Curated online anthology documenting landmark net art works with essays, media, and historical context from Rhizome.
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Retelling the history of net art from the 1980s to the 2010s. Devised in concert with Rhizome's acclaimed digital preservation department, Net Art Anthology aims to address the shortage of historical perspectives on a field in which even the most prominent artworks are often inaccessible. The series takes on the complex task of identifying, preserving, and presenting 100 exemplary works in a field characterized by broad participation, diverse practices, promiscuous collaboration, and rapidly shifting formal and aesthetic standards, sketching a possible net art canon. This project was accompanied by a gallery exhibition, "The Art Happens Here," which was premiered at the New Museum in NYC in winter 2019, and will undertake a national tour through 2020. Alongside, Rhizome published a 440-page catalogue detailing the whole project — buy it today!Net Art Anthol
