Flaunt alum [Jon Rafman](https://flaunt.com/content/art/jon-rafman?rq=rafman) has been collecting screen shots from Google Street view from around the world since 2008: _Nine Eyes of Google Street View._ A selection from the series—16 images organized into a slideshow—is currently presented by Sprueth Magers in a virtual exhibition. .
Rafman’s practice is rooted in a multimedia exploration of digital technologies and the communities they create. His manner of curation is precise, with a range of locations and times, oscillating from haunting to ethereal, and typically return to familiar Rafman tropes: alienation, nostalgia, loneliness and grief.
Jon Rafman
_3201 Pontiac St., Denver, Colorado, USA 2020_
Archival pigment print
40 x 64 inches
To accompany this presentation of “Nine Eyes of Google Street View”, the gallery has commissioned novelist Ned Beauman for an accompanying text piece, “The Slowdown.” Beauman offers an abstract exploration into a future devoid of time. In combination with Rafman’s imagery, the results elicit a contemplative navigation of digital landscapes, and beneficial or not, the innate human desire to find connection.
View the full exhibition [here](https://spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/jon-rafman-9-eyes/) on Sprüth Magers’ site.
Jon Rafman
_17 praça Conselheiro Joāo Alredo, State of Bahia, Brasil_, 2020
Archival pigment print
40 x 64 inches
Jon Rafman
_Via Guglielmo Marconi, Grottaglie, Puglia, Italy, 2013_
Archival pigment print on dibond aluminum
40 x 64 inches
Jon Rafman
_58 Lungamore 9 Maggio, Bari Apuglia, Italia, 2009_
Archival pigment print on dibond aluminum
40 x 64 inches
