Dream Journal 2016–2019 (2019)
This single-channel video explores the effects of technology and information overload on the contemporary psyche. Set in a virtual tech-noir urban space populated by strange hybrids of non-humans and augmented people, part of the expansive, fractured narrative focuses on the continued adventures of Xanax Girl and her search for her companion—a hybrid dog/seal with the head of a boy—who has been abducted. The film, which arose from the artist’s daily practice of animating his dreams using hobbyist 3D software, weaves together deep-web imagery with hardboiled detective story tropes and repressed libidinal fantasies to create a nightmarish vision of an internet addict’s unconscious. The film features an original score by Oneohtrix Point Never and James Ferraro.
Director: Jon Rafman
| Editing | Jon Rafman | Editor |
| Writing | Jon Rafman | Writer |
| Directing | Jon Rafman | Director |
| Sound | Daniel Lopatin | Music |
| Sound | James Ferraro | Music |
