ZERO1: The Art and Technology Network
non-profit organization in the USA
cZERO1: The Art and Technology Network is an American nonprofit organization founded in 2000.
History
ZERO1 was launched by Andrea Cunningham as an initiative focused on projects at the intersection of art and technology.
Between 2006 and 2012, ZERO1 was the producer of ZERO1 Biennial, a multidisciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media.
ZERO1 Biennial
Since its establishment in 2006, the ZERO1 Biennial has presented works of more than 650 artists from more than 60 countries through exhibitions, public art installations, performances, and speaker events.
The inaugural 2006 Biennial, held in conjunction with the International Society for Electronic Arts, brought over 20,000 people to San Jose for a week. It featured 250 art installations representing 40 countries. The 2006 Biennial yielded nearly 100 media stories, including a full-page spread in the Sunday New York Times. A media report described the event as "North America's newest and largest digital arts biennial".
From June 4 to 8, 2008, over 25,000 attendees visited 100 art installations, more than 25 performances, workshops, and public talks by over 100 artists from more than a dozen countries at exhibitions held throughout downtown San Jose. Students from seven continents participated in a global youth digital arts exhibition.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17103071. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2008.
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