Telematic embrace : visionary theories of art, technology, and consciousness /

Long before e-mail and the Internet permeated society, Roy Ascott, a pioneering British artist and theorist, coined the term "telematic art" to describe the use of online computer networks as an artistic medium. In Telematic Embrace Edward A. Shanken gathers, for the first time, an impress...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ascott, Roy
Other Authors: Shanken, Edward A., 1964-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90553
Table of Contents:
  • ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FROM CYBERNETICS TO TELEMATICS; 1. THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHANGE; 2. STATEMENT FROM CONTROL; 3. BEHAVIOURIST ART AND THE CYBERNETIC VISION; 4. BEHAVIOURABLES AND FUTURIBLES; 5. THE PSIBERNETIC ARCH; 6. TABLE; 7. CONNECTIVE CRITICISM; 8. NETWORK AS ARTWORK: THE FUTURE OF VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION; 9. TOWARDS A FIELD THEORY FOR POSTMODERNIST ART; 10. TEN WINGS; 11. ART AND TELEMATICS: TOWARDS A NETWORK CONSCIOUSNESS; 12. CONCERNING NETS AND SPURS: MEANING, MIND, AND TELEMATIC DIFFUSION; 13. ART AND EDUCATION IN THE TELEMATIC CULTURE.