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ARTNINE Art in the Nineties

ARTNINE was established during November and December 1995 in connection and cooperation with the Kunsthistorisches Institut Heidelberg as a special research center and a research tool for contemporary art. Nevertheless it contained a lot of general … more
http://www.hgb-leipzig.de/ARTNINE/

basis wien

basis wien is a documentation centre, archive and the most extensive database on contemporary art in and from Austria in national as well as international context. Materials on art production, presentation and reception are compiled in analogue and … more
http://www.basis-wien.at/index.php?id=1

Daniel Langlois Foundation

The Daniel Langlois Foundation's (Montreal/ CAN) purpose is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies. The Foundation seeks to nurture a critical awareness of technology's … more
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/

HEURE EXQUISE !

Created in 1975, «Heure Exquise !» (Mons-en-Baroeul/ F) is a non-profit association specialized in the promotion of video art and video creation. Starting with an essentially creative project (collective audiovisual programmes, conception of … more
http://www.heure-exquise.org/indexgb.asp

Media Art Net

Media art?by definition multimedia, time-based or process-oriented?cannot be sufficiently mediated in book form. Mainstream art and cultural mediation, still being primarily print-based, do little justice to its specificity. On the other hand, Net-based … more
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/mediaartnet/

netzspannung.org

«netzspannung.org» is an internet platform for artistic production, media projects, and intermedia research. As an interface between media art, media technology and society, it functions as an information pool for artists, designers, computer scientists … more
http://netzspannung.org/index_en_flash.html

New Media Encyclopedia

The New Media Encyclopedia is the first trilingual English-French-German catalogue of its kind freely available on-line. It is intended as a source of information, a tool for documentary research, and a scholarly work, but also a locus of debate on … more
http://www.newmedia-art.org/sommaire/english/sommaire.htm

REWIND

REWIND is a research project that provides a research resource that addresses the gap in historical knowledge of the evolution of electronic media arts in the UK, by investigating specifically the first two decades of artists? works in video. There is a … more
http://www.rewind.ac.uk/

V2_Archive

The «V2_» Organisation was founded in 1981 by a group of multimedia artists. It is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam (NL). This archive portal contains information about «V2_?s» activities from 1993 till present. … more
http://archive.v2.nl/

Walker Art Center Gallery 9

Gallery 9 is the Walker Art Center's online exhibition space. Between 1997 and 2003, under the direction of Steve Dietz, Gallery 9 presented the work of more than 100 artists and became a recognized online venue for the exhibition and contextualization … more
http://gallery9.walkerart.org/

Database

äda 'web

äda'web was established in the early spring of 1995 with the goal to provide contemporary artists (visual artists, as well as composers, movie directors, architects, choreographers, etc) a station from which they can engage in a dialogue with users of … more
http://www.adaweb.com/

basis wien

basis wien is a documentation centre, archive and the most extensive database on contemporary art in and from Austria in national as well as international context. Materials on art production, presentation and reception are compiled in analogue and … more
http://www.basis-wien.at/index.php?id=1

cinovid database for experimental film and video art

Run by the Werkleitz Gesellschaft (Halle/ G) cinovid is an internet database for experimental film and video art. Formerly known as oVid. As an universal index which, as of yet, does not exist in this field, cinovid will support distribution, research … more
http://cinovid.org/

Electronic Arts Intermix Online Catalogue

Electronic Arts Intermix (New York/ USA) is a leading nonprofit resource for video art and interactive media. Founded in 1971, EAI's core program is the distribution and preservation of a major collection of new and historical media works by artists. … more
http://www.eai.org/eai/

iMediathek_the video art database

The project «iMediathek» (Bremen/ G) intends to examine the possibilities and conditions for the «reproduction» of media works - especially video art - in the internet. It?s goal is to evaluate these and develop prototypes making the reproductions … more
http://www.imediathek.org/

Netbase / t0 Institute for New Culture Technologies

Public Netbase / t0 was founded by Konrad Becker and Francisco de Sousa Webber in the Vienna Museumsquarter and served from 1994 to 2006 as a non-profit internet provider and a platform for the participatory use of information and communication … more
http://www.netbase.org/t0

netzspannung.org

«netzspannung.org» is an internet platform for artistic production, media projects, and intermedia research. As an interface between media art, media technology and society, it functions as an information pool for artists, designers, computer scientists … more
http://netzspannung.org/index_en_flash.html

New Media Encyclopedia

The New Media Encyclopedia is the first trilingual English-French-German catalogue of its kind freely available on-line. It is intended as a source of information, a tool for documentary research, and a scholarly work, but also a locus of debate on … more
http://www.newmedia-art.org/sommaire/english/sommaire.htm

Rhizome.org ArtBase

Founded in 1999, the «Rhizome ArtBase» is an online archive of new media art including some 1.600 projects. Encompassing software art, websites, performance and websites by artists from around the world, the ArtBase is the largest and most diverse … more
http://www.rhizome.org/artbase/

runme.org - say it with software art!

Runme.org is a software art repository, launched in January 2003. It is an open, moderated database to which people are welcome to submit projects they consider to be interesting examples of software art. The aim of Runme.org is to create an exchange … more
http://runme.org/

The Digital Game Archive

DiGA e.V. was founded to establish a digital game archive on the Internet, which encourages the free download of commercial computer and video games suitable for any platform. Project Goals: * to preserve an important segment of our digital heritage * … more
http://www.digitalgamearchive.org/home.php

verybusy.org

The Aim of verybusy.org is to set up a general entrancepoint (portal) for people who are interessted in netart projects on one hand and to start the work of archiving like a virtual museum on the other hand. Verybusy.org is ment as a «container» which … more
http://www.verybusy.org/

Video Data Bank

Founded in 1976 at the inception of the media arts movement, the Video Data Bank (Chicago/ USA) is one of the leading resource in the United States for videotapes by and about contemporary artists. The VDB collections feature innovative video work made … more
http://www.vdb.org/

Distribution/ Rental

Electronic Arts Intermix Online Catalogue

Electronic Arts Intermix (New York/ USA) is a leading nonprofit resource for video art and interactive media. Founded in 1971, EAI's core program is the distribution and preservation of a major collection of new and historical media works by artists. … more
http://www.eai.org/eai/

HEURE EXQUISE !

Created in 1975, «Heure Exquise !» (Mons-en-Baroeul/ F) is a non-profit association specialized in the promotion of video art and video creation. Starting with an essentially creative project (collective audiovisual programmes, conception of … more
http://www.heure-exquise.org/indexgb.asp

iMediathek_the video art database

The project «iMediathek» (Bremen/ G) intends to examine the possibilities and conditions for the «reproduction» of media works - especially video art - in the internet. It?s goal is to evaluate these and develop prototypes making the reproductions … more
http://www.imediathek.org/

Video Data Bank

Founded in 1976 at the inception of the media arts movement, the Video Data Bank (Chicago/ USA) is one of the leading resource in the United States for videotapes by and about contemporary artists. The VDB collections feature innovative video work made … more
http://www.vdb.org/

Information System

Ars Electronica Archive

the Ars Electronica Center (Linz/ A) possesses one of the world`s most extensive archives of digital media art from the last three decades. It consists of the Catalog Archive and material documenting the Ars Electronica Festival (from 1979), the Archive … more
http://www.aec.at/en/archives/index.asp

low-fi net art locator

The low-fi net art locator is a project to increase visibility of art projects which use the internet as a medium and to promote development of 'net based art. The activity is mainly centred around this site but also includes curating and commissioning … more
http://www.low-fi.org.uk/

Netbase / t0 Institute for New Culture Technologies

Public Netbase / t0 was founded by Konrad Becker and Francisco de Sousa Webber in the Vienna Museumsquarter and served from 1994 to 2006 as a non-profit internet provider and a platform for the participatory use of information and communication … more
http://www.netbase.org/t0

netzspannung.org

«netzspannung.org» is an internet platform for artistic production, media projects, and intermedia research. As an interface between media art, media technology and society, it functions as an information pool for artists, designers, computer scientists … more
http://netzspannung.org/index_en_flash.html

Rhizome.org ArtBase

Founded in 1999, the «Rhizome ArtBase» is an online archive of new media art including some 1.600 projects. Encompassing software art, websites, performance and websites by artists from around the world, the ArtBase is the largest and most diverse … more
http://www.rhizome.org/artbase/

runme.org - say it with software art!

Runme.org is a software art repository, launched in January 2003. It is an open, moderated database to which people are welcome to submit projects they consider to be interesting examples of software art. The aim of Runme.org is to create an exchange … more
http://runme.org/

sonicflux

Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker Art Center takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art. This series of online … more
http://sonicflux.walkerart.org/

verybusy.org

The Aim of verybusy.org is to set up a general entrancepoint (portal) for people who are interessted in netart projects on one hand and to start the work of archiving like a virtual museum on the other hand. Verybusy.org is ment as a «container» which … more
http://www.verybusy.org/

Walker Art Center Gallery 9

Gallery 9 is the Walker Art Center's online exhibition space. Between 1997 and 2003, under the direction of Steve Dietz, Gallery 9 presented the work of more than 100 artists and became a recognized online venue for the exhibition and contextualization … more
http://gallery9.walkerart.org/

Media Art Archive

ActiveArchive

ActiveArchives is concerned with electronic, time-and-space-related artworks: * conducting research on those which have been forgotten, * restoring those which are acutely endangered, * conserving those which are no longer topical but … more
http://www.aktivearchive.ch/content/konzept_e.html

Ars Electronica Archive

the Ars Electronica Center (Linz/ A) possesses one of the world`s most extensive archives of digital media art from the last three decades. It consists of the Catalog Archive and material documenting the Ars Electronica Festival (from 1979), the Archive … more
http://www.aec.at/en/archives/index.asp

Catalogue Netherlands Media Art Institute

The Netherlands Media Art Institute (Amsterdam) supports media art in three core areas: presentation, research and conservation, and through its facilities provides extensive services for artists and art institutions. Since the founding of the … more
http://cyclope.montevideo.nl/

Database of Virtual Art

The Database of Virtual Art documents the rapidly evolving field of digital installation art. This complex, research-oriented overview of immersive, interactive, telematic and genetic art has been developed in cooperation with established media artists … more
http://www.virtualart.at/

Media Art Archive Vienna

The MKA has set itself the goal of archiving media art, and developing related theory and mediation of this art in the Internet. The MKA promotes the deliberation of artistic works, which are realized through the use of new media, and should be used as … more
http://www.mka.at/mka.php3?e=1

Media Art Net

Media art?by definition multimedia, time-based or process-oriented?cannot be sufficiently mediated in book form. Mainstream art and cultural mediation, still being primarily print-based, do little justice to its specificity. On the other hand, Net-based … more
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/mediaartnet/

V2_Archive

The «V2_» Organisation was founded in 1981 by a group of multimedia artists. It is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam (NL). This archive portal contains information about «V2_?s» activities from 1993 till present. … more
http://archive.v2.nl/

VideoArt Denmark

THE DANISH VIDEO ART DATA BANK is a non-profit agency for promoting of Danish video art outside Denmark. The program focuses on archives of independent Danish video art (1979-2005), video art preservation, essays about aspects of video … more
http://www.videoart-denmark.dk/

Whitney Artport The Whitney Museum Portal to Net Art

Artport is the Whitney Museum?s portal to net art and digital arts, and an online gallery space for commissioned net art projects. The site consists of five major areas: The archive of «gate pages,» which function as portals to net artists? works. Each … more
http://artport.whitney.org/

Research Project

Archiving the Avant-Garde Documenting and Preserving Digital / Variable Media Art

Archiving the Avant Garde is a collaborative project to develop, document, and disseminate strategies for describing and preserving non-traditional, intermedia, and variable media art forms, such as performance, installation, conceptual, and digital … more
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/about/avantgarde

Daniel Langlois Foundation

The Daniel Langlois Foundation's (Montreal/ CAN) purpose is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies. The Foundation seeks to nurture a critical awareness of technology's … more
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/

LOOP Institut für systemische Medienforschung

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http://www.loopmedienforschung.at/

REWIND

REWIND is a research project that provides a research resource that addresses the gap in historical knowledge of the evolution of electronic media arts in the UK, by investigating specifically the first two decades of artists? works in video. There is a … more
http://www.rewind.ac.uk/

variable media network

The Variable Media Network proposes a preservation strategy that has emerged from the Guggenheim?s (New York/ USA) efforts to preserve its collection of conceptual, minimalist and video art and that is supported by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for … more
http://www.variablemedia.net/