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Eva and Franco Mattes, My Generation, 2010. Installation view, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England

Eva and Franco Mattes, My Generation, 2010. Installation view, Plugin, Basel

Installation view, Sophia Al-Maria: The Litany, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jul 26–Oct 31, 2016. Photo: Ronald Amstutz

Installation view, Sophia Al-Maria: The Litany, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jul 26–Oct 31, 2016. Photo: Ronald Amstutz

Juliana Huxtable, Untitled (Anachronism), 2013. All images courtesy of the artist and JTT, New York

Juliana Huxtable, Untitled (Casual Power), 2015. All images courtesy of the artist and JTT, New York

Juliana Huxtable, Untitled (For Stewart), 2012. All images courtesy of the artist and JTT, New York

Two cosplayers wearing gold costumes stand in a surreal, castle-like environment. — Cao Fei, COSplayers, 2004. Courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space

A cosplayer with a scythe stands against a city skyline. — Cao Fei, COSplayers, 2004. Courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space

An older person partially blocks the camera’s view of a young cosplayer with blue hair. — Cao Fei, COSplayers, 2004. Courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space

Cao Fei, COSplayers, 2004. Courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space

Jeremy Bailey, Nail Art Museum, 2014. Courtesy of Pari Nadimi Gallery

Antoine Catala, (::( )::) (band-aid), 2014. Photo: Stephen White, courtesy of the artist, 47 Canal, New York, and Whitechapel Gallery, London

Ryan Trecartin, Still from CENTER JENNY, 2013. © Ryan Trecartin, Courtesy Regen Projects and Sprüth Magers

Ryan Trecartin, Still from CENTER JENNY, 2013. © Ryan Trecartin, Courtesy Regen Projects and Sprüth Magers

Douglas Coupland, Texas A&M, 2016. Courtesy of Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

Harm van den Dorpel, Assemblage (‘About’ press and reviews), 2012. Courtesy of the artist

Constant Dullaart, Glowing Edges_7. 10, 2014. From the series Jennifer in Photoshop, Creative Suite 6. Courtesy the artist and Carroll/Fletcher

Erin Hayden, Reading, 2015. Courtesy of the artist

Joel Holmberg, Protean, 2017. Courtesy of the artist

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Please Empty Your Pockets, 2010. Photo: John Berens, Courtesy bitforms gallery, New York © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, It’s What’s Inside That Counts, 2016. Commissioned by HOME in partnership with University of Salford Art Collection, Artpace, Zabludowicz Collection, Tate, Frieze Film and Channel 4 Random Acts © Rachel Maclean

Takeshi Murata, Golden Banana, 2011. Courtesy of the Artist and Ratio 3, San Francisco and Salon 94, New York

Trevor Paglen, Autonomy Cube, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Range Week, 2014. © Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Courtesy Regen Projects and Sprüth Magers

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Range Week, 2014. © Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Courtesy Regen Projects and Sprüth Magers

Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Consciousness Engine 2: absentblackfatherbot, 2014. © Bogosi Sekhukhuni Courtesy of STEVESON, Cape Town and Johannesburg

Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Consciousness Engine 2: absentblackfatherbot, 2014. © Bogosi Sekhukhuni Courtesy of STEVESON, Cape Town and Johannesburg

Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Consciousness Engine 2: absentblackfatherbot, 2014. © Bogosi Sekhukhuni Courtesy of STEVESON, Cape Town and Johannesburg

Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

Josh Tonsfeldt, Adrenaline Tattoo, 2015. Image courtesy the artist and Simon Preston Gallery, New York

Artie Vierkant, Plant expression constructs 4, Soybean MON89788 (Packaging Text, Leaf) (Exploit), 2015. Courtesy the artist

Andrew Norman Wilson, Workers Leaving the Googleplex, 2011. Courtesy the artist and DOCUMENT Gallery, Chicago

Andrew Norman Wilson, Workers Leaving the Googleplex, 2011. Courtesy the artist and DOCUMENT Gallery, Chicago

Thomson & Craighead Installation view, More Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience, 2014 Photo: Courtesy of the artists

Thomson & Craighead Installation view, More Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience, 2014 Photo: Courtesy of the artists

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London Courtesy the artist

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Still from Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Still from Phantom (Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name), 2014-15 Developed by ScanLab Projects, London

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Angelo Plessas, Eternal Internal Brotherhood / Sisterhood, 2012-ongoing. Copyright the artist, Courtesy The Breeder, Athens
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Angelo Plessas, Eternal Internal Brotherhood / Sisterhood, 2012-ongoing. Copyright the artist, Courtesy The Breeder, Athens
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Hito Steyerl Factory of the Sun, 2015. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased jointly by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with funds provided by Albert A. Robin by exchange, San Jose Museum of Art, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through the Board of Overseers Acquisition Fund, 2017.14 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Jon Rafman, Transdimensional Serpent, 2016. Collection Majudia
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Jon Rafman Transdimensional Serpent, 2016. Collection Majudia

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Sophia Al-Maria The Litany, 2016. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the Albert A. Robin estate by exchange, 2017.4 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Sophia Al-Maria, The Litany, 2016. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the Albert A. Robin estate by exchange, 2017.4
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018. Work shown: Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin, Range Week, 2014. Courtesy the artists, Regen Projects, and Sprüth Magers
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago June 23-October 14, 2018 Work shown: Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Range Week, 2014. Courtesy the artists, Regen Projects, and Sprüth Magers Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Amalia Ulman Excellences & Perfections (Instagram Update, 5th September 2014), 2014 Collection of Rodney D. Lubeznik and Susan D. Goodman Courtesy of the artist and Arcadia Missa

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, I Was Raised on the Internet, MCA Chicago. June 23-October 14, 2018
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Mendi + Keith Obadike Blackness for Sale, 2001 Website Courtesy of the artists

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Please Empty Your Pockets, 2010 Photo: John Berens, courtesy of bitforms gallery, New York © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Please Empty Your Pockets, 2010 Photo: John Berens, courtesy of bitforms gallery, New York © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Please Empty Your Pockets, 2010 Photo: John Berens, courtesy of bitforms gallery, New York © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Jon Rafman Transdimensional Serpent, 2016 Collection Majudia