Phillips offers an online auction platform accessible anywhere in the world, with live auctions and exhibitions in salerooms in New York, London and Geneva and Hong Kong. The birth of the World Wide Web in 1989 provided a breeding ground for early user-based net art, with innovators such as Moscow-born Olia Lialina adopting the Internet as a medium, following earlier practices in performance and video. E: annajones@whitechapelgallery.org. See10 key works included in Electronic Superhighway as selected by exhibition curator Omar Kholeif, plus the full list of artists. The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. He passed away in 2006, but his legacy of the founder of “video art” lives on in the Smithsonian exhibit. Artists’ Film International Further highlights include a series of photographs from conceptual artist Amalia Ulman’s four-month Instagram project Excellences & Perfections (2014-15), which examines the influence of social media on attitudes towards the female body. T +44 (0)207 539 3315. It is about 15 x 40 x 4 feet and a fantastic sensory overload. There are so many museums and galleries in Washington DC that picking attractions to visit can feel like picking a name out of a hat. Farocki’s major video installation Parallel I-IV (2012-2014) charts the evolution of computer game graphics over 30 years. He was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1932 and was trained as a classical pianist. Highlights include Scottish artist Rachel Maclean’s Germs (2013), a dark and surreal take on female-targeted advertising, which runs from 28 January 2016. whitechapelgallery.org/electronicsuperhighway. Phillips is a leading global platform for buying and selling 20th and 21st Century art and design. When you first see the map, the only thing you can do it stare at it in awe. The American Art Museum is a Smithsonian museum 15 minutes from our DC Hotel that was established in 1829. 12 February – 17 April 2016 (Free Entry) T +44 (0)20 7522 7888, 77-82 Whitechapel High St Nearest London Underground Station: Aldgate East, Liverpool Street, Tower Gateway DLR. E1 7QX, © Whitechapel Gallery 2020 | Terms & Conditions | IFS | Technical help, Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. 15 December 2015 – 12 June 2016 (Free Entry) The Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands It has one of the world’s richest collections of art, from early to modern art. Artist and award-winning poet Heather Phillipson creates a new installation for the project galleries, expanding on her time as the Gallery’s Writer in Residence in 2015. It features new and rarely seen multimedia works, together with film, painting, sculpture, photography and drawing by over 70 artists, including works by Cory Arcangel, Roy Ascott, Jeremy Bailey, Judith Barry, James Bridle, Douglas Coupland, Constant Dullaart, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Vera Molnar, Albert Oehlen, Trevor Paglen, Nam June Paik, Jon Rafman, Hito Steyerl, Ryan Trecartin, Amalia Ulman and Ulla Wiggen. On New Year’s Day 1984 Paik broadcast live and pre-recorded material from artists including John Cage and The Thompson Twins from a series of satellite-linked television studios in New York, West Germany, South Korea and Paris’ Pompidou Centre to an estimated audience of 25 million viewers worldwide. Price £29.99. For as little as £30, become a Whitechapel Gallery member and get unlimited access to ticketed exhibitions, 50% off all events and other great discounts. Press Information Coinciding with Electronic Superhighway are a series of free commissions and displays: Luke Fowler & Mark Fell 7 April – 12 June 2016 Harun Farocki: Parallel I-IV Artist and award-winning poet Heather Phillipson presents an immersive new multimedia installation. The exhibit is a map of the United States. The Electronic Superhighway is an exhibit on the third floor of the museum in the east wing–you can’t miss it. Heather Phillipson While it’s true that there’s a plethora of great things to see in DC, there is one exhibit in particular I recommend putting on your list: The Electronic Superhighway exhibit at the American Art Museum. A major exhibition bringing together over 100 works to show the impact of computer and Internet technologies on artists from the mid-1960s to the present day. The emergence of net art is explored through a curated selection of interactive browser-based works from the Rhizome archive, a leading digital arts organisation founded online in 1996 by artist Mark Tribe, and affiliated with the New Museum in New York since 2003. In this display, Farocki charts the evolution of computer game graphics – from the earliest simple, symbolic forms, through thirty years of rapid technological progression to the realism of the present day. Heather Phillipson 30 Oct 2015 – 7 Feb 2016 The mastermind behind this great piece of art is Korean-born artist Nam June Paik. Paik saw the event as a counter response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision of 1984. Jonas Lund: Fair Warning A sound trail for younger visitors, devised specially by artist Jenny Moore for the exhibition, is available to stream or download via Soundcloud. 77-82 Whitechapel High St Megan Miller Admission £13.50 (including Gift Aid donation) £11.95 (without Gift Aid). Please contact us for further information. 12 Feb – 17 Apr 2016 Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm; Thursdays, 11am – 9pm. Press & Communications Assistant However, instead of paper, it uses TV screens, and instead of borderlines, it uses neon light tubing. As the exhibition illustrates, the Internet has provided material for different generations of artists. Installation photograph by Maxime Dufour  © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Nam June Paik, Internet Dream (1994), video sculpture, 287 x 380 x 80 cm. Embassy of Sweden in London Focussing on two historic computer music languages that have been obscured by more commercially viable options, the duo look at how computers began to impact and shape music making, while experimenting with unfamiliar techniques involving algorithms, non-standard timing and tuning tables. T + 44 (0) 20 7522 7888, info@whitechapelgallery.org, whitechapelgallery.org. For over a century the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to contemporaries such as Sophie Calle, Lucian Freud, Gilbert & George and Mark Wallinger. Projected on four screens, each video focuses on different aspects of the video game genre. 29 January – 29 May 2016 (Free Entry) Glasgow-based artist film-maker Luke Fowler and Yorkshire-based multidisciplinary artist Mark Fell collaborate on a new exhibition exploring technological advancements in music history. 15 Dec 2015 – 5 Jun 2016 From Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Bailey, James Bridle, Constant Dullaart and Oliver Laric, to Roy Ascott, Judith Barry, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Ulla Wiggen, over 70 artists spanning 50 years are included. E1 7QX, © Whitechapel Gallery 2020 | Terms & Conditions | IFS | Technical help, Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. London The Electronic Superhighway is an exhibit on the third floor of the museum in the east wing–you can’t miss it. The exhibition features new and rarely seen multimedia works, together with film, painting, sculpture, photography and drawing. With beautiful galleries, exhibitions, artist commissions, collection displays, historic archives, education resources, inspiring art courses, dining room and bookshop, the Gallery is open all year round, so there is always something free to see. Price: £29.99. Until 7 February 2016 (Free Entry) Find out more, Buy affordable artworks by Douglas Coupland, Trevor Paglen, Thomas Ruff and Amalia Ulman. In My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (1996) the artist presents a love story enacted via an interactive black and white browser screen. Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, which has been housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 2002, has therefore become an icon of America in the information age. The exhibit is a map of the United States. Stuttgart Through video, music, sculpture and live and recorded speech, Phillipson’s work oscillates between conceptual distances and the intimacy of the body. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue edited by Omar Kholeif which includes contributions by Iwona Blazwick, Omar Kholeif, Ed Halter, Erika Balsom, Sarah Perks, Judith Barry, Nam June Paik, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Séamus McCormack, Jonas Lund and Ulla Wiggen. The dual conceptual nature of Electronic Superhighway (representing both a prototype of ‘concept art’ and the conceptual principle of semiotics) in its message of America’s outrageous reliance on television, expressed through various video monitors, effectively intertwines culture, media, technology, and art, making Paik a truly interdisciplinary artist. Image courtesy the artist and Seventeen Gallery, London © Oliver Laric, Thomas Ruff, Substrat 34 I (2007) Courtesy David Zwirner New York/London © Thomas Ruff, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Seduction of a Cyborg (1994) ZKM Collection © (2015) ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe © Lynn Hershman Leeson, Eduardo Kac, Tesão (Horny) (1985) Courtesy the artist and England & Co. Gallery, London © Eduardo Kac, “…an absorbing show – set aside a few hours and take a plunge”  – Evening Standard, “compelling and refreshing” – It’s Nice That. Offering professional services and advice on all aspects of collecting, Phillips is committed to exploring the ways in which technology is providing new channels to engage with and collect art. Artists’ Film International, the Whitechapel Gallery’s annual programme of film, video and animation chosen by partner cultural organisations around the world, is based on the theme of ‘technologies’ in 2016. Arranged in reverse chronological order, Electronic Superhighway begins with works made at the arrival of the new millennium, and ends with Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T), an iconic, artistic moment that took place in 1966. 29 Jan – 3 Apr 2016 ); Harun Farocki; Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige; Celia Hempton; Camille Henrot; Gary Hill; Ann Hirsch; Nancy Holt and Richard Serra ; JODI; Eduardo Kac; Allan Kaprow; Hiroshi Kawano; Mahmoud Khaled; Oliver Laric; Jan Robert Leegte; Lynn Hershman Leeson; Olia Lialina; Tony Longson; Rafael Lozano-Hemmer; Jonas Lund; Jill Magid; Eva and Franco Mattes; Model Court; Manfred Mohr; Vera Molnar; Mouchette (Martine Neddam); Jayson Musson; Frieder Nake; Joshua Nathanson; Katja Novitskova; Mendi + Keith Obadike; Albert Oehlen; Trevor Paglen; Nam June Paik; Jon Rafman; Evan Roth; Thomas Ruff; Alex Ruthner; Jacolby Satterwhite; Lillian F. Schwartz; Peter Sedgley; Taryn Simon; Frances Stark; Hito Steyerl; Sturtevant; Martine Syms; Thomson and Craighead; Ryan Trecartin; Amalia Ulman; Stan VanDerBeek; Steina and Woody Vasulka; Addie Wagenknecht; Lawrence Weiner; Ulla Wiggen; The Yes Men; YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES. Institute Für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V. Korean Cultural Institute The exhibition concludes with artefacts from the formation of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T) in New York in 1966 which saw performances over nine evenings from artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage and Yvonne Rainer working together with engineers from American engineering company Bell Laboratories in one of the first major collaborations between the industrial technology sector and the arts. Key moments in the history of art and the Internet emerge as the exhibition travels back in time. Watch a tour of the exhibition with curator Omar Kholeif .