Behaviourist Art and Cybernetics - Mapping a Field

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.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Behaviourist Art
Part One: Operant Chambers
1 The Live Subject
2 Nicholas Negroponte's Seek
3 Hans Haacke's Living Systems
Part Two: Light Triggers
4 Flicker
5 György Kepes' Flame Orchard
6 Otto Piene's Light Ballets
7 Wen-Ying Tsai's Stroboscopic Organicism
Part Three: Behaviourist Architectures
8 Architectures of Behaviour
9 Cybernetic Towers: CAVS and Schöffer
10 Temporary Architectures of Art: Keith Albarn
Index

About the author

Kate Sloan holds a lectureship in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Sloan, Sloan Kate
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032612317
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261231-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; History, Sociology, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, Philosophy, ART / Conceptual, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, History of Science, Industrial / commercial art & design, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Art forms, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, The Arts: art forms, Civil engineering, surveying and building, The arts: general topics, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century