Rhizome: Art Engages Technology
Looking to lay some groundwork for the technology track at the Grantmakers in the Arts 2011 Conference in San Francisco? Rhizome, a nonprofit affiliate of the New Museum, is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.
Founded in 1996 as a subscription email list, Rhizome has expanded to play an integral role in the history, definition, and growth of art engaged with the internet and networked technologies. From the mission statement:
Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices. Our programs, many of which happen online, include commissions, exhibitions, events, discussion, archives and portfolios. We support artists working at the furthest reaches of technological experimentation as well as those responding to the broader aesthetic and political implications of new tools and media. Our organizational voice draws attention to artists, their work, their perspectives and the complex interrelationships between technology, art and culture.