High technology, or High Tech, is technology that is at the cutting edge: the most advanced technology available. The opposite of high tech is low tech. This refers to simple, often traditional or mechanical technology, using basic mechanics or natural phenomena like wind, water, gravity and the sun.

Through its historic festivals, installations, exhibits and events, Boston Cyberarts has a 20-year tradition of showcasing High Tech as artistic tools and applications. Our "tradition" is a focus on the "new" and how that is translated into the most provocative and compelling examples of Art and technology. With this exhibit of Nostalgia Tech artist and designer pieces, basic historical references are made to 19th Century and 20th Century creations using technology of the period to elicit delight, amusement, admiration and even astonishment.

Co-curated by Boston Cyberarts Board Member Mark Favermann, Assistant Director Keaton Fox and Executive Director/Founder George Fifield, Nostalgia Tech is a mix of historic and contemporary art and design pieces skillfully and aesthetically utilizing simple technologies. The works are in conversation with each other, and thus the exhibit showcases a collection of intriguing artistic devices that use technologies that are now part of our collective cultural memory and are now nostalgic.

Included in the exhibit are works by: 

Kevin Arrow

Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray

Marvin Glass

Chris Fitch

Antony Flackett

Nathan Miner

Alma Siedhoff-Buscher

Dan Younger

Janet Zwieg