JOSEPH WILCOX
In my practice, I use found and constructed photographs as part of an interdisciplinary approach to art-making; including video, moving image, sculpture, and printed works. I’m interested in understanding systems of power and then working to subvert those systems in order to reflect on their conditions. I often use the internet, pop culture, and mass media as a source for inspiration, images, and content to create work that focuses on power, politics, and money.
THOUGHTS ON THE LAB
My time at Latitude coincided with a significant shift in my art practice, allowing me to close one chapter and begin another. While there, I produced an artist book/zine that chronicled work I had made while teaching in various schools between 2009 and 2017. At the same time, I was scanning negatives and creating large-format prints for an upcoming exhibition at Chicago Artists Coalition, a body of work that would lay the groundwork for my current art and filmmaking practice.
I didn’t know it at the time, but my time at Latitude also became an opportunity to be in community with artists and friends I had met while living in Chicago, before I would move away from the city the following year.