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🚨 This Saturday, December 10 at , Rhizome is excited to present the first major US museum presentation of CyberPowWow, 🖼 🍃🖥 launched by the Nation to Nation collective ([](
https://www.instagram.com/Skawennati/), Ryan Rice, Eric Robertson) in 1997! The exhibition will be accompanied by a panel discussion at 3pm featuring 🧤artist , 🦋 historian and co-organizer Mikhel Proulx, and 🐜 Rhizome Preservation Director Dragan Espenschied. Purchase tickets at the link in bio.
🤓 If you’re interested in learning more about Rhizome’s restoration of the groundbreaking project, read 👉 “Continuing the Preservation of CyberPowWow” by Rhizome’s Preservation Director Dragan Espenschied. Dragan discusses The Palace—an obsolete, multi-user graphical chat interface from 1996, and the “Emulation as a Service” framework. 👩💻 Link in bio to read it on the blog!
[Image 1] Michelle Nahanee, onguard, 2001. Screenshot, 2022, The Palace 3.5.0 on Windows XP SP2. Courtesy of the artist and Rhizome.
[Image 2] Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw, Mom_and _Me, 2001. Screenshot, 2022, The Palace 3.5.0 on Windows XP SP2. Courtesy of the artist and Rhizome.
[Image 3] r e a, room5, 2001. Screenshot, 2022, The Palace 3.5.0 on Windows XP SP2. Courtesy of the artist and Rhizome.
[Image 4] Trevor Van Weeren, black_whit, 2001. Screenshot, 2022, The Palace 3.5.0 on Windows XP SP2. Courtesy of the artist and Rhizome.
[Image 5] Jason E. Lewis, eye, 2001. Screenshot, 2022, The Palace 3.5.0 on Windows XP SP2. Courtesy of the artist and Rhizome.
Architectural maximalist and acafan Pete Jiadong Qiang () discusses his work surrounding online fandom communities in China, his VR game “Q***rMaximalism HyperBody,” the Japanese literary genre “Boys’ Love”, and Jose Esteban Munoz’s theory “Q***r Futurity” in this latest Artist Profile with Banyi Huang (), now up on the blog. Read the full interview at the link in bio!
[Image 1]- Pete Jiadong Qiang, Q***r Maximalism HyperBody (2020). Courtesy of the artist and Tang Fei.
[Image 2] - Pete Jiadong Qiang, Q***r Maximalism HyperBody (2020). Courtesy of the artist and CheeseTalk.
[Image 3]- Pete Jiadong Qiang, HAEXP (Health Aficionado Experimentation)(2016). Courtesy of the artist.
[Image 4]- Pete Jiadong Qiang, Q***r Maximalism HyperBody (2020). Courtesy of the artist and Jingzhi.
[Image 5]- Pete Jiadong Qiang, Project Search (2022). Courtesy of the artist and With in/out Linhai.
Documentation from the Cyberfeminism Index Book Launch is now 🆙 on the blog! 🔗 ➡️ bio to watch!
On November 14, Rhizome hosted the sold-out book launch for Seu’s cyberfeminism index 📖 (which is still available for pre-order via , with distribution by ARTBOOK D.A.P. ❗️)The event featured a performative reading of the hyptertext anthology by Seu, with presentations by artist contributors , , .jane, with as respondent.
⭐️ Launched in 2020 with support from the Rhizome Commissions program, Cyberfeminism Index began as a website featuring projects in a wide range of modes and media relating expansively to the productively complicated portmanteau from which it drew its name. The website was conceptualized and facilitated by Seu, who also “gathered” the entries, and developed by Angeline Meitzler, with frontend support from Janine Rosen and PDF support from Charles Broskoski. Welcoming submissions from the public, the always-incomplete project featured links, descriptions, and images that represented a long history of experimentation with and critical thought about “how humans might reconstruct themselves by way of technology.”
📸 Photos by Shina Peng (.peng), and special thanks to Derek Wright for recording the event!
On December 10 at the , Rhizome will present CyberPowWow, one of the first major online art exhibitions launched by the Nation to Nation collective (, Ryan Rice, Eric Robertson) in 1997!
Described as “an Aboriginally determined territory in cyberspace,” CyberPowWow presented works by Indigenous artists–sometimes in dialogue with works by settler artists–in a multi-user, graphical chat environment, which was available online as well as in community centers across North America.
The one-day pop-up exhibition in the New Museum Sky Room will feature 🖥🖥🖥🖥 four computer terminals for members of the public to engage with CyberPowWow in a legacy computer environment throughout the day. Rhizome staff will be on hand to discuss the project with members of the public. 🫂
At 3pm, Rhizome will also host a CyberPowWow panel discussion featuring artists and Jason E. Lewis of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (), scholar Mikhel Proulx, and Rhizome’s Preservation Director, Dragan Espenschied.
Link in bio to purchase tickets to the event or RSVP for the livestream🚨📹
[Image 1]- Laura Coombs, CyberPowWow Poster, 2022
[Image 2]- Rosalie Favell, CPW04, 2004
[Image 3]- CyberPowWow 4 Reading Room, CPW04, 2004
[Image 4]- CPW04, 2004
[Image 5]- Greg A. Hill, CPW04, 2004
[Image 6]- Joseph Tekaroniake Lazare, CPW04, 2004
[Image 7]- Rosalie Favell, CPW04, 2004
[Image 8]- Archer Pechawis, CPW04, 2004
In the latest of our Artist Profile series, Collin Leitch (.rn) & Elizaveta Shneyderman () talk computer-aided design 💾, Hollis Frampton 🧑🎨, cars 🚗, and Collin’s recent show “World Edit” 🌎✍️ , on the blog. Artist Profiles are interviews with artists who have a significant body of work that makes use of or responds to network culture and digital technologies.
📖 Read the profile at the link in our bio 🤝
1- Collin Leitch, Life, Car Thief (2021). Courtesy of Shoot the Lobster
2- Collin Leitch, Genesis Invitational (2022). Courtesy of Shoot the Lobster
3 - Collin Leitch, Vieiwing (detail) (2021). Courtesy of the artist.
On November 14, 7 pm, Rhizome will host the book launch for designer and editor Mindy Seu’s () Cyberfeminism Index at . The event will feature a performative reading led by Seu followed by a conversation with artists contributors Prema Murthy (), Tega Brain (), and E. Jane (), with McKenzie Wark () as respondent.
⭐️ Launched in 2020 with support from the Rhizome Commissions program, Cyberfeminism Index began as a website (cyberfeminismindex.com) featuring projects in a wide range of modes and media relating expansively to the productively complicated portmanteau from which it drew its name.
👀 Advance copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event📚 🥳
🔗 Link in Bio to purchase tickets
Big news from Rhizome HQ! After an extensive international search, Makayla Bailey (formerly Development Director) and Michael Connor (formerly Artistic Director) have been newly appointed to the joint role of Co-Executive Directors of Rhizome. Join us in welcoming Makayla & Michael to this new role!
Read the full announcement on our blog—link in bio.
Images:
1. Makayla and Michael at , photo by Christine Rivera
2. Makayla gives remarks at the 2022 benefit, photo byMarsha Lebedev Bernstein
3. Michael at the podium at 7x7 2015, photo (c) BFA
4. Makayla and Michael sharing a laugh at , photo by Christine Rivera
Join us today at 1pm for a special Twitter Spaces conversation with 🏴☠️NFT Pirate Radio 🏴☠️featuring Makayla Bailey and of Rhizome, moderated by Chuck Anderson ! 🃏🃏🃏
NYC, tonight is our party with .zora and !
Reposting bc of the great poster art (and also bc we had left the fantastic .maivino off the drinks sponsor list 🥴)
Meet us at Bowery Terrace tonight at 10pm to celebrate our community, which is at the core of the work we do to support the presentation, interpretation, and preservation of digital art and culture.
The night will begin with a performance by , followed by DJ sets and music by , , , and
This event is 21+ with an open bar including drinks provided by , , and .maivno
The ticket donation is $30 or more! Grab yours at the link in our bio, see you there!
Flyer courtesy of .i.r.u.e.l
We’d like to invite you to Rhizome’s 2022 Benefit Dinner! 🥂🍾, hosted in partnership with .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! 🪩
Save the date! On Saturday May 14, at 2pm and 7pm will debut a new composition, The Longest Whistlegraph Ever (so far), at 🖊️🌬️🦋✨ This will be Whistlegraph’s first live appearance in New York! Each performance will be followed by a Q&A with . Discounted tickets are available for students and Rhizome members.
Link in bio for event details and tickets!
Image: The three members of Whistlegraph (Alex Freundlich, Camille Klein, and Jeffrey Scudder) pose underneath a blackboard with chalk drawings. Courtesy of Whistlegraph.
“Tom was part of the internet that was the good internet. an internet dedicated to sharing knowledge and culture and connecting people - and he did connect people.” -
“Tom was funny, smart, caring, and uncompromising in a way very few people are.” -
In memory of Tom Moody’s passing, we invited several of his close friends and collaborators to share remembrances, tributes, and artworks reflecting Tom’s legacy. These remembrances are a powerful reminder of how important Tom’s work was— his mentorship of other digital artists, his achievements in advancing theoretical ideas around digital art, and his artistic output.
Visit the link on our bio to read the full post. Image: Portrait of Tom Moody by , reworked by Moody.
