Rhizome

Following 7 years of research and development, the ArtBase has relaunched as a new kind of archive for born-digital art. Since 2014, Rhizome’s preservation team, under the direction of Dragan Espenschied, has been working to re-implement the software infrastructure for this unique archive as part of a larger effort to develop better tools for accessing and understanding legacy digital culture. Today, we are unveiling the first phase of this major research project, with a relaunched ArtBase featuring new infrastructure, improved metadata and presentation, and a new accessioning process. Read more about it https://rhizome.org//the-artbase-relaunches-welcome-to-li/