So, for example, a search on the keyword gender currently returns eight art projects, by artists such as Prema Murthy and Guillermo Gomez-Pena, and 53 articles by members of the Rhizome.org community such as Guggenheim curator Matthew Drutt. The field of Internet art conservation is in its infancy, and the Rhizome ArtBase represents one of the first concerted efforts in this area. Rhizome.org hopes to work closely with other institutions and associations to develop coordinated archival standards and practices for Internet art. Our goal for Museums and the Web 2000 is to share information and build relationships with other organizations working in this emerging field. Rhizome is the botanical term for a kind of stem that burrows underground, sending out shoots and roots.
Rhizomes connect plants into living networks.