Prof. Roy Ascott is internationally recognized as the pioneer and seminal theorist of cybernetic and telematic art. His work focuses on the impact of digital and telecommunications networks on consciousness. He has shown at the Venice Biennale, V2 , Milan Triennale, Biennale do Mercosul Brazil, European Media Festival, INDAF 2010 Korea, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris. He advises arts councils, media centers, and festivals in Europe, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, USA and UNESCO. In 2012, Prof. Ascott became a DeTao Master at the DeTao Masters Academy. 

As one of the most outstanding artists and theoreticians in the field of new media, and a visionary educational innovator, he will promote the development of research in art, science, technology and consciousness in China. The exhibition of his work, Roy Ascott: Syncretic Cybernetics, will form part of the Shanghai Biennale 2012.