When the internet got nasty: art on the electronic superhighway

Aristarkh Chernyshev | The Conversation | 29th January 2016

The impact of computer and internet technologies on life and art has been rapid and profound. New production tools, presentation platforms and art concepts pop up all the time. But where this London exhibition surprises is its reminder of how we first thought about the internet – “cheerful language and unfettered optimism about computational technology … a cybernetic meadow”.