Event Jon Rafman and Ho Rui An

Jon Rafman and Ho Rui An

Exhibition opening:

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 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.

Jon Rafman 'Main Stream Media Network' 2025.

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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