Just visited this wonderful show of Ascott's early cybernetics-inspired artworks. Also on view many interesting documents from his internatinal educational career. It ends soon, so if you have a chance to go, I recommend it!

Gordon Pask (1928-1996) was one of the most important figures in British and international cybernetics, and an influential promoter of second-order cybernetics. Starting in the 1950s with the experimentation with adaptive machines and computers, Pask developed towards the 1960s and 1970s… Continue

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CFP Australian Conference on Artificial Life, Art Track '09

This is an invitation to submit your research to the special Art Track of the 4th Australian Conference on Artificial Life, 2009. We are soliciting contributions on artificial life and its creative application to visual art, music, interactive installation work, archi… Continue

Jill, Sally, Ruth, and Mick are now officially announcing that The W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive is available.

They would be delighted if you would take the time to have a look at the digital archive web site, and where appropriate, help to spread a… Continue

Nice and consistent event occurred in Netherlands last month.

María Fernández wrote an essay on Gordon Pask: Cybernetic Polymath. That's one of the many texts you can read on new media art magazine a minima. [via WMMNA]

The Computer Arts Society is pleased to announce the last talk of our 40th anniversary year: Ranulph Glanville - No Longer a Shrinking Violet? :: December 2, 2008; 7:00 pm :: Institute of Archeology - Room 410, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London.
The significance of cybe… Continue

Too much work around here... Back in no time.

Following a review of the ICA's programming activities I have taken the decision to close the Live & Media Arts department from the end of November 2008.

The ICA has led a pioneering role in new media arts practice over the last decade and more.

We are proud of that legacy. However times change. And I no longer feel that the artistic rationale for devoting considerable institutional attention to that art form - to the extent of maintaining a dedicated department to its pursuance - can be s… Continue

Hi everybody,
Directly from Newcastle, New South Wales, Ranulph Glanville has sent a pre publication draft of a paper that appears in the Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems, published by UNESCO on the web.
Enjoy!
Kuja… Continue