Rhizome’s Preservation Director Dragan Espenschied, Software Curator Lyndsey Moulds, and Design Researcher Lozana Rossenova unveil the newly relaunched ArtBase and discuss the benefits of LOD for long-term preservation and sustainability in a complex and diverse born-digital archive. Curator and scholar Annet Dekker, author of Collecting and Conserving Net Art published by Routledge in 2018, is a respondent to the presentation.

Dragan Espenschied, Rhizome’s Preservation Director, and Lyndsey Jane Moulds, Rhizome’s Software Curator, share an overview of key concepts in their approach to software and net art preservation.

Organized in collaboration with Serpentine Legal Lab, which promotes collaborations across art, science, and technology, this event convened leading art lawyers to discuss the legal implications of NFTs for collectors and artistic collaborators. Panelists were Leila Amineddoleh, founder of art, cultural heritage, and intellectual property law firm Amineddoleh & Associates LLP; Alana Kushnir, founder of art law and advisory firm Guest Work Agency and Principal Investigator of the Serpentine Legal Lab; Megan Noh, Co-Chair of Art Law at Pryor Cashman LLP; and Yayoi Shionoiri, Executive Director of the Chris Burden Estate and the Nancy Rubins Studio; to share brief case studies and discuss legal issues arising in NFT marketplaces.

“From Black Boxes to Open Systems” was a knowledge-sharing initiative. Through events, articles, and a forthcoming website, the project aimed to help artists and art organizations to develop a better understanding of the concepts, skills, and infrastructure necessary for the exhibition, collection, and stewardship of born-digital art of all kinds.