'Electronic Superhighway', curated by Omar Kholeif
Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), 2016, v. 5, no. 1&2, pp. 284-292
This article reviews the exhibition "Electronic Superhighway," at Whitechapel Gallery, which was curated by Omar Kholeif. The exhibition is the examination of the interconnected global art culture from 1966 to 2016, basically from the first networked experiments to the Internet in 2016. The author Paul O'Kane raises three main questions that emerge in the digital art world: whether digital artists should deal with traditional or exceptional art; whether digital art is more "digital" or "art"; and whether new media and new technologies affect artists' and curators' role in the art world. Follow by these three questions, Paul analyzes different artists' works that are showcased in this exhibition. Paul concludes that even though technology and the machine are being confronted in the modern era, as cultural producers, we should continue to prioritize human power and human values.
ITEM 2016.038 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Sueno de una Tarde – Aleksanda Domanovic
Antoine Catala
Nam Jun Paik
Kurt Schwitters Bar – Jon Rafman
Monet Economy Class – Jon Rafman
Deep Face – Douglas Coupland
Celia Hempton
Manfred Mohr
Substrat 34 I – Thomas Ruff
Do You Have Work Tomorrow – Mahmoud Khaled
Excellences & Perfections – Amalia Ulman
A Family Finds Entertainment – Ryan Trecartin
Scrollbar Composition – Jan Robert Leegte
Blackness for Sale – Mendi & Keith Obadike
Hello – Allen Kaprow