The Top 10 Digital Artworks of 2014

1. Lorna Mills, Ways of Something and Ungentrified
Lorna Mills has had such an extraordinary year, she could have easily taken over this entire end-of-year list. To save room for other talented artists, I’ll list only the two biggies: Ways of Something, her multi-episode BBC documentary remake of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing at Transfer Gallery; and her animated GIF installation Ungentrified at OCAD during Toronto’s 24-hour light festival Nuit Blanche. Both will surely become important to art historians of the future. […]

2. Ryan McNamara, MEEM 4 MIAMI: A Story Ballet About the Internet. Art Basel Miami
Though barely a lick of it was digital, the best performance of the year was Ryan McNamara’s “MEEM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet.” McNamara’s hour-long ballet is an immersive performance defined by ever changing musical scores. […]

3. Art Post-Internet
Like many of us, I didn’t see Karen Archey and Robin Peckham’s exhibition in Bejing, “Art Post-Internet.” But I did read (and contribute to) the digital catalogue. For a show exploring art that is made with “an awareness of the network,” that’s probably enough. Seeing the show in the flesh can be approximated, and this show is assembled with the expectation that most won’t see it in person. […]

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Paddy Johnson is the founding Editor of Art F City and the Arts Editor for the L Magazine. In addition, she has been published in New York Magazine, The Economist, and The Guardian, and linked to by publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Awl. Paddy lectures widely about art and the internet at venues including Yale University, Parsons, Rutgers, South by Southwest, and the Whitney Independent Study Program. Johnson was nominated for best art critic at The Rob Pruitt Art Awards in 2010 and has won Village Voice award for Best Art Blog for the last two years running.