Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments From Cyberbetics to Telematics: The Art, Pedagogy, and Theory of Roy Ascott by Edward A. Shanken Selected Essays of Roy Ascott 1. The Construction of Change (1964) 2. Statement from Control (1966) 3. Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision (1966--67) 4. Behaviourables and Futuribles (1967) 5. The Psibernetic Arch (1970) 6. Table (1975) 7. Connective Criticism (1977) 8. Network as Artwork: The Future of Visual Arts Education (1978) 9. Towards a Field Theory for Postmodernist Art (1980) 10. Art and Telematics: Towards a Network Consciousness (1984) 11. Concerning Nets and Spurs: Meaning, Mind and Telematic Diffusion (1985) 12. Art and Education in the Telematic Culture (1988) 13. Gesamtdatenwerk: Connectivity, Transformation, and Transcendence (1989) 14. Beyond Time-Based Art: ESP, PDP, and PU (1990) 15. Is There Love in the Telematic Embrace? (1990) 16. Photography at Interface (1992) 17. Heavenly Bodies: Teleconstructing a Zodiac for the Twenty-First Century (1993) 18. Telenoia (1993) 19. From Appearance to Apparition: Communication and Culture in the Cybersphere (1993) 20. The Ars Electronica Center Datapool (1993) 21. The Planetary Collegium: Art and Education in the Post-Biological Era (1994) 22. The Architecture of Cyberception (1994) 23. Back to Nature II: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century (1995) 24. The Mind of the Museum (1996) 25. Weaving the Shamantic Web: Art and Techoetics in the Bio-Telematic Domain (1997) 26. Art @ the Edge of the Net (2000) 27. Technoetic Aesthetics: 100 Terms and Definitions for the Post-Biological Era (1996) Appendix I. Roy Ascott's Academic Appointments Appendix II. Roy Ascott's Publications Appendix III. Roy Ascott's Art Projects and Exhibitions Appendix IV. CAiiA-STAR Research Conferences References Index

About the Author

Roy Ascott is President of the Planetary Collegium at the University of Plymouth, England and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Design/Media Arts, University of California Los Angeles. Edward A. Shanken is Professor of Art History, Savannah College of Art, Georgia.

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