Artists shouldn't have to depend on galleries or companies (even good ones like Artwork Archive and Cargo) to archive their work and publish it online. We've seen what happens when companies like Vimeo get purchased by investors or galleries like Pace need to downsize: artists lose.
I wanted to own my archive and website. I wanted them to be easy to manage. When I finish a work, or loan work for a show, I want to be able to enter the info in one place and have it update everywhere: my archive, my website, my résumé.
So I used AI to build One and Three, an archive that stores images and information about my work and serves as the back end for my website. Instead of paying for two separate services, I have one system that I own and control.
I can host it myself for as little as $10 per year. I can change the design of the website and move the whole thing to another host if I need to. I can update it manually or use AI to automate the process. I can say "update my archive and website with my upcoming show in Brooklyn," and it will pull the info from my email and ask me to check it before it goes live.
I'm sharing it with a few friends in a free beta test to gather feedback before releasing it more widely. If you'd like to check it out, send me an email and I'll set you up with access to a shared sample archive.