Rafaël Rozendaal: links
A source ledger for the artist who made the browser an abstract pictorial space, developed a contract that kept privately owned websites public, and carried the same systems into textiles, installations, and on-chain generative editions.
Works and the artist's own sites
Rozendaal's current official site presents browser works, exhibitions, physical works, writings, and recent projects.
newrafael.work ↗The artist's long-running portfolio preserves his website works, texts, biography, exhibitions, and project archives.
newrafael.com ↗The Art Website Sales Contract formalises private ownership while requiring an acquired website to remain publicly accessible.
Art Website Sales Contract ↗into time .com is the 2010 browser work in which visitor clicks divide a field of changing gradients.
into time .com ↗much better than this .com is the animated browser work later presented across Times Square's electronic billboards.
much better than this .com ↗The BYOB archive documents the open exhibition format Rozendaal initiated around participants bringing their own projectors.
BYOB Worldwide ↗In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Art Blocks' artist profile records Rozendaal's biography, recognition, and seven projects in the foundational set.
Rafaël Rozendaal on Art Blocks ↗Endless Nameless is a 1,000-work Curated study of subdivision, colour pairing, and composition released in July 2021.
Endless Nameless ↗Dive is a 333-work Playground project released in November 2021.
Dive ↗Non Either is a 100-work Playground project released in February 2022.
Non Either ↗Corners is a 64-work Playground project released in April 2022.
Corners ↗Polychrome Music, made with Danny Wolfers, joins 400 generative visual systems to infinite three-channel compositions.
Polychrome Music ↗Intersections is a 300-work Playground project released in October 2022.
Intersections ↗Twist is a 250-work Presents project released in January 2024.
Twist ↗Jeff Davis interviews Rozendaal on website works, domain ownership, NFTs, composition, and the making of Endless Nameless.
In Conversation on Endless Nameless ↗Jeff Davis speaks with Rozendaal and Danny Wolfers about abstraction, early computer sound, and the visual-musical system of Polychrome Music.
In Conversation on Polychrome Music ↗Museums and institutions
The Whitney documents Almost There, a 2015-17 sunrise and sunset commission that temporarily eclipsed the museum's website.
Rafaël Rozendaal: Almost There ↗The Whitney collection record documents the acquisition and display of the tapestry Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google).
Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google) ↗MoMA's announcement describes Light, a 135 KB installation of real-time browser works presented on the museum's Digital Wall.
Light: Rafaël Rozendaal ↗Centre Pompidou's collection record documents Horizon 31 as a 2021 on-chain SVG acquired in 2023.
Horizon 31 ↗Museum Folkwang's exhibition page presents Color, Code, Communication and its 1,000-square-metre installation of 81 Horizons.
Color, Code, Communication ↗Museum Folkwang's English release details the first monographic NFT exhibition by Rozendaal in a European museum.
Museum Folkwang exhibition release ↗The exhibition microsite explains the 29 KB visual and musical generator behind Polychrome Music.
Polychrome Music at Museum Folkwang ↗Towada Art Center's GENEROSITY presented websites, tapestries, haiku, and installations in Rozendaal's first public-institution solo show.
GENEROSITY ↗EYE Filmmuseum's artist-talk page surveys Rozendaal's evolution from web-only practice to textiles, installations, writing, and lectures.
Rafaël Rozendaal artist talk ↗The European Patent Office collection explains how the Abstract Browsing plug-in translates web pages into geometric tapestries.
Rafaël Rozendaal at the EPO ↗Rhizome's Net Art Anthology reconstructs into time .com, its Flash-to-JavaScript migration, and its place in browser-art history.
into time .com: Net Art Anthology ↗The New Museum's release records the 164 ETH gift generated through the Endless Nameless sale for Rhizome.
Rhizome receives the Endless Nameless gift ↗Galleries and exhibitions
e-flux's announcement frames Color, Code, Communication across browser works, NFTs, immersive installation, and public space.
Color, Code, Communication ↗Insomnia at Bonniers Konsthall presented fifteen Rozendaal websites as works that remain active and accessible around the clock.
Insomnia ↗Upstream Gallery documents Anti Social at Postmasters and the connection between Abstract Browsing, weaving, and computing.
Anti Social ↗Upstream records the sold-out release of Polychrome Music, its three-channel music engine, and Rhizome beneficiary structure.
Polychrome Music release ↗Upstream places Rozendaal's work in the Whitney exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art.
Programmed at the Whitney ↗Upstream documents Rozendaal's commissioned tapestries in Colour & Abstraction at TextielMuseum Tilburg.
Colour & Abstraction ↗The Armory Show presentation joined website works and lenticular paintings as digital and physical systems of changing colour.
Rafaël Rozendaal at The Armory Show ↗Upstream documents three Abstract Browsing tapestries in Between Pixel and Pigment at Kunsthalle Bielefeld.
Between Pixel and Pigment ↗The Postmasters biography lists Rozendaal's solo exhibitions, museum presentations, collections, commissions, and publications.
Rafaël Rozendaal biography ↗Interviews
Fellowship interviews Rozendaal about the changing meaning of digital art, his browser-based practice, and the relationship between code, painting, and institutional display.
Rafaël Rozendaal interview ↗Phillips visits Rozendaal's studio to discuss the formal possibilities of web composition and the auction of ifnoyes.com.
PADDLES ON!: In the Studio ↗KABK's lecture page introduces Rozendaal's practice across browsers, ownership, visitors, exhibitions, and BYOB.
The internet as a canvas ↗VICE's early artist talk presents Rozendaal on the internet as a museum, interactive websites, drawings, installations, and BYOB.
Art Talk: Rafaël Rozendaal ↗Press and criticism
Artnet reports how the 1,000-work Endless Nameless sale produced the largest individual gift in Rhizome's history.
Rozendaal gives Rhizome its largest gift ↗FAD reports the smart-contract transfer of 164 ETH from Endless Nameless to Rhizome.
Rhizome receives historic donation ↗VICE examines Rozendaal's Sleep Mode exhibition and his argument for screensavers as moving paintings.
The art of the screensaver ↗VICE documents the Stedelijk Museum edition of BYOB and the format's worldwide expansion.
BYOB at the Stedelijk ↗Profiles and archives
Wikipedia surveys Rozendaal's biography, browser works, Art Website Sales Contract, BYOB, physical works, and NFTs.
Rafaël Rozendaal ↗The net-art.org archive situates Rozendaal's discrete domains and public-ownership stipulation within browser-art history.
Rafaël Rozendaal at net-art.org ↗Rhizome's archived VVORK record preserves an early critical presentation of itwillneverbethesame.com.
itwillneverbethesame.com at VVORK ↗MOTZKO documents eleven collected works by Rozendaal, including Endless Nameless, Corners, and Polychrome Music.
Rafaël Rozendaal at MOTZKO ↗Video
Museum Folkwang's event archive documents BYOB as Rozendaal's open projector-based exhibition format.
Bring Your Own Beamer ↗