Cory Arcangel Family Office

Cory Arcangel is one of the most highly profiled international artists within digital technologies and Internet art. Ever since he hacked a Super Mario game cassette back in 2002 and made video art from it, he has contributed to lifting the technologies of the Internet age into the art world. He is known for hacking technological systems in order to comment on absurd and humorous aspects of digital cultures and media phenomena and on how these shape our patterns of behavior.

With an education in music and a background from hacker milieus at the very beginning of the Internet age, Cory Arcangel creates works that span from performance, music, and video to painting, drawing, and graphic print-making. He applies strategies from the historical avant-garde in his treatment of digital material and, in accordance with Internet’s amalgamation of cultural expressions, mixes elements from so-called high culture with popular culture phenomena. Artistic collaboration is an integrated part of his practice, on a par with self-publication, open access, and genre transgression.