Support Digital Art’s History And Future

Makayla Bailey

Organizer

$12,580raised out of $50,000

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Adam NashAlejandro CrosaBen Coonley

Supported by Adam Nash, Alejandro Crosa, and others

Description

Digital art is disappearing daily.

The creations of a software-driven, networked society are at constant risk of loss due to obsolescence, censorship, and lack of institutional support. Rhizome has done groundbreaking work on this problem, developing and offering tools, approaches, and infrastructure that support ongoing access to legacy digital art from our archives and from partner institutions.

In 2024, this work will be the foundation for a major public program: Artbase Anthologies, a series of presentations of digital artworks that offer transformative experiences and an equitable historical accounting of the field. Developed through partnerships and collaborations, the series will feature curated presentations of born-digital works from the 1980s to today; prospective projects include an online exhibition of works made with P5.JS  (in partnership with Processing Foundation), a survey of selected works by Auriea Harvey (in partnership with Museum of the Moving Image), and CyberPowWow, a Nation to Nation project led by Skawennati.

Through these and other projects, we will deepen and broaden the public understanding of digital art, and show it to have a history that is as rich and diverse as culture itself.

Here’s how you can help! Remember, donations are 100% tax-deductible, and will be matched up to $25,000. Please give today!

🖥🖥 $40 supports one month of access to an online emulation environment

👩‍🎨 👩‍🎨 $360 supports the cost of one artist fee for participation in a group exhibition for ArtBase Anthologies

🍬🍬 $500 supports server and labor costs for archiving one media-rich website

⚙️⚙️ $2,000 supports the cost of an event celebrating the launch of a chapter of ArtBase Anthologies

🫶🫶 $10,000 supports a pro bono digital art conservation project for an outside organization in need of support

😭😭 $25,000 supports a full chapter of ArtBase Anthologies 😭😭

Supported Non-profits

Rhizome

New York, NY

Tax-ID: 13-3995725

Our mission is to expose the public to works of both emerging and established media artists, through a website, email lists, and program events.

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29 Recent Donations

  1. Adam Nash

    $500

    Preserving digital art is a worthy cause.

  2. Alejandro Crosa

    $20

  3. Ben Coonley

    $50

  4. Ana Caballero

    $100

  5. Ann Hirsch

    $50

    Rhizome rules

  6. Lotte Louise de Jong

    $15

  7. Carolyn Sortor

    $50

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    $5,000

  9. Alex Chung

    $5,000

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