Tate Britain's 'Art and Money Online' Explores E-Commerce Culture
Tate Britain's 'Art and Money Online' exhibition (June 3, 2001) featured three digital artworks critiquing internet commercialization and e-commerce. Alison Craighead and Jon Thomson's 'CNN Interactive just got more interactive' let visitors choose music while browsing CNN's site. Redundant Technology Initiative's 'Free Agent' displayed images on 36 obsolete monitors, encouraging low-cost digital art. Black Schoals' 'Stock Market Planetarium' linked stock prices to constellations. The show was part of the Art Now series, following similar exhibitions at MoMA San Francisco (010101) and Whitney Museum (Bitstreams). Critic Laurent Boubounelle noted the works felt lightweight compared to groups like RT Mark and Toywar.com, and referenced John Klima's 'Ecosystem' (2000) and Leah Gilliam's 'Apeshit v3' (1999) from Bitstreams as more incisive critiques of global capitalism and technological progress.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: June 3, 2001
- Venue: Tate Britain, London
- Part of Art Now series
- Three artworks: Craighead/Thomson, Redundant Technology Initiative, Black Schoals
- Followed MoMA San Francisco's 010101 and Whitney's Bitstreams
- Critic: Laurent Boubounelle
- Referenced works: Klima's 'Ecosystem', Gilliam's 'Apeshit v3'
- Groups mentioned: RT Mark, Toywar.com
Entities
Artists
- Alison Craighead
- Jon Thomson
- John Klima
- Leah Gilliam
- Laurent Boubounelle
- Arjun Appadurai
Institutions
- Tate Britain
- MoMA San Francisco
- Whitney Museum
- Redundant Technology Initiative
- Black Schoals
- RT Mark
- Toywar.com
- CNN
Locations
- London
- England
- San Francisco
- New York
- Sheffield
Sources
- artpress —