The 'Electric Dreams' exhibition at Tate Modern highlights how artists in the 1950s and 1960s responded to dramatic technological advancements following WWII. Featuring around 150 pieces of vintage tech art, the exhibition illustrates the innovative techniques and materials that fueled the rise of kinetic and optical art forms. Artists like Samia Halaby embraced modern computing, using programming to enhance their creative practices, while the era's developments reshaped the relationship between art, technology, and cultural memory.
For visual artist Samia Halaby, the answer was to learn programming to incorporate computer algorithms into her practice as an artist.
In an interview with the Tate's curatorial staff, Halaby recalled seeing images on a computer screen for the first time and thinking, 'my paintings are dull compared with this screen'.
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