Jon Rafman (*1981) is acclaimed for a multifaceted oeuvre that encompasses video, animation, photography, sculpture and installation. His quasi-anthropological works—often incorporating internet-sourced images and narrative material—investigate digital technologies and the communities they create, focusing on the losses, longings and fantasies that shape our technology-infused lives today. The Montreal-based artist turns an empathic but critical eye on the internet age, investigating experiences of alienation, nostalgia, loneliness and grief.
Jon Rafman, Punctured Sky, 2021
© Jon Rafman, 2024
© Jon Rafman, 2024
Data Minds
Group Exhibition
The Lock-Up, Newcastle
Through February 23, 2025
DATA MINDS examines emerging processes and issues arising from technology, exploring how art can grapple with the rapidly developing field of Artificial Intelligence, and the pervasive influence of the Internet on modern society. With each artist incorporating or critiquing synthetic, AI or net-based media at the centre of their practice, this exhibition offers a timely exploration of rapidly evolving fields. Each invited artists’ practices offer alternative views of these systems, often rooted in physical media, and assisted by or examining AI and net-based technologies or ideas. In DATA MINDS, artists and audiences are encouraged to ponder these issues through critical and creative engagement.
