Rafaël Rozendaal (born 1980) is a Dutch-Brazilian

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currently living and working in

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. He is known as a pioneer of Internet Art.

BYOB

Rozendaal founded BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), an open source exhibition concept. The idea is that anyone can create an exhibition of

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with or without budget. The manual of BYOB reads: " 1) Find a space, 2) Invite many artists, 3) Ask them to bring their projector." With this concept Rozendaal wanted to bring the internet to a real life physical space and allow viewers to "‘walk through the internet". Since its beginning in 2010, more than 150 BYOB events were organized around the world. In 2011, BYOB was the theme of the II Internet Pavilion for the Venice Biennale

Selling websites

Rafaël Rozendaal is one of the first artists to sell

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s as art objects. His websites are sold to

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, who then own the

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of that given work. Both the artist and the collector sign a contract that the work has to remain publicly accessible. The name of the collector is placed in the

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and the title of the webpage. Rozendaal created the Art Website Sales Contract, which is a public document that can be used by any artist or collector to help in the selling of public website art. In 2013, Rozendaal’s www.ifnoyes.com website sold at an auction at

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in New York for $3,500.

Collections

* Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam *

Towada Art Center The is an art museum in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The museum was opened in 2008 as part of the Arts Towada Project, in an effort to revitalize the city. It features works from artists both inside and outside of Japan, including Yoko On ...

Whitney Museum The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–194 ...

Publications

2019 Haiku Rafaël Rozendaal,
2017 Everything Always Everywhere,
2016 Haiku Rafaël Rozendaal,
2015 Haiku Rafaël Rozendaal,
2013 Spheres Rafaël Rozendaal,
2011 Domain Book,
2010 big long now book
2003 I am very very sorry book

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozendaal, Rafael 1980 births Living people Dutch digital artists Net.artists Artists from Amsterdam Dutch expatriates in the United States Dutch contemporary artists