Gallery: Tracing the 50-Year Love Affair Between Art and Computers

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    Addie Wagenknecht
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    Addie Wagenknecht's *Asymmetric Love* from 2013. Steel, CCTV cameras and DSL internet cables.
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    Aristarkh Chernyshev
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    Aristarkh Chernyshev's *Loading* from 2007. Custom LED Panel.
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    Douglas Coupland
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    Eduardo Kac
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    Eduardo Kac's *Tesão (Horny)* from 1985. Minitel Artwork.
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    Frieder Nake / Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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    Courtesy of the Artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
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    Katja Novitskova's *Innate Disposition 2*, from 2012. Digital print on aluminum, cutout display.
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    Lynn Hershman Leeson
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    Lynn Hershman Leeson's *Seduction of a Cyborg*, from 1994. DVD with sound, still image.
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    Nam June Paik Estate
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    Nam June Paik's *Internet Dream* from 1994. Video sculpture.
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    Olia Lialina
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    Olia Lialina's *My Boyfriend Came Back from the War* from 1996. Net Art – screenshot.
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    Oliver Laric
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    Oliver Laric's *Versions (Missile Variations)* from 2010. Airbrushed paint on aluminum composite board, in 10 parts.
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    Courtesy the artist
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    Rachel Maclean's *Germs* from 2013. Digital video, three minutes.
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    Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
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    Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's *Surface Tension* from 1992. Plasma or rear-projection screen, computerised surveillance system, custom‐made software.
  • Ulla Wiggen's Den röda Tvn from 1967. Acrylic on board.
    Ulla Wiggen
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    Ulla Wiggen's *Den röda Tv:n* from 1967. Acrylic on board.
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