Digital Revolution exhibition at Barbican

I went to the Digital Revolution exhibition at the Barbican last night.

It was packed with all kinds of geeky awesomeness. From original pong and pacman arcade games that you could play, to one of the first web pages by TBL (the first web page was deleted) to modern day digital effects and CGI stuff. I ran out of time and had only seen/played with about half of the exhibition. Will have to go back when it is a bit quieter and finish it.

Anyone else been?

Yes! I left with mixed feelings. I loved seeing so much of the early net art work but it was badly displayed. The whole exhibition design is crazy; all that video montage on the walls in the first room was just a distracting mess. The Will.i.am. work is terrible, and grossly oversized considering how many other artists' works were given very little space. It should have been in the main exhibition space, not the curve. I enjoyed some of the interactive video - they have some nice examples. I too ran out of time to see it all.

Yep, absolutely agree it should have been in the main space. The curve was absolutely packed, with both exhibits and people.

The birds interactive video was way cool. As was the musical keyboard/global radio station thing. Could have played with that for hours. I was slightly drunk, which I highly recommend for any interactive video experience.