21: Digital Curators Series 03—Val Ravaglia on Displaying the Digital

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In Part 3 of our Digital Curators Series, host Peter Bauman (Monk Antony, Le Random's editor in chief) interviews Tate Modern (lerandom.art/subjects/tate-modern)'s Val Ravaglia (lerandom.art/subjects/val-ravaglia), a display specialist and the curator of Electric Dreams (lerandom.art/subjects/electric-dreams), Tate (lerandom.art/subjects/tate)'s major historical digital art exhibition which runs until June 1, 2025.

Ravaglia is Curator, Displays & International Art at Tate Modern. Her curatorial work has focused on display for over twelve years. In addition to curating Le Random's exhibition of the year, Electric Dreams, Ravaglia assisted on Tate’s complete collection rehang in 2016.

The conversation covers the complexities of digital art display from a major museum perspective.

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Also in this episode: Samia Halaby (lerandom.art/subjects/samia-halaby), Regina Harsanyi (lerandom.art/subjects/regina-harsanyi), Douglas Dodds (lerandom.art/subjects/douglas-dodds), Carlos Cruz-Diez (lerandom.art/subjects/carlos-cruz-diez), Christiane Paul (lerandom.art/subjects/christiane-paul), Harold Cohen (lerandom.art/subjects/harold-cohen), Sol LeWitt (lerandom.art/subjects/sol-lewitt), Tina Rivers Ryan (lerandom.art/subjects/tina-rivers-ryan), Tyler Hobbs (lerandom.art/subjects/tyler-hobbs)

Read next: Val Ravaglia on Electric Dreams (lerandom.art/editorial/val-ravaglia-on-electri…)

Listen next: Ep. 18, Digital Curators Series 02—Regina Harsanyi & Jon Ippolito on Preserving the Digital (lerandom.art/episodes/digital-curators-series-02), Ep. 17, Digital Curators Series 01—Douglas Dodds on Collecting and Valuing Emerging Technologies (lerandom.art/episodes/digital-curators-series-01)

On the Living Timeline: Tate’s Electric Dreams (2024) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/tates-electric-dreams)

Chapters 📖:
00:00 Introduction
01:43 How did Electric Dreams land?
06:12 What does display mean at Tate Modern?
16:57 What makes collection displays hard?
21:17 How is displaying digital art different?
31:35 What made Electric Dreams so complex?
41:59 What are best practices for digital art?
45:57 What advice for artists and exhibitors?
50:32 Closing Thoughts