The Afterlives of Computer Art
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Art, technology and attention at the Tate Modern
The Afterlives of Computer Art {Empty Set} Issue 01 – Decay The Afterlives of Computer Art Art, technology and attention at the Tate Modern Celine Nguyen • February 26, 2026 I entered the Tate Modern’s Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet exhibition looking for computer art. But the most compelling work in the exhaustive fifteen-room show was a low-tech sculpture made of wood, nylon, and a motor. 3069 White Dots on an Oval Background , made in 1966 by the Belgian sculptor Pol Bury, was a wall-mounted wooden oval with tufts of brushy nylon wires emerging from it. Next to it w
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