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Top 10 Digital Art Projects of 2019

digital · 2026-05-04

Valentina Tanni curated a list of the ten best digital art projects of 2019 for Artribune. The selection includes 'Training Humans' by Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford at Fondazione Prada's Osservatorio in Milan, exploring AI's cultural and political implications. Sara Tirelli's VR Pavilion, a collateral event during the Venice Biennale, offered a virtual reality experience on a boat in the Venetian lagoon. David OReilly created surreal augmented reality filters for Instagram. In Rome, Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico launched IAQOS, a 'neighborhood AI' in Torpignattara. Eva and Franco Mattes presented 'My Little Big Data' at Careof in Milan, analyzing 70,000 personal emails to critique digital surveillance. Addie Wagenknecht posted cybersecurity tutorials disguised as beauty videos on YouTube. 'Gallery.Delivery' by Sebastian Schmieg, produced by Greencube Gallery, delivered exhibitions to homes. Natalie Wynn's 'Contrapoints' channel combined philosophy, performance, and internet culture. 'Raising Moths' by Federico Antonini, published by Nero, compiled YouTube comments on a Haruomi Hosono track. Finally, 'Memersforfuture' by Clusterduck collected climate protest imagery.

Key facts

  • Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford's 'Training Humans' at Fondazione Prada, Milan
  • Sara Tirelli's VR Pavilion at Venice Biennale
  • David OReilly's AR filters on Instagram
  • IAQOS by Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico in Torpignattara, Rome
  • Eva and Franco Mattes' 'My Little Big Data' at Careof, Milan
  • Addie Wagenknecht's cybersecurity tutorials on YouTube
  • Gallery.Delivery by Sebastian Schmieg, produced by Greencube Gallery
  • Natalie Wynn's 'Contrapoints' YouTube channel
  • 'Raising Moths' by Federico Antonini, published by Nero
  • Memersforfuture by Clusterduck

Entities

Artists

  • Trevor Paglen
  • Kate Crawford
  • Sara Tirelli
  • David OReilly
  • Salvatore Iaconesi
  • Oriana Persico
  • Eva Mattes
  • Franco Mattes
  • Addie Wagenknecht
  • Sebastian Schmieg
  • Natalie Wynn
  • Federico Antonini
  • Sergio Savini
  • Haruomi Hosono
  • Valentina Tanni

Institutions

  • Fondazione Prada
  • Osservatorio Fondazione Prada
  • Borås Art Museum
  • Careof
  • The Blank Contemporary Art
  • Italian Council
  • Greencube Gallery
  • Nero
  • Clusterduck
  • Artribune
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Venice
  • Venetian lagoon
  • Svezia
  • Rome
  • Torpignattara
  • Roma

Sources