World’s Fair Use Day is thrilled to announce that artist Jon Rafman will be joining our panel on visual art. Throughout his career, Jon has repurposed and recontextualized images in a variety of mediums. His work ranges from large-scale canvases of Google Street View screenshots to tours of the Second Life universe conducted by the Kool-Aid Man. As part of his appearance at WFUD, Jon will be conducting “Kool-Aid Man in Second Life” tours during our post-event happy hour, so be sure to stick around after the event for some surreal fun.
Jon Rafman is an artist, filmmaker, and essayist. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Literature from McGill University and a M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has gained international attention and has been exhibited at Fotofest Gallery in Houston, FutureEverything in Manchester, the Woodmill in London, Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Future Gallery in Berlin, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, and the New Museum in NYC. Rafman’s “Nine Eyes of Google Street View” project has been featured in Modern Painter, Der Speigel, Wired, NPR, Libération, and Harper’s Magazine.
