OGR Torino Opens Laure Prouvost and Electric Dreams Exhibitions

OGR Torino has inaugurated two simultaneous exhibitions: Laure Prouvost's 'WE FELT A STAR DYING' and 'ELECTRIC DREAMS. Art & Technology Before the Internet'. Curated by Val Ravaglia and Samuele Piazza and organized by Tate Modern and OGR Torino, 'Electric Dreams' surveys artistic practices at the intersection of visual art, science, and technology from the 1960s to the 1990s. The show examines how artists repurposed military and corporate tools—early computers and telecommunications—to critique progress, spanning cybernetic art to early media art. It echoes Marshall McLuhan's theories on media restructuring perception and social organization, anticipating current debates on digital and AI. In Binario 1, Prouvost's immersive installation, created with philosopher Tobias Rees and scientist Hartmut Neven, explores quantum computing through moving images, sound, and scent, drawing on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. Together, the exhibitions highlight a shift from critical engagement with machines to a new alliance between artistic imagination and scientific thought, where technology becomes part of an emotional and symbolic ecosystem.