Ragnar Digital, LLC is a collection dedicated to the preservation, curation, and promotion of computer art. Through stories, interviews, curations, and more, we offer access to information about the artists and artworks that define the field.
The Ragnar Digital Computer Art Collection holds and preserves works of computer art from the 1950s to today. The collection includes a wide variety of artists, mediums, and methods, and includes many works that are canonical to the history of computer art.
Highlights include works by Harold Cohen, Charles Csuri, Ruth Leavitt, Manfred Mohr, Barbara Nessim, Roman Verostko, Hiroshi Kawano, Kim Asendorf, Herbert Franke, and many others.
Our Mission
- Acquire and steward a historical collection of computer art
- Use the collection for education on the importance of computer art as a movement
- Spread enthusiastic passion for computer art
- Champion under-recognized artists both historical and contemporary
- Tell the stories behind the artists and their works
- Be the definitive resource for all things computer art
Team
Artist Liaison & Biographies - Alexia Wright
Catalogue Entries - Outland, a nonprofit organization supporting initiatives in publishing and education about art and technology. Commissioned and edited by Brian Droitcour.
Writing Team - Kevin Buist, Maxwell Cohen, Brian Droitcour, Stina Gustafsson, Elliott Higgs, Gabrielle Schwarz, and Alexia Wright.
Ragnar Digital started as a small collection of early computer art, with the name Ragnar representing a pirate outside of the traditional art world. As the collection outgrew the original resources, it was converted to Ragnar Digital, LLC, to enable additional sources of funding, educational activities, contributions from the community, and more.
I'm an investor/collector/art institution. Who can I contact for more information?
We're happy to answer any questions around works in the collection, artwork loans, etc. Please fill out the form below.
How do you preserve the works in the collection?
Preserving and stewarding works is our number one mission. Physical items such as plotter drawings and early printouts were often made on cheap, brittle paper, and require extra care. We follow industry best practices on storage and archives. Artworks are kept in humidity, temperature, and light-controlled storage. Displayed works are framed with UV resistant glass and are exhibited only for brief periods of time. NFTs are kept in a corporate multi-sig digital wallet.
