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Digital Revolution:
An immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and videogames
An immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and videogames
Barbican Centre
3 July – 14 September 2014
Visit the Digital Revolution microsite
Digital Revolution explores and celebrates the transformation of the arts through digital technology since the 1970s. The exhibition brings together for the first time a range of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers, who are using digital media to push the boundaries of their fields. The show also looks to the future and considers the impact of creative coding, DIY and maker-culture, digital communities and the creative possibilities offered by augmented reality, artificial intelligence, wearable technologies and 3D printing.
The exhibition includes new commissions from design studios Umbrellium (Usman Haque and Nitipak 'Dot' Samsen), Universal Everything and Minimaforms (Theodore and Stephen Spyropoulos); global music artist and entrepreneur will.i.am, Yuri Suzuki, Pasha Shapiro and Ernst Weber; and a range of artists and performers including Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Björk, Amon Tobin, CuteCircuit and work by Oscar®-winning visual effects (VFX) Supervisor Paul Franklin and his team at Double Negative for Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking film Inception (2010). The Barbican have collaborated with Google on a new project called DevArt and will present four new gallery commissions by Karsten Schmidt, Zach Lieberman, Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet, as well as competition winners Cyril Diagne and Beatrice Lartigue.
Comprising of both, interactive art works and exhibition-based displays Digital Revolution presents a number of impressive installations. Umbrellium, who are known for their large-scale and mass-participatory outdoor events, will produce their first work within a theatre setting. This immersive experience will take-over The Pit at the Barbican, filling the space with a series of magical interactive laser sculptures and set within an otherworldly sound environment. Universal Everything, one of the UK's leading media art studios, have developed a participatory piece for the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance allowing visitors to submit a hand-drawn artwork that they can contribute in the venue and online. In The Curve gallery visitors can explore filmmaker and artist Chris Milk’s major shadow play work The Treachery of Sanctuary , which will be presented in the UK for the first time.
Our Digital Futures section explores artists’ use of recently possible and emerging technologies with London based Studio XO for TechHaus, the technical division of Lady Gaga's Haus of Gaga, wearable technology by Pauline van Dongen and a robotic installation by Minimaforms (Theodore Spyropoulos and Stephen Spyropoulos) .
The most comprehensive presentation of digital creativity ever to be staged in the UK Digital Revolution is a festival-style exhibition. Taking place across the Barbican with ticketed and non-ticketed elements and incorporating an offsite commission. It is accompanied by a talks and events programme and a dedicated publication.
Full press release
Selected press clippings
DevArt by Google website
Official DevArt by Google Blog Post
For more information, please contact us.
Curatorial Team
The Exhibition is created and Produced by Barbican International Enterprises.
Guest Curator: Conrad Bodman
Assistant Curator: Dani Admiss
Assistant Curator: Sunny Cheung
Exhibition Advisory Team
Jim Boulton: Director, Digital Archaeology
Julia Kaganskiy: Director of Incubator for Art, Technology, and Design at New Museum
Caroline Roux: Design writer
Iain Simons: Director, GameCity Festival, Nottingham Trent University
Mike Stubbs: CEO, FACT, Liverpool
Li Zhenhua: Artist and Curator
Yukiko Shikata: Media Art Curator
Please note that the current content is indicative only. The exhibition will be available to tour internationally from September 2014.
Digital Revolution future city:
Stockholm, Sweden (24 October 2014 – 30 Aug 2015)
3 July – 14 September 2014
Visit the Digital Revolution microsite
Digital Revolution explores and celebrates the transformation of the arts through digital technology since the 1970s. The exhibition brings together for the first time a range of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers, who are using digital media to push the boundaries of their fields. The show also looks to the future and considers the impact of creative coding, DIY and maker-culture, digital communities and the creative possibilities offered by augmented reality, artificial intelligence, wearable technologies and 3D printing.
The exhibition includes new commissions from design studios Umbrellium (Usman Haque and Nitipak 'Dot' Samsen), Universal Everything and Minimaforms (Theodore and Stephen Spyropoulos); global music artist and entrepreneur will.i.am, Yuri Suzuki, Pasha Shapiro and Ernst Weber; and a range of artists and performers including Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Björk, Amon Tobin, CuteCircuit and work by Oscar®-winning visual effects (VFX) Supervisor Paul Franklin and his team at Double Negative for Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking film Inception (2010). The Barbican have collaborated with Google on a new project called DevArt and will present four new gallery commissions by Karsten Schmidt, Zach Lieberman, Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet, as well as competition winners Cyril Diagne and Beatrice Lartigue.
Comprising of both, interactive art works and exhibition-based displays Digital Revolution presents a number of impressive installations. Umbrellium, who are known for their large-scale and mass-participatory outdoor events, will produce their first work within a theatre setting. This immersive experience will take-over The Pit at the Barbican, filling the space with a series of magical interactive laser sculptures and set within an otherworldly sound environment. Universal Everything, one of the UK's leading media art studios, have developed a participatory piece for the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance allowing visitors to submit a hand-drawn artwork that they can contribute in the venue and online. In The Curve gallery visitors can explore filmmaker and artist Chris Milk’s major shadow play work The Treachery of Sanctuary , which will be presented in the UK for the first time.
Our Digital Futures section explores artists’ use of recently possible and emerging technologies with London based Studio XO for TechHaus, the technical division of Lady Gaga's Haus of Gaga, wearable technology by Pauline van Dongen and a robotic installation by Minimaforms (Theodore Spyropoulos and Stephen Spyropoulos) .
The most comprehensive presentation of digital creativity ever to be staged in the UK Digital Revolution is a festival-style exhibition. Taking place across the Barbican with ticketed and non-ticketed elements and incorporating an offsite commission. It is accompanied by a talks and events programme and a dedicated publication.
Full press release
Selected press clippings
DevArt by Google website
Official DevArt by Google Blog Post
For more information, please contact us.
Curatorial Team
The Exhibition is created and Produced by Barbican International Enterprises.
Guest Curator: Conrad Bodman
Assistant Curator: Dani Admiss
Assistant Curator: Sunny Cheung
Exhibition Advisory Team
Jim Boulton: Director, Digital Archaeology
Julia Kaganskiy: Director of Incubator for Art, Technology, and Design at New Museum
Caroline Roux: Design writer
Iain Simons: Director, GameCity Festival, Nottingham Trent University
Mike Stubbs: CEO, FACT, Liverpool
Li Zhenhua: Artist and Curator
Yukiko Shikata: Media Art Curator
Please note that the current content is indicative only. The exhibition will be available to tour internationally from September 2014.
Digital Revolution future city:
Stockholm, Sweden (24 October 2014 – 30 Aug 2015)
