See this
response to the thingist
post yesterday,
on the Rhizome.org site; I edited
down the public response from Rachel
Greene about their situation, for those interested that don’t have membership
to their site. The email, which appeared on the rhizome raw list-serv last night
(NYC time) is entitled, "Rhizome
Update".
Dear Rhizomers — There have been some comments about Rhizome.org’s
status on Raw and Thingist
so we wanted to respond and issue an update.
Rachel Greene… is succeeding Mark Tribe as Executive Director… Mark has recently
started a new position as Director of Art & Technology at the Columbia University
School of the Arts. He will continue to be active and take a leadership role on
the Rhizome Board of Directors.
Over the last few years, [ Rhizome
has ] worked with the New
Museum of Contemporary Art… and always found them to be a wonderful partner.
The New Museum is committed
to showing a culturally and geographically diverse range of artists….
The New Museum [ will
now ] provide Rhizome with office
space and other forms of administrative support. Rhizome
[ will ] continue to operate as an independent organizational entity, retain current
staff and programs… web site [ will ] remain at http://rhizome.org.
[ Their ] mission and core principles [ will ] not change, but [ they ] hope to
collaborate with the New Museum
on a range of programs, including exhibitions, commissions and events.
This possible partnership with the New
Museum represents an opportunity to create a stable environment for Rhizome
to support the global new media art community while remaining true to its commitment
to inclusiveness and grassroots structures. Given how inhospitable the current
economic climate is for small nonprofits, [ they ] feel this would be the best
way to ensure [ their ] ability to fulfill [ their ] mission….
Sincerely,
Rachel
Greene
Mark Tribe
