Rhizome ArtBase

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Rhizome ArtBase is an of born-digital works from 1999 to the present day. A small sample of artworks are shown below; you can also browse the archive by date or by artist name.

Some entries in this archive include external links to artworks maintained by artists or others. Some contain archived copies, hosted on Rhizome infrastructure. All of these, as well as forms of documentation, are called variants — distinct manifestations of the artwork, all accessible via the main artwork page.

ArtBase data is facilitated through , an open source data platform that is part of the Wikimedia application ecosystem. Rhizome's custom Wikibase installation provides an opportunity to explore how Linked Open Data (LOD) can benefit archiving and preservation in a heterogeneous born-digital archive. Crucially, Wikibase enables the ArtBase to remain under active development while users interact with it. This facilitates iterative improvement over time by allowing input from various user communities and the broader  field to be taken into consideration.