Explore how artists of the 1950s-1980s used machines and algorithms to create mind-bending art
One of Tate Modern’s most ambitious exhibitions to date, Electric Dreams explores the evolution of art from op art to cybernetics. Highlighting early innovators in optical, kinetic, programmed, and digital art, the show features immersive installations and automatically-generated works.
Spanning the 1950s to the 1980s, Electric Dreams features international artists who integrated science, technology, and material innovation, creating psychedelic environments through mathematical principles and industrial processes. Discover the evolution of digital technology in the 1970s and 1980s, with artists experimenting in machine-made art and early home computing systems. Electric Dreams offers a rare glimpse into artists shaping the visual language of the future at Tate Modern.
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