Joseph Hughes

artistiek onderzoek - communicatie - design - digitale technologie - educatie

The body of my work ricochets between design & art, the amateur and the professional; but always between the intersection of communication and language. Incorporating: new ways of seeing and accessible playfulness, seamlessly blending formal (graphic) design tropes with wit and humour parodying casual seriousness and non committal provocations. Instigated to inspire imaginations into those whom just might need it the most. My practice is interdisciplinary exploring potentials and limits, with work demonstrating both conceptual rigour and applied experience(s) (within both material and form). The idea is critical to the core of my approach. Mostly I rely, unrestricted by knowledge, capitalising on experimentation, intuition and improvisation.

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    • liberté, égalité, fraternité, internet, 2016 – ongoing - post- rationalisation research study, Image scan of Kodak portra 400, 120mm Photo: Alexandra Sonnemans
    qr cube, 2016 - 8.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm - rubix cube, square printed stickers
    paris in the spring?, 2019 - 30 x 30 x 2 cm - screen print on canvas
    perpetual progression, 2017 - variable dimensions, 01:00 minute looped video - slinky, triptych monitor installation, Art Rotterdam - Intersections
    echo chamber, 2016 - variable dimensions - arduino, daisy chained LED’s, motion sensors - prototype for Google dev art, competition.
    fire flag, re-printed, 2nd edition 2018, - 100 × 150 × 0.3 cm - digital print on nylon 115gr/m2
    kunstwerk #2, completed 2017 – - exterior paint and primer in one - commission by ZUS architects, Badhouverdrop A9, 52.34993762211332, 4.753406592406954
    a mimicry to memory, 2021 - Terracotta, 28 x 28 x 28 cm Cast of limited edition Supreme x Spalding professional basketball in a Terracotta slip, fired at 1100 Celsius. Edition of 55
    one year of tweets, 2016 - Reading exactly one year of my Twitter feed as a performance. Performed gallery Vivid, Rotterdam. Photo: Marijke Appelman
    6 sign posts, 2016 - 6 sign posts (salvaged from ZUS in a former architectural biennial) were recycled during Art Rotterdam in 2016, Intersections, in collaboration with the Free Stage Vector, 75B & Folkert de Jong. The sign posts would be repositioned (often by the visiting public) near art works through out the art fair, while the A2 printed statements would also change giving a more democratic and critical commentary through out the show.