Electronic Superhighway (2016 – 1966)

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Group Show

January 29, 2016 – May 15, 2016

Curated by: Omar Kholeif

Artists

Thomas Ruff, Nam June Paik, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Serra, Harun Farocki, Hito Steyerl, Albert Oehlen, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Trevor Paglen, Camille Henrot, Sturtevant, Taryn Simon, Vera Molnár, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jon Rafman, Martine Syms, Oliver Laric, Cory Arcangel, Katja Novitskova, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Aleksandra Domanovic, Manfred Mohr, Jacolby Satterwhite, Allan Kaprow, James Bridle, Frances Stark, Jonas Lund, Ryan Trecartin, Eva & Franco Mattes, Jill Magid, Amalia Ulman, Gary Hill, Zach Blas, Olaf Breuning, Eduardo Kac, Stan Vanderbeek, Nancy Holt, Petra Cortright, Constant Dullaart, Antoine Catala, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Addie Wagenknecht, Lillian Schwartz, Frieder Nake, Evan Roth, JODI, Jan Robert Leegte, Wafaa Bilal, Alexander Ruthner, Judith Barry, Thomson & Craighead, The Yes Men, Jayson Musson, Celia Hempton, Ulla Wiggen, Olia Lialina, Douglas Coupland, Steina & Woody Vasulka, Jeremy Bailey, Hiroshi Kawano, Mahmoud Khaled, Heath Bunting, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Keith & Mendi Obadike, Joshua Nathanson, Peter Sedgley, Jacob Appelbaum, Roy Ascott, Computer Technique Group (CTG), Mouchette, Tony Longson, The Bureau of Inverse Technology, Model Court

Jonas Lund Electronic Superhighway (2016 – 1966)

Press Text

A major exhibition bringing together over 100 works to show the impact of computer and Internet technologies on artists from the mid-1960s to the present day.

The exhibition title is taken from a term coined in 1974 by South Korean video art pioneer Nam June Paik, who foresaw the potential of global connections through technology. Arranged in reverse chronological order, Electronic Superhighway begins with works made at the arrival of the new millennium, and ends with Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T), an iconic, artistic moment that took place in 1966. Key moments in the history of art and the Internet emerge as the exhibition travels back in time.

The exhibition features new and rarely seen multimedia works, together with film, painting, sculpture, photography and drawing. From Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Bailey, James Bridle, Constant Dullaart and Oliver Laric, to Roy Ascott, Judith Barry, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Ulla Wiggen, over 70 artists spanning 50 years are included.

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