Tate Modern: Electric Dreams Exhibition Tickets

Explore machine art before the internet

Step into the world of optical, kinetic, programmed, and digital art from the 1950s to the 1990s with these timed-entry tickets to the Electric Dreams exhibition at the Tate Modern. See a number of immersive sensory experiences and machine-generated art made by artists from all over the world, spread across 15 rooms. Discover how these artists from the decades past, including Rebecca Allen and Atul Desai, imagined today’s world through vintage tech art.

Dive into the history of electronic art

Learn about the early artists who developed electronic art, whether it was with the help of light and sound or through coding. Venture into each room and check out large-scale immersive installations made by artists who share a similar interest. See works like Atsuko Tanaka’s Electric Dress, a wearable artwork made with industrial lightbulbs; Otto Piene’s Light Room, where 5 lit sculptures recreate a ballet; and Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Chromointerferent Environment, constantly moving parallel lines projected on the floor and ceiling. Afterward, explore the rest of the Tate Modern’s 70,000 works of art at your own pace.