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As part of the Forging the Future initiative and in collaboration with Franklin Furnace, Rhizome's ArtBase terms have been collectivley defined and expanded upon on at the Forging the Future VocabWiki. We ecnourage our users to continue this process by collaborating on the wiki.

Member-Curated Exhibitions

Be Your Own Cage
Curated by: Melanie Fredericks
www.johnmiltoncage.org is an net-art piece using found sounds and altered instrumentation to create an entirely sonic-based interactive homage to the...

Carbon Copy – Dibujos a ciegas
Curated by: Manuel Olias
I began this series of drawings in April of 2006 as an experience similar to what I call a horizontal process, as in a non-verbal diary that does not...

Heroes
Curated by: Can Henne

There have always been heroes. Spiritual Heroes are coming. Who are they? Where do they come from? And above all, what are they doing before they were...

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