General Principles of the Ecogame Model

This chapter publishes for the first time the transcription of a recently discovered recording of a talk given by George MallenMallen, George in 1973, at the Centre for Behavioural Art, an early British interdisciplinary ‘think-tank’ run by artist Stephen WillatsWillats, Stephen in London. This Centre dealt with many ideas of interest to Mallen and fellow Computer Arts Society members, including the application of cybernetics to art. Mallen presents some of the ideas behind the conception and functioning of Ecogame, (1970), the cross-disciplinary simulation of an economic environment and interactive ‘game’, led by him and developed cooperatively by members of the Computer Arts Society.