FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7, 2002

Rhizome.org Elects Magdalena Sawon to Board of Directors
Owner and director of Postmasters Gallery Adds Art World Experience

NEW YORK, NY, June 7, 2002 - Rhizome.org, an online community focused on
new media art, is pleased to announce that Magdalena Sawon has been
elected to its Board of Directors. Ms. Sawon is owner and director of
Postmasters Gallery, one of the few New York galleries committed to
showing new media art.
"As Rhizome.org continues to grow, it is important that we further
strengthen our Board of Directors," said Craig Kanarick, Chairman of the
Rhizome.org Board. "Magda's acute curatorial vision and practical
knowledge of the gallery world will add an important new dimension to an
already strong Board."
"Hopefully my experiences in a non-virtual art world will be useful for
the Rhizome.org community of new media artists. I am looking forward to
'thinking outside the white box' and its often frustrating limitations,
and am grateful for the chance to do so constructively," Ms. Sawon said.
In addition to Ms. Sawon, Rhizome.org's Board of Directors consists of: