To mark our 30th anniversary, we’ve released a limited-edition, 2026 wall calendar featuring artworks from ArtBase.

For this occasion, we’ve put together 3 reasons why it’s a good idea to use a wall calendar in 2026.

1. Writing by hand is better for memory. In a 2014 study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), participants wore hairnets with 256 sensors that recorded their brain activity as they wrote or typed 15 words from the game Pictonary. When students wrote the words by hand, "the sensors picked up widespread connectivity across many brain regions. Typing, however, led to minimal activity, if any, in the same areas. Handwriting activated connection patterns spanning visual regions, regions that receive and process sensory information and the motor cortex. The latter handles body movement and sensorimotor integration, which helps the brain use environmental inputs to inform a person’s next action."

2. **Paper calendars make you more productive and successful. **If you are looking to have a more productive year, researchers at Columbia Business School argue that using a paper calendar can help. Key findings of the study illustrate that people who use paper calendars are more easily able to see the "big picture" when they’re making plans, and are more likely to follow through on their activities than people who use digital calendars.

3. **You’ll be cooler and more interesting. **Sure, you probably have all of your friends’ and families’ birthdays memorized by this point. But, do you happen to know important dates in internet history, like "Change your password Day," "SysAdmin Appreciation Day," or the date that rhizome hosted a competitive web surfing event in 2014? Knowing internet facts like these make you stand out amongst your peers and make for great conversation starters!

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From digital love letters, to "networked" self-portraits, to generative artwork, this calendar illustrates the rich 26 year history of ArtBase, while also noting interesting dates in rhizome’s history as a 30 year old born-digital arts institution.

Three new works have also been accessioned to ArtBase to mark the occasion - *Memories of Digital Data *(2023) by Kazuhiro Tanimoto, *Self-Portrait (2018) by Olia Lialina, and TimeTraveller™(2012) *by Skawennati. In addition to a major redesign of ArtBase coming next year, Rhizome will also bring back more regular accessions to ArtBase.

Artists in the calendar include Michael Manning, Entropy8Zuper!, Animated Text, Paper Rad, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Eva & Franco Mattes, Penelope Umbrico, Skawennati, Olia Lialina, Mouchette, Yoshi Sodeoka, and Nathalie Lawhead.