10/02/2026
Last Wednesday, we gathered at Capitale, a former bank in New York City’s Lower East Side, to celebrate Rhizome’s 30th anniversary and raise funds as we embarked on our next decade. Formerly the Bowery Savings Bank, it was built in the 1890s and designed to resemble a Roman Temple.
Rhizome responded to this setting by paying homage to an earlier artistic experiment with markets: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T)’s 1971 ARTCASH benefit, where guests were invited to play games of chance with artist made scrip by Robert Rauschenberg ($12), Andy Warhol ($1), Robert Whitman ($3), Marisol ($88), Tom Gormley ($24), and Red Grooms ($51). Warhol intentionally made his very easy to copy, because he believed “everyone should have money.” Rauschenberg took a more aestheticized approach, noting that since money is hard to get, “it should be nicer to have.”
For ARTCASH 2026, in a new period of uncertainty for cultural funding, Rhizome invited nine artists—in ascending order of denomination, Simon Denny (), Manfred Mohr (Manfred Mohr), Beeple (beeple), Canal Street Research Association (Shanzhai Lyric), Morry Kolman (Morry Kolman), Maura Brewer (Maura Brewer), Lovid (LoVid Hinkis-Lapidus), Genevieve Goffman (Genevieve Goffman), and Cory Arcangel (Arcangel Surfware), —to create their own works for this homage. Guests were given a short stack and invited to redeem their ARTCASH on artist-made games, experiences, and installations; from a money laundering simulation to horse race betting.
A live betting system for the iconic video series, Horse Race Tests. Players crowd around placing bets, followed by a short digital horse race. If you win, you collect your reward!
$1, Simon Denny
A plottable note created from a generative model trained on futurist forms. Complex though the image is, with a plotter it would be easy to copy, because–as Warhol said–everyone should have money.
$5, Manfred Mohr
Mohr, himself a pathbreaking computer artist who began making algorithmic work in Fortran, created a $5 bill. Mohr chose $5 because he felt a connection to the number.
$7, Beeple
Beeple offered 300 unique variations based on 30 figures from computer history and computer
