art and technology

$claim=q (Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.);
$question=q(is this still true?);
print $claim."\n".$question;
#where is the engagement in science and technology in
#so much of the coverage?
#have we declared the ISAST mandate dead?
print "\n woo hoo the blogsphere\n";
print "we are ambivalent\n";