what is a computer???

In technical terms a computer is a programmable device that manipulates, stores and displays information and data. But really, you know what a computer is, you’re using one right now! Yes, right now to read this- amazing. To me, a computer is home to The Internet, because frankly there’s only so much minesweeper and chrome dino you can play before it gets boring. A computer is the near past and the very distant future, and depending who you ask, is the best or worst thing to happen to humanity. Art has been made using computers pretty much since its invention, and the relationship between the two has only (and will only) become more intertwined in the future, as shown in Whitechapel Gallery’s ‘Electronic Superhighway’ exhibition that displays over 100 pieces of work from the 1960s to now. The exhibition acts as an archive of the development of computer art, and it’s fascinating to think that people in the future will look at tech-based art from present day the same way we view it now from the 60s. That thought being “Wow, they sure had no idea what was coming.”