Ryder Ripps

[7] He has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles,[1][8][9] and has developed content for a number of contemporary musicians, fashion lines, and corporate brands such as Nike and Red Bull.

[10][14] Since 2019, Ripps has directed a number of music videos, and contributed photographs and designs to album artwork and advertising campaigns for Grimes (Miss Anthropocene),[15] James Blake,[16][17] and Travis Scott.

[21][24] Critic Paddy Johnson declared it one of the most offensive exhibitions of the year and Rhizome described it as "unthinking, unethical, and dull", but also that "Ripps acted in a way that was ethically unsound: It reinforced and did not interrogate inequitable power relationships.

"[27] However, reception was varied, with Sandra Song writing for Jezebel that "his series is a visceral, knee-jerk way of removing and distorting a vision of female empowerment", and also notes the title of the show is a double entendre, as "ho" is slang for prostitute.

[28][29] In 2016, Ripps exhibited Barbara Lee, an ode to the representative in Congress featuring 50,000 images downloaded from the internet covering a maquette of the Twin Towers at Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles.

[30][31] In May 2017, Ripps premiered a small installation at the Venice Biennale titled Diventare Schiavo (Become a Slave) and featuring VR works, where the public was invited to virtually pack boxes.

[39][40] In June 2022, a lawsuit against Ripps and Jeremy Cahen was filed in U.S. federal court by Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club, over his RR/BAYC project.

[39] On April 21, 2023, Judge Walter issued a summary judgment in favor of Yuga Labs in the trademark infringement case, with the amount of monetary damages to be determined in a pending trial.

The judge ruled that Ripps and Cahen sold their RR/BAYC NFTs without Yuga Labs' consent and in a manner likely to cause confusion, and had committed "false designation of origin" and "cybersquatting".