Jon rafman born 1981 is an artist, filmmaker, and essayist. His work will be featured next month in the exhibition poke. Jon rafman, sandra rafman, joanne mcneil, kate steinmann. His work centers around the emotional, social and existential impact of technology on contemporary life. This year, jon rafman was shortlisted for canadas prestigious sobey art award. His work centers around the concept of the impact of technology on contemporary consciousness. He is a seasoned voyeur and wily scavenger of virtual worlds, both sacred and profane. The exhibition is curated by martijn van nieuwenhuyzen. Img mgmt is an annual imagebased artist essay series.
Yesterday, i went to the saatchi gallery to see korean eye and the most charitable comment im willing to make about the show is that it has a few good moments. Nine eyes can to be a newly purchased friend when youre feel alone and confuse in doing what must youre doing of that time. Three years ago, the artist began to stroll around the free world within the eyes of goggle street view and captured images. Oct 01, 2018 5 things to know about jon rafman, the montreal artist who just collaborated with balenciaga. He says photographers have been posing photos as long as theyve been taking them. Visit jons website or order the book to see many more. Get traffic statistics, seo keyword opportunities, audience insights, and competitive analytics for 9eyes. Jon rafmans new video piece mainsqueeze is a slow but unrelenting poetic survey of the contemporary condition as seen through the far reaches of the internet. It is to be initially opinion for you to like to start a book and study it. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Google street view photos found by artist jon rafman.
The automated, impersonal method of gathering images piqued the curiosity of artist jon rafman. This piece is included in ran dians print magazine, issue 2 winter 20152016 jon rafman solo exhibition. Born in 1981, montreal, canada lives and works in montreal, canada my work explores the paradoxes of modernity. Callum roberts new book, the ocean of life, takes us on a panoramic tour beneath the seas. His curation of photographs eventually turned into an exhibit, and later a book. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on tuesday, november 24, 2015. For his first major solo exhibition in the uk, canadian artist jon rafman has transformed the spaces of the zabludowicz collection into a playful series of new installations that immerse visitors within his video and sculptural works. Callum roberts new book, the ocean of life, takes us on a panoramic. On the high line and at frieze, jon rafman dreams of the internets darkest corners by alex greenberger posted 050417 11.
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Zabludowicz collection 176 prince of wales road, london, nw5 3pt, uk, 8 oct20 dec, 2015. Nine eyes by kate steinmann, 9781927354179, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The photographs range from the beautifully symmetrical to the disturbingly violenteach, in some way, an extraordinary. Jon rafmans first solo museum exhibition in his native canada was chockablock with some of his favourite things. The title of the exhibition, i have ten thousand compound eyes and each is named suffering, originates from rafmans film, erysichthon 2015. Jan 18, 2016 it is to be initially opinion for you to like to start a book and study it. Here, five things to know about him and his provocative work. Turns out, this immersive art experience was brought to you by montrealbased artist jon rafman. John rafman photography monographs and exhibition catalogs. Jon rafman english and french edition french and english edition mark lanctot, sandra rafman on. Nine eyes by jon rafman, sandra rafman, joanne mcneil for online ebook.
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Dec 20, 2015 for his first major solo exhibition in the uk, canadian artist jon rafman has transformed the spaces of the zabludowicz collection into a playful series of new installations that immerse visitors within his video and sculptural works. Published by new documents, nine eyes is the continuation of jon rafmans project whereby he captures images within the eyes of goggle street view inspired both by photojournalism and fantasizing. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Google street view finds curated by jon rafman on 9eyes. This is the womb, the original site of the imagination. Emerging from his interest in the relationship between technology and human consciousness, rafmans works examine ideas of desire its simulation and enactment. Jon rafman you are standing in an open field waterfall. Rafman brilliantly collates his findings into exotic new narratives. Dec 16, 2016 a look inside jon rafmans new photobook nine eyes published by new documents. Jon rafman is a contemporary american artist whose works deal with the societal and existential impact of technology on human life. A look inside jon rafmans new photobook nine eyes published by new documents. Artists and social media in houston, texas, and he is currently working on an experimental narrative about pro fighting game culture. Jon rafman english and french edition french and english. In his new book about photography, believing is seeing, documentary filmmaker errol morris talks about what you dont see in photographs and the importance of what lies outside the frame.
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