This is a reminder that the deadline for proposals for the Rhizome.org
Net Art Commissions is coming up on February 15, 2002. Please be sure to
have your submission in by 5:00 PM EST (New York time) for
consideration.

Further information can be found below and on our website at
http://rhizome.org/commissions

Please note that all proposals must in the form of a web site and
submitted via an online form. You must be logged on as a member of the
Rhizome.org web site to access this page. If you are not currently a
member, you can sign up for it at http://rhizome.org/user.rhiz
Membership in the Rhizome community is free and open to the public.

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RHIZOME.ORG NET ART COMMISSIONS

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline for proposals: February 15, 2002

Rhizome.org is pleased to announce the launch of its first net art
commissioning program. With support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts and The Jerome Foundation, Rhizome.org will commission
three new net art projects (works of art that are made to be experienced
online).

The fee for each commission will be $5,000.

Rhizome.org is an online platform for the global new media art
community. We are committed to supporting the creation, presentation,
discussion and preservation of art that engages new technologies in
significant ways. We emphasize innovation and inclusiveness in all of
our programs and activities.

Artists are invited to submit proposals in one of two tracks:
alt.interface or Tactical Response.

Track 1: alt.interface

alt.interface is an ongoing series of interface artworks that overlay
Rhizome.org's online databases of text and art. These interfaces provide
alternative ways to navigate and/or access the database and its content.
Three alt.interface projects have been completed to date: StarryNight,
Spiral and Every Image. For more information about these alt.interface
projects, and to access them, please go to http://rhizome.org/interface

For this track of the commissioning program, artists are asked to
propose new alt.interface projects that would function to visualize and
allow access to the data in the Rhizome TextBase and/or ArtBase. These
alt.interface projects will be listed and linked-to on the main
alt.interface page and will be included in the Rhizome ArtBase.

Before submitting alt.interface proposals, artists are encouraged to
consult our "Notes on Indexing" page at
http://rhizome.org/artbase/2.php3 which offers a good description of the
Rhizome databasing and indexing process. All of Rhizome's indexing
information for both text and art objects is contained in an SQL
database. You should plan your interface accordingly. Here is a
description of how our database is set up. If you have further technical
questions please contact Alex Galloway at alex@rhizome.org.

Although we will provide some assistance with final integration into the
Rhizome.org web site, artists are expected to develop alt.interface
projects independently and without significant technical assistance from
Rhizome.org.

Track 2: Tactical Response

Net art and tactical media have shared similar histories and
aspirations. For the Tactical Response track we solicit projects that
address the present political situation around the globe, particularly
events relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11. We encourage
artists to address the tactical dimension of specific aesthetic or
technological concerns. Tactical Response projects will be listed on the
main Rhizome Commission page and included in the Rhizome ArtBase.

Although we will provide some assistance with final integration into the
Rhizome.org web site, artists are expected to develop Tactical Response
projects independently and without significant technical assistance from
Rhizome.org.

+ How to Submit a Proposal +

Proposals for a Rhizome.org Net Art Commission are accepted via an
online form at http://rhizome.org/commissions We do not accept
proposals via email, snail mail or other means. Proposals will be
accepted until 5:00pm EST (that's New York time) on Friday, February 15,
2002.

Important: beyond the limited information provided via the online form,
your proposal must take the form of a web site that includes the
following key elements:

+ Project description (500 words maximum) that discusses your project's
core concept, how you will realize your project and your project's
feasibility. If you plan to work with assistants, consultants or
collaborators, their roles and (if possible) names should be included.

+ You are encouraged, but not required, to include a production timeline
and a project budget, which should include your own fee. If you have
other funding sources for your project, please indicate this in your
budget.

+ Your resume or Curriculum Vitae. For collaborative groups, provide
either a collective CV or the CV's of all participants.

+ Up to 10 work samples. Note: more is not necessarily better. You
should include only work samples that are relevant to your proposal. If
you proposal has nothing to do with photography, don't include images
from your photography portfolio. Please provide contextualizing
information (title, date, medium, perhaps a brief description) to help
the jury understand what they are looking at. The work sample can take
any form, as long as it is accessible via the web.

When designing your web-based proposal, please note that the jury will
have limited time, so try to make your site clear and concise.

When your web-based proposal is complete, fill out our online form at
http://rhizome.org/commissions The form requires the following
information:

+ Name of artist or collaborative group
+ Email address
+ Place of residence (city, state/province, country)
+ Brief description of project (50 words maximum)
+ URL of web-based proposal

+ Jury +

Proposals will be reviewed by a jury consisting of Steve Dietz of The
Walker Art Center, Alex Galloway of Rhizome.org, Ken Goldberg of U.C.
Berkeley, Christiane Paul of The Whitney Museum of American Art, and
Mark Tribe of Rhizome.org.

The jury will select three winners and two alternates. Winners will be
contacted on or after March 15, 2002. Each winner will be asked to sign
an agreement with Rhizome.org governing the terms of the commission.

+ Winners +

Winners will be announced on March 29, 2002. Commissioned projects must
be completed by October 1, 2002.

+ Questions +

If you have any questions about the Rhizome.org Net Art Commissions,
please contact Mary West at mary@rhizome.org or 212.625.3191.