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Roy Ascott
Roy Ascott

Roy Ascott is a British artist and scientist, who works with cybernetics and telematics. Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the Structure of Complex systems especially Communication processes control mechanisms and Feedback The term telematics (synonymous with Telemetry) is used in a number of ways The integrated use of Telecommunications and Informatics He is President of the Planetary Collegium. The Planetary Collegium is an international network for research in art technology and consciousness based in the University of Plymouth, with linked centers ("nodes"

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Biography

Roy Ascott born in Bath, England. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He was educated at the City of Bath Boys' School. Beechen Cliff School is a boys` Secondary school in Bath Somerset, in England. His National Service was spent as an officer in the British Royal Air Force working with radar defence systems. "National Service" redirects here For national service in other countries see National service. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships From 1955-59 he studied Fine Art at King's College, University of Durham (now Newcastle University) under Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton, and Art History under Lawrence Gowing and Quentin Bell. Newcastle University is a leading research intensive University located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. Edwin John Victor Pasmore ( 3 December 1908 – 23 January 1998) was a British artist and architect Richard Hamilton may refer to Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829 - 1912 British admiral and First Naval Lord Richard Hamilton (sailor (1836–1881 Sir Lawrence Gowing ( 21 April 1918 - 5 February 1991) was a British Artist, Writer, Curator, and Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell ( 19 August 1910 in London – 16 December 1996 in Sussex) was an English art historian On graduation he was appointed Studio Demonstrator (1959-61). He then moved to London, where he established the radical Groundcourse at Ealing Art College. Ealing Art College was in fact 'Ealing Technical College & School of Art' a Further education institution on St Mary's Road Ealing, London, Notable alumni of the Groundcourse include Brian Eno, Pete Townshend, and Stephen Willats. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, Stephen Willats (born London 1943) is a British Artist. He lives and works in London. [1]

He is the founding president of the Planetary Collegium, an advanced research center which he set up in 2003 at the University of Plymouth, UK, where he is Professor of Technoetic Arts. The Planetary Collegium is an international network for research in art technology and consciousness based in the University of Plymouth, with linked centers ("nodes" The University of Plymouth is the largest University in the southwest of England, with over 30000 students and is the fifth largest UK university based on student The Collegium currently has nodes (linked centers) in Zurich [2], and Milan[3], and one in development at Dankook University Seoul. Dankook University is a private university in South Korea. The main campus was moved from Seoul to Yongin in 2007 and boasts technologically

He taught in London (Ealing, the Slade School of Art, Central and Saint Martins's schools of art) throughout the 1960's. Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London, UK Then briefly was President of Ontario College of Art, Toronto, before moving to Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and then to California as Vice-President and Dean of San Francisco Art Institute, during the 1970s. The Ontario College of Art & Design (commonly referred to by its acronym OCAD) is Canada's largest and oldest University for art and design Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD is a private non-profit four-year and post-graduate College specializing in the Visual arts. Founded in 1871 the San Francisco Art Institute ( SFAI) is one of the U He was Professor for Communications Theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna during the 1980s, and Professor of Technoetic Arts at the University of Wales, Newport in the 1990s. The University of Applied Arts Vienna (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien or informally just Die Angewandte) is an institution of higher education in Vienna The University of Wales Newport (Welsh Prifysgol Cymru Casnewydd) is a University in the city of Newport, Wales in the United Kingdom

He has advised new media arts organisations in Brazil, Japan, Korea, Europe and North America, as well as UNESCO and the CEC, and since 2000 has been a Visiting Professor in Design/Media Art[4] at the UCLA School of the Arts. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United He is the founding editor of Technoetic Arts, journal of speculative research. [5], and an Honorary Editor of Leonardo Journal. Leonardo is a journal published by the MIT Press, dedicated to "documenting work at the intersection of the arts sciences and technology"

Work

Since the 1960s, Roy Ascott has been one of Europe's most active and outspoken practitioners of interactive computer art, cybernetic and telematic art.

In his first one-man show (1964) at the Molton Gallery, London (Annely Juda) he exhibited Analogue Structures and Diagram Boxes, works in wood, perspex and glass. In 1964 Ascott published "Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision" in Cybernetica: journal of the International Association for Cybernetics (Namur). In 1968, with Gordon Pask as his mentor, he was elected Associate Member of the Institution of Computer Science, London in 1968. Andrew Gordon Speedie Pask (* June 28 1928 in Derby; † March 28 1996 London) was an English cybernetician and psychologist who In 1972, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce ( RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution based in London.

Ascott has shown at the Venice Biennale, Electra Paris, Ars Electronica, V2 Institute for the Unstable Media [1], Milan Triennale, Biennale do Mercosul, Brazil, European Media Festival, and gr2000az at Graz, Austria. The Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia also called in English the "Venice Biennial " is a major Contemporary art exhibition that takes place once Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art technology and society that was part of the International V2_ 'Institute for the Unstable Media (generally abbreviated as V2_ is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Graz (etymologically from Slovene: Gradec IPA /gradeʦ/ "little castle" with a population of around 290000 as of 2008 (of which 252852 have principal Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich His first telematic project was La Plissure du Texte (1983), [2] an online work of "distributed authorship" involving artists around the world. The second was his "gesamtdatenwerk" Aspects of Gaia: Digital Pathways across the Whole Earth (1989), an installation for the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, discussed by Matthew Wilson Smith in The Total Work of Art: from Bayreuth to Cyberspace, New York: Routledge, 2007. Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art technology and society that was part of the International

Interactive computer art

Since the 1960s, Ascott has been a pioneer of interactive computer art, telematic art. [6] and systems art. Systems art is Art influenced by Systems theory, which reflects on natural systems social systems and social signs of the Art world itself Ten years before the personal computer came into existence, Ascott built a theoretical framework for approaching interactive artworks, which brought together certain characteristics of Dada, Surrealism, Fluxus, Happenings, and Pop Art with the science of cybernetics championed by Norbert Wiener. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated For other meanings see Dada (disambiguation DaDa is a Concept album by Alice Cooper, released Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Fluxus —a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. Pop Art is a visual Art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the Structure of Complex systems especially Communication processes control mechanisms and Feedback Norbert Wiener ( November 26, 1894, Columbia Missouri – March 18, 1964, Stockholm, Sweden) was an American He was also influenced by the writings of Anthony Stafford Beer, William Ross Ashby, William Grey Walter, and F. Anthony Stafford Beer ( September 25, 1926 - August 23, 2002) was a British Theorist, Consultant and professor W Ross Ashby ( September 6, 1903, - November 15, 1972) was an English Psychiatrist and a pioneer in Cybernetics W Grey Walter ( February 19 1910 &ndash May 6 1977) was a Neurophysiologist and Robotician. H. George. A critical survey of Ascott's work is provided by Edward A Shanken in his introductory essay "From Cybernetics to Telematics: The Art, Pedagogy, and Theory of Roy Ascott" in Ascott, R. 2003. Telematic Embrace: Visonary Theories of Art, Technology and Consciousness. (ed. Edward A Shanken). Berkeley: University of California Press. [3]

Current research

Ascott's work involves the exploration of what he terms cyberception[4], "telenoia" [5], syncretism, technoetics and moistmedia [6] in art. Syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory beliefs often while melding practices of various schools of thought He has published his theories in six books and over 170 articles and papers in the past three decades.

Publications

Ascott has published over 170 articles and academic papers in the journals and magazines in many countries.

His most recent (2006) publications include:

About Ascott

References

  1. ^ Frieze Magazine | Archive | Degree Zero
  2. ^ http://www.z-node.net
  3. ^ Phd M-Node
  4. ^ UCLA Design | Media Arts
  5. ^ http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=staffdetails&id=rascott
  6. ^ artmuseum.net

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