Rhizome supports the creation, presentation, and preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant ways. Read more about us.

Support Rhizome

You can support Rhizome by becoming a member for $25 a year or making a larger donation in exchange for a limited edition artwork.

Founded in 1996, Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website serves to encourage and expand the international communities evolving 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.

You can become a member on an individual or organizational level.

We receive support from foundations, government agencies and our wide base of members.

BECOME A RHIZOME MEMBER!

Rhizomers who contribute $25 or more become Members. As a Member, you have access to our extensive archives of art and text, as well as access to special features.

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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LEVELS

Rhizome ($25 level): Rhizome Membership
Rhizome membership comes with full access to our archives, ability to use special site features and discounts to art merchandise online. See our individual membership page for a full list!

Sprout ($50 level): Rhizome Ringtones by YACHT, Rainbro, Taigaa and Ben Coonley
In return for a donation of $50, you can choose one of four ringtones by artist bands Rainbro (a.k.a. Ben Fino-Radin), Taigaa, YACHT (Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans), or Ben Coonley, who will record a dialogue with his internationally beloved pony, just for your phone.

Seedling ($100): Nasty Nets DVD, Nasty Nets collective
Nasty Nets is an international ensemble representing some of the most active artists working online today. Identifying themselves as a "web surfing club," together the work they post on the nastynets.com blog both celebrates and critiques the internet. Their collections of animated gifs, YouTube hacks, html cheat codes, and other found and edited material offer a poignant and humorous take on contemporary digital visual culture. On a DVD player, the Nasty Nets DVD offers a handful of funny, visually playful videos and remixes from the treasure trove of internet pop culture. On a computer, users can also access a multitude of file folders jam-packed with a collection gif-mashups, videos, and other appropriated material that has made the site so popular, online.

Rhizome Council ($1000)
As the top level, Council Membership comes with many benefits including:

One limited edition artwork (pending availablility of your choice), two complementary VIP tickets to the Rhizome Benefit, special curators tour of Rhizome Exhibitions, two additional Council events/ per year -- including studio visits with artists and conversations with leading technologists and entrepreneurs.