FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RHIZOME ARTBASE REACHES 1,000 ART WORKS

NEW YORK, NY, June 11, 2003 Rhizome.org, an online platform for the global
new media art community, today announced that the Rhizome ArtBase, its
archive of new media art, now contains 1,000 art works.

The Rhizome ArtBase is a web-based archive of new media art assembled and
maintained by Rhizome.org. The ArtBase includes net art, software art,
computer games, and documentation of new media performance and installation.
The goals of the Rhizome ArtBase are to provide public access and exposure
to a comprehensive collection of new media art and to preserve this art for
the future.

Works in the Rhizome ArtBase are submitted by artists in the Rhizome
Community. Artists retain ownership of the work and drive the submission
process.