Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film
Over the last four decades, image-editing software has radically transformed our visual world. The ease with which images and text can be digitally generated and altered has enabled new forms of creative experimentation, while also sparking philosophical debates about the very nature of representation. Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film examines the impact of digital manipulation tools from the 1980s to the present, for the first time assessing simultaneous developments and debates in the fields of photography, graphic design, and visual effects. Featuring over 100 works, the exhibition traces the emergence of distinctive digital aesthetic strategies, relationships to realism, and storytelling modes. Whether using early paint programs, commercially packaged and open-source software, individually programmed tools, or AI image generators, the artists in Digital Witness illuminate the visual culture we now inhabit, in which “Photoshop” is not only a product but also a verb.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Generous support is provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation and the Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Mary and Daniel James, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Koni and Geoff Rich, Maggie Tang, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film is among more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
April Greiman, Pacific Wave, 1987, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts and Design Council Acquisition Fund and the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © April Greiman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
- Nov 24, 2024–Jul 13, 2025
- BCAM
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Generous support is provided by the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation and the Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Mary and Daniel James, Justin Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Koni and Geoff Rich, Maggie Tang, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film is among more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
April Greiman, Pacific Wave, 1987, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Decorative Arts and Design Council Acquisition Fund and the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, © April Greiman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA