The UCLA Design Media Art Lecture Series welcomes Jon Rafman, Wednesday 1/28, at 5pm in the EDA to give his talk "Songs for dead malls 2026," this will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. This lecture is free and open to the public!

As an artist, filmmaker, and essayist, his work centers around the emotional, social and existential impact of technology on contemporary life.
Rafman's work focuses on technology and digital media, often using narrative to emphasize the ways in which they connect users back to society and history. Much of his work focuses on melancholy in modern social interactions, communities and virtual realities.