Past Resident

Joshua Short

Joshua Short’s work blurs the line between audience, artwork, and performer, inviting the viewer to complete the art. Much like the all-American spectacle of pro-wrestling, the audience is part of the performance. The action of entering into the artwork as a participant generates a more authentic experience by suspending the social filters that we carry into everyday life. Short uses cultural detritus as a point of departure. The inherited meanings found within cast-off objects combined with his artistic sensibilities creates an altered space that frames contemporary American Mythologies and Rituals.