REBOOT: Pioneering Digital Art
Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
Group Show
October 7, 2023 – April 1, 2024
Artists
Annie Abrahams 1954 (Netherlands, France), Janilda Bartolomeu, Brui5er, Cihad Caner 1990, Dries Depoorter, Driessens & Verstappen 1963 (Netherlands), Swendeline Ersilia, Ali Eslami, Yvonne le Grand, Edwin van der Heide 1970 (Netherlands), Edward Ihnatowicz 1926 (United Kingdom), JODI 1965 (Netherlands, Belgium), Bas van Koolwijk 1966 (Netherlands), Lancel/Maat, Jan Robert Leegte 1973 (Netherlands), Livinus & Jeep van de Bundt, Peter Luining 1961 (Netherlands), Jonas Lund 1984 (Sweden), Luna Maurer, Martine Neddam, Marnix de Nijs 1970 (Netherlands), Play the City, Dick Raaijmakers, Joost Rekveld, Remko Scha 1945 (Netherlands), Jeffrey Shaw 1944 (Australia), Steina 1940 (Iceland), Peter Struycken 1939 (Netherlands), Michel Waisvisz, Roel Wouters
Press Text
REBOOT: Pioneering Digital Art is an exhibition featuring key works from 1960 to 2000, plus new interpretations by contemporary makers. REBOOT reveals the influence of digital technology on art and society. Alongside groundbreaking works by more than 20 artists, including Edward Ihnatowicz, Dick Raaijmakers, Driessens & Verstappen and Debra Solomon, there are new works by artist Jonas Lund, VR artist Ali Eslami, game designer Play the City and others. REBOOT is an initiative of Nieuwe Instituut and media art platform LI-MA.
Central themes in the exhibition are identity and beauty in a digital world, the impact of major tech companies and the fusion of human and machine.
