{"id":926,"date":"2014-09-19T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/?p=926"},"modified":"2014-09-19T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:45:25","slug":"digital-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/thoughts\/digital-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"barbican01\"<\/a>Squeezed in just in time in the Barbican Arts Centre in London to see the Digital Revolution<\/a> exhibition. According to the website “this immersive and interactive exhibition brings together for the first time a range of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers, all pushing the boundaries of their fields using digital media.” The show comprised a few pieces commissioned by Google (as part of their Dev-art initiative which generated some direct-action controversy<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Independently of Google’s possibly evil takeover, the show was interesting as it featured a large collection of artworks and artefacts related to creative technology from gaming, visuals, audio, interactive, fashion… I spent around three hours in Barbican’s packed Curve Gallery, trying to get a sense of electronic art history and future directions. All in all I was not struck by much originality, but it was nice to see old kit like an Altair 8800 and a Commodore PET as well as classic work by Paul Brown or Joshua Davies’ orignal Praystation (not as good version here<\/a>).<\/p>\n