John Lee is a computer hacker, creative futurist, writer/director, artist, and professor.

Co-founder of RIP SPACE, an AI-native culture lab whose current export is Vibe Code Jam — live collaborative coding events with AI. The recent NYC event with Anthropic and Rhizome drew 1,400 attendees.

Strategic Foresight & Futures Thinking
Working with think tanks on long-term technological and social trends. Association of Professional Futurists member. Currently exploring democratic intelligence systems and AI governance, and previewing Atlas 11, a private global OSINT tool.

Cybersecurity & Hacker Culture
Historical perspective on the evolution of hacking, current threat landscape, and ethical implications of emerging technologies.

AI & Creative Technology
Practical applications of AI in creative fields, including machine learning for content generation and human-AI collaboration.

Kennedy Center AI Expert
Hauser Wirth Ursula Mag 2025
AI Vibe Code Jam Creator
AI Debate Event Creator (2026)
Artist
Director
Writer
Visiting Professor
RIP SPACE [Riot in Process]
Association of Professional Futurists
Solarpunk
Hacker
Cyber Warfare
Cover of Wired Magazine
60 Minutes
PS1/MOMA
Wikipedia

Selected Press


Compass Magazine: The Algorithm War
Full Issue (May/June 2026)
Part 1 of 3 on algorithmic warfare

Hauser Wirth - Ursula Magazine

Wired Magazine
60 Minutes
Village Voice
Japanese TV NHK Interview
Aliya S. King: interview
Lisa Ling x John Threat
Eagle TV: Zukunft Garten
Cover of Washington Post Style Section
Inside Magazine
The Industry Standard
SHIFT Magazine
MASS APPEAL

Memory Thieves Teaser Music Video: Allen Farben
Music Video: MNDR
DEAD Prez Doc for Starz
OIL: AI Generated Conspiracy Doc
ORCA: AI Generated Conspiracy Doc

Selected Work:

Narrative:

The Drone Thief
The Undefeatable Hacking Agency
Emily Makes the World Go Round: Space DJ
The Memory Thieves original treatment

Articles:
The WaterGee Speculative Fiction For Compass Mag

Music Video Treatments:
Young The Giant - Mind Over Matter
Little Mix: Move
Bruno Mars - Young Girls
Cailin Russo - Pink Sand

Documentary:
There Is No Tomorrow
The Dark Side Of Gaming

Zukunft Garten Installation 2023 Winzig Zukunft Garten 2025 [live at LACMA]
Gen Zeit: Multi-user climate change futures

Geil Zeit
Denniston Hill artist in residence
PS1/MOMA artist in residence

Selected Public Associations:

Association of Professional Futurists
VISIONS 2030

Hacktivism//Rebellion 101 2024
Solarpunk/Hacktivism 2023
Vibe Coding for Futuring 2025

Hacker's Brew
A coffee for hackers

Vibe Code Jam
A livecode event using AI

Atlas Eleven
A private OSINT tool.

Zip Clothing
A release of Iomega/Zip products as lifestyle brand.

MVGEN.COM
A programmatic GIF video generator

Urban Expose
A journalistic experiment [sold]