6/10/2023 0 Comments Space age mirrorBoth the mirror and screen reflect back the features of ourselves and society that are not always easily visible. “The Velvet Underground song came out a couple of years prior to where the exhibition’s chronology started and was produced by Andy Warhol … but mainly I chose this title for what the idea of the mirror implies in juxtaposition to the screen. Chosen from a Velvet Underground song that founder Lou Reed wrote to prop up singer Nico’s ego, “I’ll Be Your Mirror” is a title that perfectly reflects the narcissism and insecurity inherent in modern digital culture. Hearst lent another Warholian nod to the exhibition’s name. People like that felt like a very important link to me.” I really wanted Andy Warhol’s 'Omega' drawings because Warhol is someone everyone is familiar with - he’s often experimented with new technology. But there were several artists I felt were absolutely pertinent to the presentation. "That’s the framework I started to hone in on. “That was the first moment that people were experiencing something together collectively through a screen,” Hearst says. ![]() Hearst decided to begin at the beginning, pulling the show’s earliest works - Frederick Hammersley’s computer-generated ink drawings - from 1969, the year when 650 million people first gathered around our so-called “electronic hearth” to watch the moon landing. I think everybody was really on board with this idea because it was one we could all relate to.” I’d already had a long interest in art intersecting with technology. This was also a time we were really thinking about how to pivot the museum, and myself and another colleague came up with a program, Modern TV, where we had different videos from the collection online. It posed new challenges but also opened up new possibilities. “I’ve always been the type who has to see everything in person. ![]() ![]() “The show really came about when I was having to look at art through my computer and having to meet the artist that way,” she says. Modern curator Alison Hearst found herself initially drawn to the topic when trapped behind her own screen during the pandemic. The ambitious I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth takes a comprehensive view of the way the real world has intersected for good (and evil) with cyberspace through artwork spanning from the late ’60s to the present day. Whether you’re an aspiring TikTok star, an aging Instagram influencer or a boomer who likes to argue on Facebook, how you present yourself via a screen is an undeniable part of modern life.
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