And what then?
From the notes for a talk by Wolfgang Staehle at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2018. This article accompanies the inclusion of Untitled (2001) by Staehle in the online exhibition Net Art...
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May 18 at the New Museum: Arcangel Surfware Flagship, a critical txt upload,...
Arcangel Surfware's Flagship Store as mounted in Stavanger, Norway On Saturday, May 18, Rhizome and Arcangel Surfware will host a day-long event in the New Museum's 7th floor Sky Room, as part of the...
View Article‘A New Cartography of the Experimental in Mexico’
Heriberto Yépez (Satélite), Mexiconceptual , 2016. Social media performance and website. Screenshot, 2018, Google Chrome 69 on macOS 10.14, www.mexiconceptual.com.This article accompanies the...
View ArticleConceptual Fumes
This article accompanies the inclusion of Mexiconceptual (2016) by Heriberto Yépez (Satélite) in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology. Heriberto Yépez is a critic in a very literal way; he...
View ArticleTrail Blazers #9: Post-game report
At Trail Blazers #9, successful surfing involved thinking expansively about the connections among concepts, and navigating obstacles that emerged along the way—in particular, the dreaded Facebook...
View ArticleBecome a Webrecorder Supporter today!
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for Webrecorder users and community members to support our vision and services by becoming a Webrecorder Supporter.Webrecorder Supporters who contribute...
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Glitches in the Simulation
Jeremy Couillard, HOTR Home Furnishing, 2019. Still frame from digital video.In Jeremy Couillard’s HOTR Home Furnishing, an IKEA-like warehouse store serves as a re-education camp for billionaires...
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Why Youtubers See Ghosts
Christine Di Amore,My Haunted House, 2017. Screenshot (detail), 2018. Beauty vloggers—mostly young and femme-presenting—appear to be strangely vulnerable to spirit possession, ghost hauntings, and...
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Get Garlic, Go Wireless (in Rockaway and Andes, NY)
These events accompany the inclusion of Garlic=Rich Air (2002–2003) by Shu Lea Cheang in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology and the gallery exhibition “The Art Happens Here: Net Art’s Archival...
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The Queen of Cyberpunk
Before cyberpunk spilled into popular culture via Billy Idol and the Wachowskis, early fans of the techno-fictions were consigned to limited-run sci-fi fanzines like Cheap Truth and Mondo 2000. The...
View ArticleThe Internet’s Revolutions
This article accompanies the inclusion of Constant Dullaart’s The Revolving Internet in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology.MC: How did you begin working with the internet?CD: When I was at art...
View ArticleOpen Call: Rhizome Microgrants 2018
The time has come again to submit a Microgrant proposal as part of our annual open call! For this year’s Microgrants, juries will select projects in three categories: net art, VR, and poetry. Click...
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Olfactory Suggestion
Image: Sean Raspet, Fruit Intersection Average: (Apple ( ) Pear), 2013 - 2014.Listen to Alexander Iadarola discuss this article and the aesthetics of Juul with Rhizome artistic director Michael Conor...
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Entering the Gray Zone
New Dark AgeJames Bridle 304 pp. Verso, July 17, 2018. $26.95. As I began James Bridle’s debut book New Dark Age, I took a pause and stared at a batch of headlines generated by the Google Now algorithm...
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‘An Oasis, a Utopia, and a Nightmare’
This article accompanies the inclusion of Paper Rad’s Paperrad.org (2001-2008) in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology. Image: Ben Jones covered in zines, courtesy of Jacob Ciocci.Lauren Studebaker:...
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The World Isn’t Your Internet
This article accompanies the inclusion of Devin Kenny’s Untitled/Clefa (2013) in the online exhibition Net Art AnthologyAria Dean: Can you start from the beginning and describe the project...
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Building a Community Archive of Police Violence
Below is a transcription from the National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web––organized by Rhizome (in collaboration with the University of California at Riverside Library, the Maryland Institute...
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Continental Drift: Notes on “Asian” Art
Many definitions of continents rely on the distribution of tectonic plates. Geographers agree that there are no more than 8 continents and no fewer than 4.Patty Chang, Shangri-La, 2005, 40 minutes ,...
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Rest in Peace, Ethira: An Interview with Amalia Ulman
This article accompanies the inclusion of Amalia Ulman's Ethira(2013) in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology. Image: Amalia Ulman, Ethira website, 2013Michael Connor: How did you come to this...
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Save the Date(s): Rhizome's Fall Events
This fall at the New Museum, Rhizome presents three public events highlighting new art and addressing urgent topics in contemporary digital culture. Tickets are available through the links below (and...
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