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01/14/2025

On January 21 at 7pm, join us at for a conversation about digital artworks that explore the Mexico/US border. This event marks the launch of “Post-border (code)pendency”, a forthcoming exhibition curated by Doreen Ríos () for rhizome’s third installment of ArtBase Anthologies. 💥 Ríos will be in conversation with exhibiting artist Angel Nevarez () and artist and Rhizome founder Mark Tribe (). Tickets in bio!

At the heart of this exhibition are works that investigate how the internet has reshaped our understanding of borders, both online and offline, from its early promises of a utopian “borderless” society, to one that perpetuates violence and codependent relationships between nations. The works in this exhibition pose the question: how can borders be creatively “hacked” in pursuit of justice and solidarity? 🛠👩‍💻

Audience members will also have the opportunity to view “LowDrone” (2005)—A website built by Nevarez and artist Alex Rivera (), which allowed web visitors to virtually operate a customized flying lowrider, armed with aerial surveillance capabilities and hydraulics that enable it to “hop” over the US/Mexico Border. Originally comissioned by Tribe for the online exhibition “Tijuana Calling” as part of the transborder festival INSITE, the website was newly restored by Rhizome’s Preservation Department for this exhibition.

This event will be recorded. Special thank you to for having us!

📸Angel Nevarez and Alex Rivera, LowDrone, 2005. Screenshot, 2024.

12/11/2024

Shop the rhizome gift guide! 🛒🛒

Featuring….
💎Found object charm cuffs by Conspecifics
🗓Boshi’s calendar by Bosh’s place
🍝Mishou Magazine: The FOOD Issue! by Dizzy Books
👾Jackie Liu’s Fishin’ for Average Caucasians Game Boy Cartridge
💍pebble studs by Permeable Self
🃏DOLLZ TAROT DECK by Molly Soda
📖Bogeyman Comics #1 by Rory Hayes(from ToyBox Coffin)
👜Mil Mundos screenprinted Tote Bag
💫unique stars that have only ever seen by computers by Morry Kolman
👯‍♀️Milfs: the book by Molly Wurwand
🖥Tetracono Screensaver by Bruno Munari (from O-R-G small softwares)
🦺Authorized dealer crewneck by DEATHBYSHEEP
🥠Fortune Webstones by Spencer Chang
🧢Internet hats by Rhizome

These are just a few of the objects that will be available at our upcoming fest/holiday market this Saturday the 14th! 🫢tickets in bio!
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12/09/2024

choose your own adventure ~ rhizome day fest !
throughout the day, we will have vending from an amazing cast of curated creatives, collectives, and artists ~ + installations, snacks, a raffle, and special suprises

12/06/2024

You’re invited to our first ever day fest and holiday market, ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊rhizome’s super ultimate internet day₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ December 14 at !

$15/ $5 for rhizome members

🎙Featuring talks by…
Amad Ansari (), Joshua Citarella (), Laurel Schwulst (), Michael Connor (), Morry Kolman(), and more🙀

⚙️Workshops led by…
Tee Topor (), Laurel Schwulst, and Bri Griffin (.muein)

📺Videos curated by…
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🥁Dj sets provided by…
Axine M (.m), pent () and

🔌📒💍🪀🧩and finally, vending by over 20 of the coolest 🥶artists/organizations/collectives, including…
, .s, , , , .info, , .online, Dreamland Forever, , .studio, , ._.fish , , .bk, .carlos, .online, , .mill, , , , and more 🧶

We’ll announce the full schedule shortly! Hope to see you 🫵 there!
Graphic by .muein 💥

11/26/2024

Meet our Board Chair Lindsay Howard () 🏆 and our newest board members, Dorothy Chou 🤝 and Gabriel Whaley ()🤝 ! 👔 💼

Lindsay succeeds Greg Pass, who was an exemplary steward of rhizome for over a decade. Lindsay’s expertise as a curator, writer, and advocate for digital artists makes her ideal to lead Rhizome into our next chapter 💫 . Her deep ties to the digital art community and years of leadership at Rhizome—she has served on the Board since 2021—make her appointment an inspiring moment for our organization!

⭐️ Dorothy Chou is Director of Policy & Public Engagement at DeepMind () and an angel investor. Having spent her career building social justice, ethics, & accountability structures at technology companies, she launched the first Transparency Report—an industry standard that more than 80 technology companies use to show how laws and corporate policies affect free expression and privacy online.

⭐️ Gabriel Whaley is the founder and CEO of MSCHF, the American art collective recognized for its provocative and boundary-pushing work at the intersection of art, technology, and consumer culture. Since 2019, MSCHF has captivated global audiences with viral projects that challenge conventional ideas of art and commerce, cementing its place in both popular culture and the contemporary art world.

11/20/2024

Help keep Rhizome’s servers online ⬆️, in style 💅 with our very own limited edition internet cap 🧢=👍!

You may be thinking: “I have so many hats… I don’t need anymore...🙄🤷‍♀️.” But the ⭐︎☞✩ internet cap✓✭ is much more than just your average cap...every purchase also includes 1 year of Rhizome membership! 😱
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Rhizome members receive exclusive offers, including early access to tickets for in-demand events, cloud-based storage for your web archives on our web archiving platform Conifer, and more! Most importantly, as a rhizome member, you are supporting rhizome’s mission of ensuring that digital art remains online, and accessible. Flashing server lights 🚥= more digital art everywhere, for everyone!
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Purchase your cap or sign up to be a rhizome member via the link in bio!

hat design by .muein
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11/08/2024

In our latest Artist Profile, Mark Fingerhut () discusses his live desktop theater series CompUSA Live 🎭, breaking Instagram 🔨, and how he really is just a choreographer at the end of the day 🕺, with Jason Isolini (). Link in bio!

[Image 1] Installation view, “Halycon.exe The Ride” at Public Works Administration, 2023. Courtesy of Mark Fingerhut.

[Image 2] Still, Mark Fingerhut, ”GOBLIN.exe”, 2020. Custom Software. Courtesy Mark Fingerhut.

[Image 3] Still, Mark Fingerhut, “CompUSA Live”, 2017-2020, Episode 8: Too Much Tech. Live Performance, 1:01:54. Courtesy Mark Fingerhut.

[Image 4] Spray bottle and fan that are suspended from the cieling in “Halycon.Exe the Ride”, 2023. Photo: Jason Isolini. Courtesy of Mark Fingerhut.

10/29/2024

Congratulations to Dragan Espenschied, Rhizome’s Preservation Director, Klaus Rechert, Rafael Gieschke, and Wendy Hagenmaier for being awarded The Angela Dappert Memorial Prize🎖, which recognizes outstanding work in digital preservation.

The team was awarded for their essay: “Preserving Users’ Knowledge of Contemporary and Legacy Computer Systems,” which proposes that Computer Vision (OCR) and Large Language Models (LLMs) may be used in emulation environments to capture information, thus allowing operational knowledge to be more accessibly transferred to future users of emulation technologies.

In an effort to raise awareness of the important work of LI-MA (), a platform for digital art and media art in Amsterdam, the group decided to donate the cash portion of their award to the organization. With over 3,500 artworks under their care, LI-MA’s exhibitions and conference programs have international impact; however, their future is currently at risk due to funding cuts. Learn more about their important work at the link in bio!

10/21/2024

Thanks to everyone who came out to ❤️ () last week for our event with Cory Arcangel () and the Michel Majerus estate () 🤗

In his presentation 📈, Cory recalled walking out of in 2002 after seeing a Majerus painting for the first time (Space Invaders 1) 👾, his collaboration with Rhizome Preservation Director Dragan Espenschied, media art being shown by the bathroom in galleries 🚽, and more ∞ . Co-Executive Director Michael Connor () even read aloud the first email Cory sent to rhizome when this project began seven years ago 📩and we learned some unbelievable surfing facts (see above) 🏄‍♀️ 🙀.

📸Photos courtesy of Jason Isolini ()

10/09/2024

✈️✈️✈️Let’s play Majerus is coming to New York! ✈️✈️✈️🔜🗓🙀

Pioneering web surfer 🏄‍♀️, lifestyle brand designer 👨‍🎨, and now YouTuber 🕹 Cory Arcangel () will present work from his new series at HEART () in New York on October 16 in a special event organized by Rhizome. Link in bio to purchase a ticket!

In this presentation, Arcangel will expand on his ongoing YouTube series Let’s Play Majerus G3 🎥, a project presented in collaboration with the Michel Majerus Estate (), wherein Arcangel films “Let’s Play” videos as he explores the untouched laptop of the late painter Michel Majerus. Following the presentation, Arcangel will be joined by Rhizome Co-Executive Director Michael Connor () for a conversation about digital working environments and histories of art and technology.

Let’s Play Majerus G3 🎥 is currently on view at the Michel Majerus Estate in Berlin through March 15 and simultaneously shown online as part of Rhizome’s series ArtBase Anthologies.

09/28/2024

Today at 3pm! Join Rhizome community designer .muein + Co-Director at for a conversation about digital climate impact and alternative digital cultures with Solar Protocol 🤝 This talk is presented as a part of “Group Hug” a new exhibition organized by .onx that opened this week! link in bio to rsvp.

Created by Tega Brain (), Alex Nathanson, () and Benedetta Piantella, Solar Protocol is an international network of solar powered, lightweight servers. Requests to the network are automatically directed to wherever in the network is receiving the most sun, which they describe as a kind of “natural intelligence.”

For the past year, Rhizome has been researching digital climate impact. As part of this, we have established a West Coast node for the Solar Protocol network!

09/18/2024

In our latest Artist Profile, Anisha Baid () and Nihaal Faizal () consider how posture relates to User Interface design 🪑, the history of Microsoft Solitaire 🃏, Baid’s performance “Sally’s Helper,” wherein she preforms as the secretary at Xerox PARC who was the “model user” for the first desktop interface 🖥, and more, now up on the blog! 🔗 ➡️ bio!

[Image 1] Anisha Baid, Relentless Logic (2024). Acrylic, cast plastic, vinyl, acetate prints, magnets. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 2] Still, Anisha Baid, Sally’s Helper (2023). Two-channel video. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 3] Anisha Baid, Self Portrait as Tech Support (2022). Silicone mousepads from an edition of 50, custom metal racks. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 4] Installation view, “MS User” at 820 Gallery, supported by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 2023. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 5] Image of Anisha’s studio

09/17/2024

In our latest Artist Profile, Anisha Baid () and Nihaal Faizal () consider how posture relates to User Interface design 🪑, the history of Microsoft Solitaire 🃏, Baid’s performance “Sally’s Helper,” wherein she preforms as the secretary at Xerox PARC who was the “model user” for for the first desktop interface 🖥, and more, now up on the blog! 🔗 ➡️ bio!

[Image 1] Anisha Baid, Relentless Logic (2024). Acrylic, cast plastic, vinyl, acetate prints, magnets. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 2] Still, Anisha Baid, Sally’s Helper (2023). Two-channel video. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 3] Anisha Baid, Self Portrait as Tech Support (2022). Silicone mousepads from an edition of 50, custom metal racks. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 4] Installation view, “MS User” at 820 Gallery, supported by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 2023. Courtesy of Anisha Baid.

[Image 5] Image of Anisha’s studio

09/10/2024

🗣🗣🗣 Meet the Year 11 art & code cohort!

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Rhizome partners with NEW INC on the Art & Code track, now in its fifth year, which focuses on redefining digital and cultural landscapes through internet-based practices.

Please join us in welcoming the musicians, blingee archivists, improvisors, cybersecurity professionals, radio producers, instrument builders, VJs, pilots-in-training, poets, creative technologists, and artists making up this years cohort!

★ Avneesh Sarwate () and Sumanth Srinivasan ()
★ Dan Gorelick ()
★ Hiba Ali (.hyba.xba)
★ Ivan Zhao ()
★ Mattaniah Aytenfsu ()
★ Munus & Niktari (Munus Shih, Nikki Makagiansar) ()
★ Naomi Lilly ()
★ Searcy Kwon ()
★ Spencer Chang (.r.chang)
★ Tara Rose Morris ()
★ Trevor Van De Velde ()
★ Tuerhong Guliniali ()
☻ Mentor: Eileen Isagon Skyers ()

08/02/2024

Nihaal Faizal () discusses “Dummy,” his work featuring a collection of dummy CCTV cameras and their packaging 📦, Michelin Man stickers on the back of ambulances in Bangalore 🚑, the fan blog his uncle used to run for the singer Mohammed Rafi 🕺, and more, with Anisha Baid () in our latest Artist Profile. 💫

[Image 1] Nihaal Faizal, KA03 AC4712 (2022) from the series ‘Emergency Vehicle’. Color pencil on paper, 11 3⁄4 x 16 1⁄2” . Courtesy of the artist.

[Image 2] Nihaal Faizal, Dummy (2022). Battery-activated dummy CCTV cameras and their packaging, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.

[Image 3] Nihaal Faizal, red curtains opening (2014). Video, 04:59. Installation view, “The C(h)roma Show” at Croma Electronics Store, Bangalore, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

[Image 4] Still, Nihaal Faizal, Mohammed Rafi Fan Blog (2017). Video, 31:02. Courtesy of the artist.

[Image 5] Workspace of Nihaal Faizal. Courtesy of the artist.

07/22/2024

Back in April, joined us in the Discord to celebrate the launch of their new zine, marking two years of the podcast! 💾💽

We’re happy to share a recording of the event, which featured Co-hosts Ana Meisel () and Camila Galaz () in conversation with Rhizome Community Designer Bri Griffin (.muein) ✨

Make sure to check out their new zine, which dives into the history of pre-internet networks 🛜, mobile phones ☎️, and more (including a crossword puzzle🧩 on page 20!) The zine also features a new text written by Michael Connor (), Co-Executive Director of Rhizome, now up on rhizome.org 📜, and an interview with Dr. Libi Rose Striegl, managing director of 🧪

Image 1: screenshot of the discord event with Ana + Camila. Image 2: screenshot of OFtC’s zine.

Links in bio!

06/10/2024

Endlessly deserved .harvey.studio x ~ a truly incredible exhibition on view until July 7th

“You might by wonder why you’d journey to Astoria for a show of web based art and video games, many of which you can still download. The lurch into digital obscurity is one reason. Harvey’s work — and that of many other net artists — took a big hit in 2021 when major web browsers discontinued support for the Flash plug-in that powers many online projects. Rhizome, an organization that preserves digital art, restored a handful of Entropy8 and Entropy8Zuper! projects for this exhibition.”

05/24/2024

NEW INC ()’s DEMO2024 is less than 2 weeks away! Join us at WSA (), June 5-7 for Random Access Memory, the Art & Code showcase featuring performances🤹, talks 🗣️, and demos 🛠️ by the Y10 track members. Be sure to look out for some exciting activations by Y10 members happening throughout the festival, including…

👾A conversation with Camila Galaz (), co-host of Our Friend the Computer podcast, Todd Anderson (), Co-Director of School For Poetic Computation, and Herdimas Anggara (.anggara), artist, on June 5 at 1:45pm,

🎙️Art & Code Track Talks on June 6 at 3:15pm, with presentations by Babette Thomas (), Chia Amisola (), Elekhlekha (), Maya Man (), and Ruby Thelot (). Following the presentations, Eileen Isagon Skyers (), the track’s Mentor-in-Residence will moderate a group discussion.

⌨️A live-coding collaborative performance by and maya on June 6 at 3:15pm,

🎨A showcase including work by Lauren Lee McCarthy (), Dan Gorelick (), Banyi Huang (),

🖌️Artist Ian Cheng () will give a keynote on June 6 at 4pm, and will discuss his past work using AI agents to explore simulated environments, as well as his new company Opponent.

🎤On June 6 at 5pm, catch an audiovisual performance by Rafia Santana ().

This showcase is a part of DEMO2024, NEW INC’s multi-day festival of creative projects and enterprises.

The Art & Code showcase is curated by Eileen Isagon Skyers, Art & Code Track Mentor, and produced by Tony Tirador ().

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We’d like to invite you to Rhizome’s 2022 Benefit Dinner! 🥂🍾, hosted in partnership with @our.zora at the Bowery Terrace on Tuesday, May 31. Our first since early 2020, this benefit will honor artist Rachel Rossin and Julie Martin, Director of Experiments in Art and Technology. Both Rossin and Martin have made seminal contributions to art’s engagmeent with technology, providing us with robust tools to make sense of the evolving virtual world. Limited tickets for this celebratory dinner are available for purchase via the link in our bio. See you there! 🪩

What can cryptoeconomics mean for cultural institutions? Join us Nov 4 for an event organized with @kadistkadist as we convene conversations on this topic, broadcast from @newmuseum and free to attend on the www. With guests Hito Steyerl, @shumonbasar, Keller Easterling, @rheapl3x, Ruth Catlow, @natothompson, @matdryhurst, @holly_herndon, María Paula Fernandez, Jason Bailey @artnome, @whatdotcd, @pridesai, and Aaron Wright.

“A successful online exhibition, like a Renoir film, speaks to a world that spills beyond the edges of the frame.” Read “Rules of the Game,”the second text in Michael Connor’s series on curating online exhibitions. https://rhizome.org/editorial/2021/apr/12/the-rules-of-the-game/ Image: CyberPowWow, 1997-2005, curated by Skawennati and collaborators.