Tate Moderns Electrical Desires celebrates digital artwork earlier than the web

A collage shows a group of people in an immersive 'Electric Dreams' room (left) and a composite of Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby as she draws (right)

A brand new exhibition at London’s Tate Fashionable, titled “Electrical Desires”, appears to be like on the interval between WWII and the invention of the web to discover the connection between digital artwork and know-how.

On this Mashable Unique, we converse to assistant curator Odessa Warren about how artists in twentieth century performed with the brand new, cutting-edge instruments that society on the time typically feared.

“Electrical Desires: Artwork and Know-how Earlier than the Web” is exhibiting at Tate Fashionable till June 1 2025.