Jon Rafman is a pretty successful contemporary artist who mainly recontextualizes material from dark corners of the Internet (4chan, etc.) The last show of his

Jon Rafman is a pretty successful contemporary artist who mainly recontextualizes material from dark corners of the Internet (4chan, etc.) The last show of his I attended featured silicon dolls covered in sharpy that you could play with (they were pre-lubed) and elaborate reproductions of troll caves. Here's an article about the darknet in art and music, which mentions Jon and others: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/23/musicians-embrace-darknet-uncensored-internet-web-surveillance http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/23/musicians-embra.... His recent videos are incredible: https://vimeo.com/jonrafman https://vimeo.com/jonrafman. y'all might appreciate: – Mainsqueeze: https://vimeo.com/100324610 https://vimeo.com/100324610 (chan culture stuff) – A Man Digging: https://vimeo.com/68070261 https://vimeo.com/68070261 (GTA) – Kool-Aid Man in Second Life: http://koolaidmaninsecondlife.com/ http://koolaidmaninsecondlife.com/ (Second Life) Many of my artist friends are working with themes in this area, from fan fiction and chan culture to online poker, infosec, government surveillance, etc.