Lauren Cornell:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rhizome.org Announces Marisa S. Olson as Editor and Curator at Large
NEW YORK, NY, August 12, 2005 - Rhizome.org, a leading online resource for
new media art, announced today that Marisa S. Olson will be the new Editor
and Curator at Large effective August 15th.
As Editor, Olson will manage Rhizome two publications, Net Art News and
the Rhizome Digest; she will also develop special editorial projects and
oversee the content published on Rhizome's front page. In her role as
Curator at Large, a new position created specifically for her, Olson will
promote new media art on Rhizome's behalf in diverse contexts throughout
the
country and internationally. She will also be responsible for growing
Rhizome's online archive, the ArtBase; coordinating the Guest Curator
program; and organizing public programs and gallery exhibitions that further
Rhizome's mission of supporting the creation, presentation, discussion
and
preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant
ways.
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Edwin VanGorder