Selection Criteria

The Rhizome ArtBase includes works of new media art — including net art, software art, computer games, and documentation of new media performance and installation — that are of potential historical significance. We define new media art as contemporary art that uses emerging technologies in significant ways. Online displays of work that does not meet this definition are not included in the ArtBase.

In order to evaluate potential historical significance, we look at:

• the work's aesthetic innovation, conceptual sophistication or political impact
• the work's relevance to the discourse of new media art
• any discussion of the work itself on Rhizome.org or other relevant networks or publications
• the work's place in the artist or artists' oeuvre
• the work's provenance, including commissions, exhibitions and collections

Note that submissions should be of the actual work. In general, we do not accept portfolio or home pages into the Artbase.