The Planetary Collegium was conceived and established by Roy Ascott as the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA) in 1994 at what is now the University of Wales, Newport
Three years later, Ascott established STAR (Science Technology and Art Research) in the School of Computing, University of Plymouth. CAiiA-STAR constituted a joint research platform, with access to supervisory and technical resources of both universities.
In 2003, Ascott contracted to relocate the platform to Plymouth University, renaming it the Planetary Collegium, where it is currently located in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Structure
As conceived and directed by Ascott, the Planetary Collegium consists of artists, theoreticians and scholars working within the context of transdisciplinarity and syncretism so as to develop their research in the practice and theory of new media art with a special interest in telematics and technoetics. Currently, their doctoral research leads to the award of the University of Plymouth PhD. Post-doctoral research is also pursued.
Currently, the hub of the Collegium, CAiiA-Hub (the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in Integrative Arts) is situated in the School of Art and Media, Faculty of Arts, Plymouth University.[1] The Collegium has a Node De Tao-Node in Shanghai.
Node Directors
DeTao-Node Shanghai, China. DeTao Masters Academy in Shanghai. Director: Roy Ascott
T-Node Trento, Italy. Fondazione Ahref. Director: Francesco Monico
NGL-Node Lucerne, Switzerland. NGL - SAA Neue Galerie Luzern - Swiss Academic Association. Director: René Stettler
Awards
The Collegium was awarded The World Universities Forum Award for Best Practice in Higher Education 2011.[2]
Collegium President
Roy Ascott, Founding President, 2014 Recipient of the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica Award for Visionary Pioneer of New Media Art. Doctor Honoris Causa, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. Honorary Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark. Honorary Professor, West London University, UK. Professor, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. DeTao Master of Technoetic Arts, DeTao Masters Academy, Shanghai, China. In 2025 Ascott discussed The Planetary Collegium as part of a comprehensive interview at Artforum conducted by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.[3]
The Advanced Research Associateship (ARA) involves post-doctoral or advanced practice research. ARAs are required to attend three Composite Sessions within their year of registration, and to participate in the associated international research conferences.
CAiiA-Hub:
Heather Raikes, University of Washington, Seattle, US (2011–12).
Paulo Rodrigues, University of Aveiro, Portugal (2010–11).
Wengao Huang, University of Plymouth, UK (2005–06).
Cristina Miranda de Almeida, University of the Basque Country. (2005–06).
Andrea Gaugusch, University of Vienna, Austria (2003–04).
Dene Grigar, Washington State University—Vancouver (2002–04).
Katia Maciel, Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2001–02).
Tania Fraga, University of Brasilia, Brazil (1999–2000).
M-Node:
Luisa Paraguai, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paulo, Brazil (2011–12).
Gianna Angelini, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy (2012-)
↑ Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles) University of California Press 2012, p. 464
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