his early interests in communication in the context of the rich overlaps between art, science and engineering in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. The first part of the book looks at Ascott's training and early work. The second park looks solely at Groundcourse, Ascott's extraordinary pedagogical model for visual arts and cybernetics which used an integrative and systems-based model, drawing in behaviourism, analogue machines, performance and games. Using hitherto unpublished photographs and documents, this book will establish a more prominent place for cybernetics in post-war British art.
| ISBN: | 9781032338606 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2022 |
| Author: | Kate Sloan, Roy Ascott |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
| Genres: |
Cybernetics and systems theory Second World War Cold wars and proxy conflicts Modern warfare Media studies Art music, orchestral and formal music European history Philosophy and theory of education Regional / International studies Theory of art History of art History of science Artificial intelligence Mathematics and Science |
This is the first full-length study about the British artist Roy Ascott, one of the first cybernetic artists, with a career spanning seven decades to date. The book focuses on his early career, exploring the evolution of his early interests in communication in the context of the rich overlaps between art, science and engineering in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. The first part of the book looks at Ascott's training and early work. The second park looks solely at Groundcourse, Ascott's extraordinary pedagogical model for visual arts and cybernetics which used an integrative and systems-based model, drawing in behaviourism, analogue machines, performance and games. Using hitherto unpublished photographs and documents, this book will establish a more prominent place for cybernetics in post-war British art.
Art, Cybernetics, and Pedagogy in Post-War Britain features in the following genres: Cybernetics and systems theory, Second World War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Modern warfare, Media studies, Art music, orchestral and formal music, European history, Philosophy and theory of education, Regional / International studies, Theory of art, History of art, History of science, Artificial intelligence, Mathematics and Science
Art, Cybernetics, and Pedagogy in Post-War Britain is available in Paperback, Hardback
Art, Cybernetics, and Pedagogy in Post-War Britain was written by Kate Sloan, Roy Ascott and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Art, Cybernetics, and Pedagogy in Post-War Britain has 268 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies series
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