In 1989, Canadian activist, engineer and thinker Ursula Franklin gave a series of extraordinary lectures on the politics of technology design and deployment called "The Real World of Technology." Meredith…

The artist on his inspirations and his riveting, disturbing video art.

Jon Rafman You are Standing in an Open Field (Sea Sunset), 2016 Hanhemühle Photo Rag mounted on dibond, resin, wooden frame 61 x 91.4 x 8 cm 24 1/8 x 36 x 3 1/8 in

Jon Rafman, Transdimensional Serpent, 2016, mixed media with VR video (color, sound, 4 minutes 38 seconds). I BELIEVE THAT transformations in technology always follow earlier shifts in consciousness. Technological developments…

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. Emerging from his interest in the relationship between technology and human consciousness, Rafman’s works examine ideas of desire – its simulation and enactment. In his latest work, commissioned for this exhibition, Sticky Drama, 2015, Rafman has worked in…

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