Cathy's Art Diary

Interesting small display at the Victoria and Albert Museum looking at the digital art collection of Patric Prince which has been donated to the museum. I’m not sure I’m understood all the pieces but was moved to see that many of them would no longer exist if she hadn’t collected them. It feels like it’s almost too early to assess their importance. It was interesting to see how many pieces included notes by the artists/producers when they gave them to her. I particularly liked the idea of an event in 1992 when photographs were transferred between machines and enhanced by the receiver. The picture in the show from this was a portrait of Prince. Closes 15 September 2024  

Exhibitor at the V&A which looks at the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small screen based graphics to large-scale installations. I made the mistake of doing this exhibit at the weekend and it was heaving with people. It’s very interactive but you had to queue to try most things. It was also full of children and push chairs in quite a cramped area. The art may have been good but the experience was rather unpleasant. Also it’s coming to the end of the run so a couple of items had broken down. However I did like the digital clock made up of photos uploaded by visitors via the web which showed numbers and the mirrors in the main galleries which picked on someone looking at them and followed their movements.