Friday, October 16, 2015

The Onassis Cultural Centre presents "Digital Revolution", a revolutionary and highly interactive digital arts show, running from October 20 to January 10, 2016, which tells the story of creative practice in the digital field since the 1970s, exploring the transformation of the arts through digital technology. 

This pioneering, touring exhibition was created and produced by Barbican International Enterprises, and was previously on show at London’s Barbican Centre and Stockholm’s Tekniska Museum. It features the work of a range of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers, all pushing the boundaries of their fields using digital media.

It also looks at the dynamic developments in the areas of creative coding and DIY culture and the exciting creative possibilities offered by augmented reality, artificial intelligence, wearable technologies and 3-D printing.

From Pac-Man, Super Mario and Tetris to Gravity and Inception, from Björk to will.i.am, from Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to Augmented Reality and from the Industrial Revolution to 3D printing, the exhibition showcases the impact of digital technology on the evolution of the Arts, design, music, fashion, film and video games. 

The exhibition is divided in eight sections - Digital Archaeology, We Create, Creative Spaces, Sound&Vision, State of Play, DevArt, Our Digital Futures, Indie Games Space - exploring the past, present and future of digital technology.