Art, Cybernetics and Pedagogy in Post-War Britain - Roy Ascotts Groundcourse

List of contents

1. Dialogue (Introduction)
2. Metaform
3. Field
4. Analogue
5. Control
6. Calibrator
7. Game
8. Synthesizer (Conclusion)

About the author

Kate Sloan teaches for Newcastle Univerity and the University of Edinburgh, where she was previously Henry Moore Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow 2015-17.

Summary

This 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.

Additional text

"There is a great deal of original research here and it is a worthy contribution. One can only hope that it opens up the field of art pedagogy even further."
- Beth Williamson, Art History

Product details

• Authors: Sloan Kate, Kate Sloan, Kate (University of Edinburgh) Sloan, Sloan Kate
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138605572
• ISBN: 978-1-138-60557-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies; Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, MUSIC / History & Criticism, ART / History / General, EDUCATION / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, ART / European, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), COMPUTERS / Cybernetics, EDUCATION / Arts in Education, History of Art, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, History and Archaeology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General