Tate's new exhibition showcases art and technology before the internet

Record ID: 1858738

  • Title: Tate's new exhibition showcases art and technology before the internet
  • Date: 26th November 2024
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 26, 2024) (REUTERS) ‘LIGHTS PRISMS’ BY ALBERTO BIASI (1966) ‘LIGHTS PRISMS’ BY ALBERTO BIASI (1966) AND 'HELICOIDAL CHROMOKINETICS' BY MARTHA BOTO (1968) 'HELICOIDAL CHROMOKINETICS' BY MARTHA BOTO (1968) (SOUNDBITE) (English) TATE MODERN’S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME, CATHERINE WOOD, SAYING: “Loads of young artists are using the tools of
  • Embargoed: 10th December 2024 14:36
  • Keywords: Art Digital Art Electric Dreams Kinetic Art London Tate Modern Tate exhibition
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Art,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001265126112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:London’s Tate Modern is set to open ‘Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before The Internet' - an exhibiton exploring the intersection between art and technology between the 1950s and the early 1990s.
    Catherine Wood, who is the art galleries' Director of Programme said that while it’s common place for young artists today to use digital tools to create their work, Tate Modern wanted to celebrate the trailblazers in this field.
    ''What we wanted to do as a museum is to tell the back story…to really look at the pioneers who, before they had the incredible capacity of contemporary computing, were imagining the look of the world we inhabit now.”
    Featuring work from over 70 international artists, pieces include impressive installations using light and movement and images generated by computers.
    ‘We have had kinetic art shows before and we have had digital art shows before, but we haven't had a show that tries to tell the story of art and technology since the 50s as a whole,’’ said artist Eduardo Kac.
    For his piece, the Chicago based creative, set up three Minitel terminals, a device from the 1980s that provided information and allowed access online years before the internet.
    ''Working online in the eighties was a very different experience if compared to what it feels like today,’’ he said.
    ''So these works (the terminals) move and they change colour and they have a rhythm that is very specific to the Minitel network.’’
    While exploring the past, Wood also said the exhibition reflects on current conversations around artificial intelligence.
    ''It shows you that the anxieties around AI are not new…. artists were also thinking in the Cold War period (about) how we turn the potential threat of technology and weapons into something optimistic and utopian?’’
    'Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before The Internet' is on from November 28, 2024 - June 1, 2025.
    (Production: Will Russell, Vaishnavi Hajari)
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