Net Art Microgrants: A History
In 2014, Rhizome launched a microgrants program, awarding $500–$1,500 to anyone with a compelling vision for net art through an annual open-call. Below are the awardees since founding.2018Announcement...
View ArticleRhizome 2019-2020: Rolling Microgrants, Artistic Research, and "The Art...
This is a big year for Rhizome. Building on the success of the "Net Art Anthology" initiative and the exhibition "The Art Happens Here: Net Art's Archival Poetics," which is beginning a national tour,...
View ArticleIntroducing: Experiments in Art and Technology 2019-2020
image: Mark Ramos, "Jeepney Drone," 2019. 3-D printed miniature jeepneys, vinyl, droneWe're excited to announce the initial cohort making up New Inc.'s new Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)...
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Empathy is Not Enough, Part II
In this three part series originally published in German by WASD, Lana Polansky explores the history and use of “empathy” in games since 2008.In Part I, Polansky detailed the popularization of...
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Backpacking in the World Image System
This interview was conducted in summer 2018 via Google Docs as part of the research for Net Art Anthology. It is published to mark the completion of a significant archive of two of Kai Altmann’s works,...
View ArticleSalutations, Fellow Kids
For tomorrow’s event “After the End of History,” part of our "Info-wars" program, we invited zoomers from several online political communities to describe their vision for the next 25 years, and the...
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Infinite Objects x Rhizome: Three by Sara Ludy, Sebastian Schmieg, and Andrej...
Andrej Ujházy, hob.scn.orz.ixa.blnd (2019), 25 + 5APToday, we’re excited to introduce a launch partnership with Infinite Objects, a company making video prints, “a new way to live with art that moves....
View ArticleRindon Johnson’s ‘Meat Growers: A Love Story’ Receives Rhizome Commission
Two meatgrowers meet in a processing plant. They move automatically through each day, longing for one another, as the viewer—a silent friend and confidant—looks on.This is the premise of artist Rindon...
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Communism Against Civilization or Eco-Fascism
For the October 5 event “After the End of History,” organized with artist Joshua Citarella as part of his forthcoming Rhizome commission, “zoomers” from several online political communities associated...
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The 24/7 Exhibition
This week, Brazilian conceptual artist Carlos Fajardo presents a new work as part of “Redirección,” an online exhibition for the 45th Salón Nacional de Artistas de Bogotá, curated by aarea and artist...
View ArticleFirst Look: Cassie McQuater’s ‘Black Room’
Image: Cassie McQuater, Black Room, 2018 (still). Videogame, duration variable. Courtesy the artistBlack Roomis now on view as part of First Look, an online exhibition series copresented by Rhizome and...
View ArticleThe Making of “The Game: The Game’
A new article in The Nation by Celine Wong Katzman and Angela Washko delves deep into the years of research that went into the making of Washko’s The Game: The Game, which was recently included in...
View ArticleExcerpts from “Our Problems with Leftism”
For the October 5 event “After the End of History,” organized with artist Joshua Citarella as part of his forthcoming Rhizome commission, “zoomers” from several online political communities associated...
View ArticleCelebrating Ceci Moss' Expanded Internet Art
Join us Friday, November 15 at 5pm at New Inc. for a happy-hour celebration and conversation in honor of the release of Ceci Moss’ first full length book, Expanded Internet Art. Moss, a curator,...
View ArticleRhizome Raw Episode 3: After the End of History
“The only option I see as a way out is the abolition of symbolic thought... That would be impossible, of course.”Three participants in artist Josh Citarella’s ongoing project on Gen Z post-left...
View ArticleSave the Date: Rhizome's 2020 Benefit Honoring Devin Kenny & Seth Price
We're thrilled to announce that we will honor artists Devin Kenny and Seth Price at Rhizome's 2020 Benefit Dinner, to be hosted at Forlini's in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, February 25, 2020.Selected to...
View ArticleAnnouncing: Aria Dean Promoted to Editor and Curator of Rhizome
I’m pleased to share some staffing news to round out the year: we’ve promoted Aria Dean to Editor and Curator at Rhizome. Aria was hired in 2016 as Assistant Curator of Net Art and Digital Culture at...
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Dena Yago's Decade in Internet
In The Decade in Internet, artists and writers reflect on their favorite moments from the 2010s. Most of these picks are things I’ve come across in the last decade while doing, as author William Gibson...
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Parker Ito's Decade in Internet
In The Decade in Internet, artists and writers reflect on their favorite moments from the 2010s. Most recently, artist Dena Yago gave us her top picks from her online travels in trend forecasting....
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Jacob Ciocci's Decade in Internet
In The Decade in Internet, artists and writers reflect on their favorite moments from the 2010s. Last time, artist Parker Ito shared his favorite skate content from the decade. Today, artist Jacob...
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