{"id":1974801,"date":"2026-06-03T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974801"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:08:14","slug":"you-dont-know-you-know-this-balenciaga-backed-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974801","title":{"rendered":"You Don\u2019t Know You Know This Balenciaga-Backed Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-1.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"articleCore___jz22v articleCore___jz22v story___rLN7E\" data-view=\"post\" data-layout=\"story\">\n<nav class=\"breadcrumb___hhC2v articleBreadcrumb___zdsak breadcrumbContainer\">\n<ul class=\"breadcrumb-list___iNPI7\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumb-item___ipis0\"><span>Style<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumb-item___ipis0\">\n<h1>You Don\u2019t Know You Know This 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1728w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A1996&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.8 2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-2.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A1996&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meta___KlSoA\">\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN galleryCredits___geiNC hasMeta___Juo7Z\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Linda Inconi-Jansen<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"counter___sDRsZ\">1 \/ 5<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleContent____2C5X articleContent___Zx74X story\">\n<div class=\"floatingAd___O6gNm unit___LNwAM mpu___jBf9d mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-mpu-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ mpu___KZGD5 loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Jon Rafman\u2019s fingerprints are everywhere for those who look. The Canadian artist has been lurking within mass culture since his breakout 2008 series \u201cNine Eyes,\u201d an archive of strange, surrealist images sourced from Google Street View. 18 years later, Rafman has built a career exploring the internet\u2019s deepest corners and strangest subcultures, turning his digital wanderings into absurdist art.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Along the way, Rafman attracted everyone from rappers to fashion designers. He was the brains behind Lil Yachty\u2019s eerie <em>Let&#8217;s Start Here <\/em>album cover, featuring an uncanny, AI-warped group of businesspeople in a boardroom, and produced a handful of videos for \u00a5$\u2019s <em>Vultures 1 <\/em>record; he contributed to Travis Scott\u2019s 112-page <em>UTOPIA <\/em>zine, built a maximalist LED tunnel for Balenciaga\u2019s SS19 runway show (and Y2Ked the subsequent campaign film), and in 2013, produced a phrophetic music video for Oneohtrix Point Never\u2019s \u201cStill Life (Betamale)\u201d that paired scenes of hentai and furries with lyrics on digital isolationism \u2014 turning the internet\u2019s dark underbelly into content a decade before shitposting went mainstream.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-0\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-first___BTdUp mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-first-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-first___V5atz loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Now, Rafman sits across from me at D\u00fcsseldorf\u2019s K21 museum, one day before the public opening of his largest museum exhibition to date, \u201cMain Stream Media,\u201d which transforms his nearly two decades of work into one sprawling, six-part show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"articleGalleryWrap___fppOe gallery___ohrUV story___vWvI2 normal\">\n<div 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2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.2 576w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.4 1152w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.6 1728w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.8 2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meta___KlSoA\">\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN galleryCredits___geiNC hasMeta___Juo7Z\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Linda Inconi-Jansen<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"counter___sDRsZ\">1 \/ 8<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Walking through it alone before my chat with the artist, the spatial design by Liam Denhamer \u2014 an architect working with the likes of 2HOLLIS and Playboi Carti \u2014 overwhelms the senses: in certain sections, every surface, from wallpapers and curtains to tarps and carpeting, has been screenprinted with disorienting, glitchy collages of Rafman\u2019s art. There are mattresses to lie on, viewing booths to disappear into, and a screening room decorated with chairs made to look like mummified bodies. As one astute Instagrammer commented on Rafman\u2019s post setting up the show: \u201cDammmmmmmm, looks\/feels like the inside of my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-1\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Disorientation is a common side effect of Rafman\u2019s work, made with everything from video game engines and AI software to the vast virtual world of Second Life, yet the artist has never been more focused. With \u201cMean Stream Media\u201d open to the public through September 27, I caught up with Rafman to talk about his cultural collaborations, the collapse of reality, and why the internet has never been more exciting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz extended___wtheq\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-Is2Cuy3MTKqCJRQGgnwPOg\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this YouTube video.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriptionBar___lpap5\">Subscribe to Highsnobiety on YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>You\u2019ve worked with everyone from Balenciaga and Travis Scott to Lil Yachty. How\u2019d you venture into these spaces?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I really feel that art should not just speak to the art world. On some level, I feel like I&#8217;m making popular art \u2014 not in the pop art tradition, but more by drawing on art history, fan culture and musical subcultures. There shouldn&#8217;t be a division between different cultural industries. And a lot of the time, it just happens organically. I&#8217;m mostly not seeking these things out; they come to me partly because I don&#8217;t want to make boring art.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-2\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I started off working in film, but felt that the vital new culture after I graduated \u2014 at the beginning of the Great Recession \u2014 was the internet, rather than film. The internet was a new territory. And at that time, there was a real cohesion between music, fashion, and art at that moment, with people like Shayne Oliver and Telfar. We were all aware of each other, making work together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>The 360-degree video you made for Balenciaga Spring\/Summer 2019 mirrors a lot of the immersive experience of this new exhibition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I&#8217;ve been chasing that. I\u2019m sure it cost over $10 million for 16 minutes of a film that only 200 people could see \u2014 you couldn&#8217;t fully express it in the video. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have access to that much capital to create an ephemeral installation at that scale. Only a few of the fashion elite and some bloggers could see it. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-CvOWMK80T7yygIA2sazJNw\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-3\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Walking through the exhibition, you really get the sense that you\u2019ve been living inside the internet since the start of your career.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">We all are. Media mediates our perception of reality, how we construct our identities, our relationship to the past, to each other, to space. My work, especially early on, was trying to express the internet in a poetic way. I still think the internet is like a mirror of reality, but even that dichotomy has collapsed completely; all reality has collapsed. There&#8217;s no longer a consensus on what&#8217;s true and real. We\u2019ve witnessed this transformation from an idealistic [phase] to what we have now, which is this hellscape you can&#8217;t escape. Because if you\u2019re not part of the stream to some extent, you don\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Even with culture so extremely fragmented, we\u2019ve never been in a period where things are so blended together.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">It&#8217;s that paradox. There&#8217;s a sense of homogenization, and on some level, the internet doesn&#8217;t exist as it once did. The tech monopolies have consolidated enough power that everything flows through four or five social media platforms. You have to fight the algorithms, because they flatten everything; it&#8217;s like a synthesizer where every button sounds the same, versus one where you can use all the knobs to make your own individual sound.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-4\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I started, you went to websites, and there was a sense of excitement and exploration that largely doesn&#8217;t exist anymore. Yet I haven&#8217;t been this excited since the beginning of my net art era because there are all these new tools that let me create worlds. Before, I was exploring worlds, and now I\u2019m able to do things that would\u2019ve cost millions to produce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz extended___wtheq\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-cmM6Yr0mSU6an8i0fyrkGQ\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this YouTube video.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriptionBar___lpap5\">Subscribe to Highsnobiety on YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>A lot of people are sensitive about the use of AI in creative work, yet you&#8217;ve been using it for years \u2014 even creating an AI hyperfake pop star avatar, Couldy Heart. How has your experience been in using these tools that largely didn\u2019t exist even five years ago?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I like being in that space where there\u2019s so much hate, and the energy is constantly changing [based on] what people are triggered by. It\u2019s important to always engage with new tools as a way to critique the world. And for me, AI is the ultimate reflection of this collapse of consensus reality; it accelerates and reflects our inability to discern what&#8217;s real.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-5\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Your newest work, \u201cMain Stream Media,&#8221; is based around the idea of MTV being the final monoculture. Do you think anything like that could ever exist again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen, but the closest thing I feel to that kind of shared reference point is the language of the internet itself. It makes for a fun challenge: how do you rise above the millions upon millions of other artists making work online who are not part of the rarefied, upper-echelon high art world? That\u2019s partly why I started. I was more excited by a YouTube video made by some guy doing a <em>SimCity <\/em>walkthrough than by most of what was happening in galleries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"articleFooter___KgB90 articleFooter____oGOd hasSocialInteraction___TBOhu story\">\n<ul class=\"tagButtonGroup___DEUl1 tags___irEU7\">\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><span class=\"tagButton___ZRzr4 tag___v4cqZ\">Balenciaga<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><span class=\"tagButton___ZRzr4 tag___v4cqZ\">Travis Scott<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"tagButtonGroupItem___gemOI\"><span class=\"tagButton___ZRzr4 tag___v4cqZ\">lil yachty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wrapper___ny_aw\">\n<div class=\"articleAuthor___lboFb\">\n<div class=\"info___ssZkH\">\n<div class=\"author___1tx8O\"><span class=\"name___DNm3E\">Chris Erik Thomas<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleContent____2C5X articleContent___Zx74X story\">\n<div class=\"floatingAd___O6gNm unit___LNwAM mpu___jBf9d mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-mpu-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ mpu___KZGD5 loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Jon Rafman\u2019s fingerprints are everywhere for those who look. The Canadian artist has been lurking within mass culture since his breakout 2008 series \u201cNine Eyes,\u201d an archive of strange, surrealist images sourced from Google Street View. 18 years later, Rafman has built a career exploring the internet\u2019s deepest corners and strangest subcultures, turning his digital wanderings into absurdist art.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Along the way, Rafman attracted everyone from rappers to fashion designers. He was the brains behind Lil Yachty\u2019s eerie <em>Let&#8217;s Start Here <\/em>album cover, featuring an uncanny, AI-warped group of businesspeople in a boardroom, and produced a handful of videos for \u00a5$\u2019s <em>Vultures 1 <\/em>record; he contributed to Travis Scott\u2019s 112-page <em>UTOPIA <\/em>zine, built a maximalist LED tunnel for Balenciaga\u2019s SS19 runway show (and Y2Ked the subsequent campaign film), and in 2013, produced a phrophetic music video for Oneohtrix Point Never\u2019s \u201cStill Life (Betamale)\u201d that paired scenes of hentai and furries with lyrics on digital isolationism \u2014 turning the internet\u2019s dark underbelly into content a decade before shitposting went mainstream.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-0\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-first___BTdUp mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-first-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div 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2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2953%3A1976&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2953%3A1976&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.2 576w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2953%3A1976&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.4 1152w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-9.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=2953%3A1976&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.6 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2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.2 576w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.4 1152w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.6 1728w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880&amp;dpr=0.8 2304w,https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/static-assets\/dato\/1780493221-jon-rafman-interview-3.jpg?fp-x=0.5&amp;fp-y=0.5&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;cs=srgb&amp;ar=3000%3A2250&amp;w=2880 2880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"meta___KlSoA\">\n<div class=\"mediaMeta___aiMkN galleryCredits___geiNC hasMeta___Juo7Z\"><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"creditText___rHdWt\">Linda Inconi-Jansen<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"counter___sDRsZ\">1 \/ 8<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Walking through it alone before my chat with the artist, the spatial design by Liam Denhamer \u2014 an architect working with the likes of 2HOLLIS and Playboi Carti \u2014 overwhelms the senses: in certain sections, every surface, from wallpapers and curtains to tarps and carpeting, has been screenprinted with disorienting, glitchy collages of Rafman\u2019s art. There are mattresses to lie on, viewing booths to disappear into, and a screening room decorated with chairs made to look like mummified bodies. As one astute Instagrammer commented on Rafman\u2019s post setting up the show: \u201cDammmmmmmm, looks\/feels like the inside of my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-1\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">Disorientation is a common side effect of Rafman\u2019s work, made with everything from video game engines and AI software to the vast virtual world of Second Life, yet the artist has never been more focused. With \u201cMean Stream Media\u201d open to the public through September 27, I caught up with Rafman to talk about his cultural collaborations, the collapse of reality, and why the internet has never been more exciting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz extended___wtheq\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-Is2Cuy3MTKqCJRQGgnwPOg\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this YouTube video.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriptionBar___lpap5\">Subscribe to Highsnobiety on YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>You\u2019ve worked with everyone from Balenciaga and Travis Scott to Lil Yachty. How\u2019d you venture into these spaces?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I really feel that art should not just speak to the art world. On some level, I feel like I&#8217;m making popular art \u2014 not in the pop art tradition, but more by drawing on art history, fan culture and musical subcultures. There shouldn&#8217;t be a division between different cultural industries. And a lot of the time, it just happens organically. I&#8217;m mostly not seeking these things out; they come to me partly because I don&#8217;t want to make boring art.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-2\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I started off working in film, but felt that the vital new culture after I graduated \u2014 at the beginning of the Great Recession \u2014 was the internet, rather than film. The internet was a new territory. And at that time, there was a real cohesion between music, fashion, and art at that moment, with people like Shayne Oliver and Telfar. We were all aware of each other, making work together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>The 360-degree video you made for Balenciaga Spring\/Summer 2019 mirrors a lot of the immersive experience of this new exhibition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I&#8217;ve been chasing that. I\u2019m sure it cost over $10 million for 16 minutes of a film that only 200 people could see \u2014 you couldn&#8217;t fully express it in the video. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have access to that much capital to create an ephemeral installation at that scale. Only a few of the fashion elite and some bloggers could see it. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-CvOWMK80T7yygIA2sazJNw\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-3\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Walking through the exhibition, you really get the sense that you\u2019ve been living inside the internet since the start of your career.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">We all are. Media mediates our perception of reality, how we construct our identities, our relationship to the past, to each other, to space. My work, especially early on, was trying to express the internet in a poetic way. I still think the internet is like a mirror of reality, but even that dichotomy has collapsed completely; all reality has collapsed. There&#8217;s no longer a consensus on what&#8217;s true and real. We\u2019ve witnessed this transformation from an idealistic [phase] to what we have now, which is this hellscape you can&#8217;t escape. Because if you\u2019re not part of the stream to some extent, you don\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Even with culture so extremely fragmented, we\u2019ve never been in a period where things are so blended together.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">It&#8217;s that paradox. There&#8217;s a sense of homogenization, and on some level, the internet doesn&#8217;t exist as it once did. The tech monopolies have consolidated enough power that everything flows through four or five social media platforms. You have to fight the algorithms, because they flatten everything; it&#8217;s like a synthesizer where every button sounds the same, versus one where you can use all the knobs to make your own individual sound.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-4\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">When I started, you went to websites, and there was a sense of excitement and exploration that largely doesn&#8217;t exist anymore. Yet I haven&#8217;t been this excited since the beginning of my net art era because there are all these new tools that let me create worlds. Before, I was exploring worlds, and now I\u2019m able to do things that would\u2019ve cost millions to produce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contentEmbed___NLbCs embed___J_49g story___P_PZz extended___wtheq\">\n<div class=\"embed___lZwjR contentDynamicEmbed___pVwCy\" id=\"embed-cmM6Yr0mSU6an8i0fyrkGQ\">\n<div class=\"content___bNOox\">\n<div class=\"loader___mW2wf\">\n<div class=\"embedConsentDisclaimer___DWdTC disclaimer___IUAcY hide___GB24J\">\n<div class=\"title___cm6PA family-condensed--l___yWgh0 title___T6HTf\">Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this YouTube video.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriptionBar___lpap5\">Subscribe to Highsnobiety on YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>A lot of people are sensitive about the use of AI in creative work, yet you&#8217;ve been using it for years \u2014 even creating an AI hyperfake pop star avatar, Couldy Heart. How has your experience been in using these tools that largely didn\u2019t exist even five years ago?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I like being in that space where there\u2019s so much hate, and the energy is constantly changing [based on] what people are triggered by. It\u2019s important to always engage with new tools as a way to critique the world. And for me, AI is the ultimate reflection of this collapse of consensus reality; it accelerates and reflects our inability to discern what&#8217;s real.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper___N97kr ad___MM81U\">\n<div id=\"inpost-ad-5\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"unit___LNwAM unit___LNwAM inpost-subsequent___Sc3p8 mobile\" data-cy=\"unit-inpost-subsequent-mobile\">\n<div class=\"responsive___KSmqc\">\n<div class=\"wrapper___owmfY\">\n<div class=\"alignmentContainer___haZv1\">\n<div class=\"unitPlaceholder___vMDqv placeholder___Tc5SZ inpost-subsequent___VUHkN loading___zCmWo\">\n<div class=\"fallback___rq4GK\"><span class=\"fallback-text___XWrfo\"><span class=\"step-1___Symfg\">Want to stay in the loop?<\/span><span class=\"step-2___oq_v8\">We&#8217;ve got you covered<\/span><span class=\"step-3___Fqlu0\">Download the<br \/>\nHighsnobiety\u00a0App now<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\"><strong>Your newest work, \u201cMain Stream Media,&#8221; is based around the idea of MTV being the final monoculture. Do you think anything like that could ever exist again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph___lU_Ty paragraph-paragraph10___Jilbr contentParagraph___u9L2Q paragraph___bcvQh\">I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen, but the closest thing I feel to that kind of shared reference point is the language of the internet itself. It makes for a fun challenge: how do you rise above the millions upon millions of other artists making work online who are not part of the rarefied, upper-echelon high art world? That\u2019s partly why I started. 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