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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.

50 sources · last updated 31 July 2026

Works and the artist's own sites

Rozendaal's current official site presents browser works, exhibitions, physical works, writings, and recent projects.

newrafael.work ↗ artist site

The artist's long-running portfolio preserves his website works, texts, biography, exhibitions, and project archives.

newrafael.com ↗ artist archive

The Art Website Sales Contract formalises private ownership while requiring an acquired website to remain publicly accessible.

Art Website Sales Contract ↗ artist contract · 2014 · PDF

into time .com is the 2010 browser work in which visitor clicks divide a field of changing gradients.

into time .com ↗ browser work · 2010

much better than this .com is the animated browser work later presented across Times Square's electronic billboards.

much better than this .com ↗ browser work

The BYOB archive documents the open exhibition format Rozendaal initiated around participants bringing their own projectors.

BYOB Worldwide ↗ artist initiative

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 ↗ artist profile

Endless Nameless is a 1,000-work Curated study of subdivision, colour pairing, and composition released in July 2021.

Endless Nameless ↗ collection · 2021

Dive is a 333-work Playground project released in November 2021.

Dive ↗ collection · 2021

Non Either is a 100-work Playground project released in February 2022.

Non Either ↗ collection · 2022

Corners is a 64-work Playground project released in April 2022.

Corners ↗ collection · 2022

Polychrome Music, made with Danny Wolfers, joins 400 generative visual systems to infinite three-channel compositions.

Polychrome Music ↗ collection · 2022

Intersections is a 300-work Playground project released in October 2022.

Intersections ↗ collection · 2022

Twist is a 250-work Presents project released in January 2024.

Twist ↗ collection · 2024

Jeff Davis interviews Rozendaal on website works, domain ownership, NFTs, composition, and the making of Endless Nameless.

In Conversation on Endless Nameless ↗ interview · 2021

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 ↗ interview · 2022

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 ↗ museum commission · 2015

The Whitney collection record documents the acquisition and display of the tapestry Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google).

Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google) ↗ museum collection · 2017

MoMA's announcement describes Light, a 135 KB installation of real-time browser works presented on the museum's Digital Wall.

Light: Rafaël Rozendaal ↗ museum exhibition · 2024 · PDF

Centre Pompidou's collection record documents Horizon 31 as a 2021 on-chain SVG acquired in 2023.

Horizon 31 ↗ museum collection · 2021

Museum Folkwang's exhibition page presents Color, Code, Communication and its 1,000-square-metre installation of 81 Horizons.

Color, Code, Communication ↗ museum exhibition · 2023

Museum Folkwang's English release details the first monographic NFT exhibition by Rozendaal in a European museum.

Museum Folkwang exhibition release ↗ museum press release · 2023

The exhibition microsite explains the 29 KB visual and musical generator behind Polychrome Music.

Polychrome Music at Museum Folkwang ↗ museum interpretation · 2023

Towada Art Center's GENEROSITY presented websites, tapestries, haiku, and installations in Rozendaal's first public-institution solo show.

GENEROSITY ↗ museum exhibition · 2018

EYE Filmmuseum's artist-talk page surveys Rozendaal's evolution from web-only practice to textiles, installations, writing, and lectures.

Rafaël Rozendaal artist talk ↗ museum event

The European Patent Office collection explains how the Abstract Browsing plug-in translates web pages into geometric tapestries.

Rafaël Rozendaal at the EPO ↗ institutional collection

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 ↗ institutional archive · 2017

The New Museum's release records the 164 ETH gift generated through the Endless Nameless sale for Rhizome.

Rhizome receives the Endless Nameless gift ↗ institutional release · 2021 · PDF

Galleries and exhibitions

e-flux's announcement frames Color, Code, Communication across browser works, NFTs, immersive installation, and public space.

Color, Code, Communication ↗ exhibition announcement · 2023

Insomnia at Bonniers Konsthall presented fifteen Rozendaal websites as works that remain active and accessible around the clock.

Insomnia ↗ exhibition · 2016

Upstream Gallery documents Anti Social at Postmasters and the connection between Abstract Browsing, weaving, and computing.

Anti Social ↗ gallery exhibition · 2017

Upstream records the sold-out release of Polychrome Music, its three-channel music engine, and Rhizome beneficiary structure.

Polychrome Music release ↗ gallery news · 2022

Upstream places Rozendaal's work in the Whitney exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art.

Programmed at the Whitney ↗ exhibition record · 2018

Upstream documents Rozendaal's commissioned tapestries in Colour & Abstraction at TextielMuseum Tilburg.

Colour & Abstraction ↗ museum exhibition · 2017

The Armory Show presentation joined website works and lenticular paintings as digital and physical systems of changing colour.

Rafaël Rozendaal at The Armory Show ↗ art-fair presentation · 2015

Upstream documents three Abstract Browsing tapestries in Between Pixel and Pigment at Kunsthalle Bielefeld.

Between Pixel and Pigment ↗ exhibition · 2024

The Postmasters biography lists Rozendaal's solo exhibitions, museum presentations, collections, commissions, and publications.

Rafaël Rozendaal biography ↗ gallery archive · PDF

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 ↗ video interview · 2026

Phillips visits Rozendaal's studio to discuss the formal possibilities of web composition and the auction of ifnoyes.com.

PADDLES ON!: In the Studio ↗ video interview · 2013

KABK's lecture page introduces Rozendaal's practice across browsers, ownership, visitors, exhibitions, and BYOB.

The internet as a canvas ↗ lecture · 2017

VICE's early artist talk presents Rozendaal on the internet as a museum, interactive websites, drawings, installations, and BYOB.

Art Talk: Rafaël Rozendaal ↗ interview · 2011

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 ↗ news · 2021

FAD reports the smart-contract transfer of 164 ETH from Endless Nameless to Rhizome.

Rhizome receives historic donation ↗ news · 2021

VICE examines Rozendaal's Sleep Mode exhibition and his argument for screensavers as moving paintings.

The art of the screensaver ↗ profile · 2017

VICE documents the Stedelijk Museum edition of BYOB and the format's worldwide expansion.

BYOB at the Stedelijk ↗ news · 2016

Profiles and archives

Wikipedia surveys Rozendaal's biography, browser works, Art Website Sales Contract, BYOB, physical works, and NFTs.

Rafaël Rozendaal ↗ encyclopedia

The net-art.org archive situates Rozendaal's discrete domains and public-ownership stipulation within browser-art history.

Rafaël Rozendaal at net-art.org ↗ archive profile

Rhizome's archived VVORK record preserves an early critical presentation of itwillneverbethesame.com.

itwillneverbethesame.com at VVORK ↗ archive

MOTZKO documents eleven collected works by Rozendaal, including Endless Nameless, Corners, and Polychrome Music.

Rafaël Rozendaal at MOTZKO ↗ collection archive · ongoing

Video

Museum Folkwang's event archive documents BYOB as Rozendaal's open projector-based exhibition format.

Bring Your Own Beamer ↗ museum event · 2023