Drawing together key areas of cybernetic art practice in the UK and USA, this book assesses British and American cybernetic art as relating to the intersecting field of Behaviourism.
This study takes as a starting point Roy Ascott's essay 'Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision' (1966) and uses it to define a field of Behaviourist art from the period 1945-1975. Kate Sloan establishes the role of the cybernetic concept of feedback as a defining factor in understanding works of art as behavioural, expanded well beyond the perimeters of what we consider cybernetic art. The book also demonstrates how light, as a behavioural trigger, informed several discrete areas of art making, from cybernetic art to countercultural light shows and behaviourist architectures.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, technology studies, music history, architectural history, and design history.
| ISBN: | 9781032612317 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2025 |
| Author: | Kate Sloan |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
| Genres: |
History of art History of architecture Sociology History of science Philosophy Civil engineering, surveying and building History Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration The arts: general topics The Arts: art forms |
Drawing together key areas of cybernetic art practice in the UK and USA, this book assesses British and American cybernetic art as relating to the intersecting field of Behaviourism.
This study takes as a starting point Roy Ascott's essay 'Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision' (1966) and uses it to define a field of Behaviourist art from the period 1945-1975. Kate Sloan establishes the role of the cybernetic concept of feedback as a defining factor in understanding works of art as behavioural, expanded well beyond the perimeters of what we consider cybernetic art. The book also demonstrates how light, as a behavioural trigger, informed several discrete areas of art making, from cybernetic art to countercultural light shows and behaviourist architectures.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, technology studies, music history, architectural history, and design history.
Behaviourist Art and Cybernetics features in the following genres: History of art, History of architecture, Sociology, History of science, Philosophy, Civil engineering, surveying and building, History, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, The arts: general topics, The Arts: art forms
Behaviourist Art and Cybernetics is available in Hardback
Behaviourist Art and Cybernetics was written by Kate Sloan and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Behaviourist Art and Cybernetics has 200 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies series
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