Event Quarter Three Exhibition Opening

Quarter Three Exhibition Opening

Jon Rafman and Hou Rui An

17 July 2026
6pm

Celebrate the opening of Quarter Three with a major new solo exhibition by acclaimed Canadian artist Jon RafmanMemento Hikikomori. Rafman’s approach is exploratory and anthropological, scraping the recesses of the internet as he charts the dark heart of the digital world. Memento Hikikomori brings together works that contend with the technological mediation of memory, the formation of selfhood and identity, and the unconscious of collective online experience.

In the IMA’s screening room Ho Rui An’s video Ultimate Coin Test China High-Speed Rail (2018) offers a playful critique of China’s rapid modernisation and the appeal of stability within the chaos of late capitalism. Ho appropriates a viral internet phenomenon, in which passengers on Chinese bullet trains film coins standing perfectly upright on their edges at speeds exceeding 300km/h, proving the incredible smoothness and engineering stability of China’s rail network.

Jon Rafman Main Stream Media Network, 2025 HD video, stereo sound Dimensions and runtime variable Edition of 5 + 2 AP MSPM JRA E 60707

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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