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.
Reviews
This [book] stands out from the sea of similar publications. It is straightforward enough to interest the neophyte but brisk and bold enough to offer new perspectives to readers who have read their fair share of publications about digital art. It covers history through a series of surprisingly concise but efficient essays that condense the digital art milestones and situate them within evolving social, cultural and technological contexts … Visually irresistible, packed with interesting anecdotes.
— We Make Money Not Art
An image-rich visual history of digital art from the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London… Showcasing its journey from a niche art form in the 1960s to dominating the visual culture of the 2020s, the book connects the digital art world with its art historical antecedents and explores how artists consider technology’s broader implications for society and the Earth… An ambitious project, yet accessible to all audiences, [that] would serve as an excellent introduction to digital art.
— Choice
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.
