Opening Jon Rafman This Stedelijk Friday Night you can lose yourself in the far-flung corners of the web in the world of avatars, online subcultures and fetish communities. Canadian artist Jon Rafman (1981) explores the social effects of digital media in his video films and installations. The artist is fascinated by how the boundless possibilities of the Internet and virtual platforms affect and redefine our behavior, social life, and even personal identity. In his work he oscillates between wit, melancholy and alienation. Rafman is regarded as one of the leading artists of the digital age. Josephine Bosma is a journalist and critic living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She focuses on art in the context of the internet. Bosma is one of only a few critics in the Netherlands that have followed art in the context of the internet from the early nineties till the post-internet practices of today. In 2011 her book Nettitudes - Let's Talk Net Art appeared, which lead to an external PhD candidacy at the University of Amsterdam. Some recent texts and interviews by Bosma have been Post-Digital is Post-Screen in Post-Digital Research (2014) and Missing Links in Frieze D/E (2014). In 2015, Josephine Bosma was part of the jury for the Prix Net Art, a co-production of Rhizome in New York and Chronus Art Center and Tsinghua Art and Science Media Laboratory in Beijing.

• Trefwoorden
  monografie, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam [Activiteiten/Lezingen/Muziekuitvoeringen], film, installatie, beeld- en/of geluidsdrager, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam [Tentoonstellingen]
• Persoonstrefwoord
  Jon Rafman