{"id":38658,"date":"2025-05-01T14:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=38658"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:06:27","slug":"in-photos-electric-dreams-at-the-tate-modern-art-and-technology-before-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-electric-dreams-at-the-tate-modern-art-and-technology-before-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern &#8211; art and technology before the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-01.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Billed as a &#8220;dreamscape of machines, movement, and captivating installations that play with your perception,&#8221; Electric Dreams is on display at the Tate Modern until the 1st June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-02.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-modern\/electric-dreams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> tells the story of the exhibition:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From the birth of op art to the dawn of the internet age, artists found new ways to engage the senses and play with our perception.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Electric Dreams celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital art, who pioneered a new era of immersive sensory installations and automatically-generated works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This major exhibition brings together groundbreaking works by a wide range of international artists who engaged with science, technology and material innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experience the psychedelic environments they created in the 1950s and 60s, built using mathematical principles, motorised components and new industrial processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See how radical artists embraced the birth of digital technology in the 1970s and 1980s, experimenting with machine-made art and early home computing systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of Tate Modern\u2019s most ambitious exhibitions to date, Electric Dreams offers visitors a rare chance to experience incredible works of vintage tech art in action \u2013 a look back at how artists imagined the visual language of the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-19.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You know you&#8217;re getting old when you see the output of computers you used at home being showcased as a tech retrospective!<\/p>\n<p>My first computer was the wonderful Amiga A1200 which used to run so hot that I had to drill a hole in the deck to fit a cooling fan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-03.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To today&#8217;s over-saturated, tech-blitzed eyes, some of the earlier works look incredibly primitive and &#8211; to be honest &#8211; a little dull.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-14.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-15.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-16.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-17.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-18.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/electric-dreams-tate-20.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Electric Dreams at the Tate Modern - art and technology before the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video preview<\/h4>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bl2RQBJohto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-modern\/electric-dreams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electric Dreams &#8211; art and technology before the internet<\/a><br \/>\nTate Modern<br \/>\nBankside<br \/>\nLondon SE1 9TG<\/p>\n<p>28 November 2024 \u2013 1 June 2025<br \/>\nTickets \u00a322<\/p>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/london-art-exhibitions-installations-and-events-photos-and-chat.374789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London art exhibitions, installations and events \u2013 photos and chat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billed as a &#8220;dreamscape of machines, movement, and captivating installations that play with your perception,&#8221; 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