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Roy Ascott

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Roy Ascott is a foundational theorist of cybersemiotic experience and the aesthetics of human-computer interaction, particularly how ubiquitous computing reshapes perception and creative exchange. Jacques draws on his work (spanning 2005–2008) to argue that interactive systems inherit Duchamp's principle of spectator participation, extending it into a technological register where meaning emerges through the dialogue between human and machine. His concept of the "cybersemiotic" bridges art, systems theory, and design by treating HCI not merely as functional interface but as a site where consciousness, semiotics, and aesthetic intentionality intertwine.

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