This new, image-led history of global digital art from the 1960s to the present day draws on the V&A's rich collection while linking the digital art scene to wider art and design histories, and to their social, political, and technological contexts. Decade-by-decade essays by leading authorities explore evolving digital art practices, and a series of interviews and discussions with prominent artists, gallerists, museum curators, and collectors from the world of digital art offer fascinating insights into the subject.
Digital Art: 1960s to Now explores ideas of artificial intelligence, computer animation, simulation, and cybernetics. Global in reach, it features historic works from pioneering artists such as Analivia Cordeiro, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnar, and Frieder Nake, alongside renowned contemporary artists such as Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Harm van den Dorpel, Trevor Paglen, Anna Ridler, and Nye Thompson.
Contributors
Pita Arreola
Edited By
Pita Arreola is digital art curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Corinna Gardner
Edited By
Corinna Gardner is senior curator of design and digital at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She leads the museum's Rapid Response Collecting program, and her research focuses on digital art and design.
Melanie Lenz
Edited By
Melanie Lenz is digital art curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
