The Analogues - Roy Ascott

Roy Ascott: The Analogues explores a small but crucial body of work by English inter-media artist and theorist Roy Ascott (b. 1934). The works in the exhibition were all created in England between 1963 and 1967. They form a small but crucial part of the artist’s “Analogue” works – non-digital, two-dimensional and non-representational wall works that pre-figure his later artwork and theories relating to computer networks, viewer interaction, and telematics. Telematics is the integration of computers and telecommunication technologies that have enabled such now familiar applications as e-mail. Ascott first coined the term “telematic art” to describe the use of online computer networks as an art medium.