At Tate Smartly-liked’s Electric Dreams, 70 artists showcase how technology transformed artwork from the Fifties to the Nineties.
Electric Dreams celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital artwork, who pioneered a fresh period of immersive sensory installations and automatically generated works.
From light projections to 16-bit game stills, these artworks explain how artists reimagined technology, constructing mind-bending, immersive experiences that bridge the analogue and digital worlds.
Running except June 2025, the show celebrates innovation that predates our most modern technological landscape.