Commissions

The Commissions section provides access to original works of art commissioned specifically for Artport by the Whitney.

Sunrise/Sunset

Sunrise/Sunset is a series of Internet art projects commissioned by the Whitney specifically for whitney.org to mark sunset and sunrise in New York City every day.

“America’s Got No Talent” is a web-based software project by Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki that attempts to synthesize and process the steady stream of Twitter feeds for several American reality television shows.

Clickistan

CLICKISTAN references early net art and classic coin-operated arcade games.

Screening Circle

Screening Circle adapts the cultural tradition of the quilting circle into an online format.

The Battle of Algiers

This work recomposes scenes from the 1965 film of the same name by director Gillo Pontecorvo.

The Dumpster

The Dumpster is an interactive online visualization of the romantic lives of American teenagers.

FollowThrough

Follow Through is a mobile, audio-visual artwork that was created for the Museum’s fifth floor.

{Software} Structures

{Software} Structures explores conceptual art’s relationship to software as art.

CODeDOC

CODeDOC takes a reverse look at ‘software art’ projects by focusing on the ‘back end’ of code.

IDEA LINE

IDEA LINE displays a timeline of net artworks, mapping lines of thought through time.

VOYEUR_WEB

VOYEUR_WEB collapses the private and public by connecting the blueprint of an apartment with images of its rooms.

The “gate pages” were commissioned from 2001–2006 to provide entry points to Internet artists’ projects and websites. Each month, an artist was invited to present their work in the form of a gate page with links to the artist’s site and most important works.

New: For Teachers

Whitney Kids