Jon Rafman UK

Catalogue published in connection with Louisiana's exhibition Nine Eyes with the Canadian artist Jon Rafman (b. 1981) in the fall of 2025. The exhibition is the first full-scale presentation of the project in a museum and consists of over 50 large framed street views installed in scenographic environments designed in collaboration with the artist

Nine Eyes is considered Jon Rafman's breakthrough work and focuses on both the everyday and existential aspects of life in a digital surveillance society. The story behind Jon Rafman's seminal work, Nine Eyes, dates back to 2007, when Google sent an army of hybrid cars on a never-ending mission. Each car was equipped with nine cameras, GPS and laser scanners and the aim was to photograph every highway, country road and dirt path in the world. 

Rafman began creating an archive of these images in 2008, collecting them from countless blogs and websites, as well as becoming part of the culture and finding his own images. Nine Eyes is a never-ending work that continues to be updated by the artist from time to time. Although it is still unfinished, it stands as a pioneering work both in Rafman's career and in 21st century art history.