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

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BYOB

Rozendaal founded BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), an

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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

Rozendaal is one of the first artists to sell

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s as art objects. His websites are sold to art collectors, 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.

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)

In August 2021 Rozendaal launched an

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project titled ''Endless Nameless'', which consisted of 1,000 artworks generated by an algorithm on the

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blockchain. Half of the proceeds of the sale were donated to the arts nonprofit

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, resulting in a donation of 164 Ether (approximately $430,000 at time of donation). This is the largest private donation in Rhizome's history.

Collections

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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 Ono, ...

Whitney Museum The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a Modern art, modern and Contemporary art, contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Meatpacking District and West Village neighbor ...

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