danielrehn:

“Desktop Is” curated by Alexei Shulgin (1997-98).  Dubbing itself ‘The First International Online Desktop Exhibition,’ this show is still partially open to the public.  Like an ancient temple near the ocean though, it’s beginning to experience severe structural damage.  

Only about 1/3 of the entire desktop collection still exist at their original URL.  [For those interested: I’ve created an archive of what’s still available.] Also still available is Garnet Hertz’s classic “7300 Desktop” (from which the last desktop is pulled).

All of this makes me appreciate the donation that I give Rhizome each year towards it’s Art Base.  Speaking of which, if you’re interested in learning more about Alexei—there’s a Rhizome interview from 2008 and there’s always Wikipedia too.

(↬Martijn van Boven who sent this to wwwtxt on Twitter.)