About Joseph
Baltimore City
Joseph Faura is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and media maker currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. He has worked as a video editor, graphic designer, web developer, and professor. He holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from Florida State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Imaging and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
His passions include hand-made and digital collage, animation, and participatory experiences.… more
His passions include hand-made and digital collage, animation, and participatory experiences.… more
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Two Moons, or Why The Full Moon Hates Me
Two Moons, or Why the Full Moon Hates Me is a participatory installation that invites viewers to create collages on glowing orbs by arranging transparent cutouts of animal heads, human body parts, and random objects on overhead projectors. Participants were asked to take instagram images of their creations and tag them #moonhatesme.
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Two MoonsInstallation view. Detail of overhead projector.
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Two MoonsInstallation view. Detail of transparent image
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Two MoonsInstallation view. Detail of transparent image
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Two MoonsInstallation View, September 2012
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Two MoonsInstallation view, September 2012
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Two MoonsInstructional Booklet.
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Constellations
Constellations is a series of mixed media collages and drawings on Mylar. These drawings fabricate constellations out of imaginary star clusters, with arbitrarily assigned numbers. Images emerge from these clusters in the form of archetypes. They accompany the drawings, and were inspired by the trump cards of the Tarot.
This body of work maps modern and ancient archetypes onto made-up celestial objects. Critiquing the notion that our culture’s predominant worldview is rational and detached, these pieces call attention to, and poke fun at, the (oc)cult aspects of our obsession with celebrity, youth, symmetry, and beauty.
This body of work maps modern and ancient archetypes onto made-up celestial objects. Critiquing the notion that our culture’s predominant worldview is rational and detached, these pieces call attention to, and poke fun at, the (oc)cult aspects of our obsession with celebrity, youth, symmetry, and beauty.
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Fashion Icon, or The Empress (EM955)collage, mixed media, graphite, ink on Mylar 28 x 40 in. (each panel)
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Matinee Idol, or The Hero (H30)collage, mixed media, graphite, ink on Mylar 28 x 40 in. (each panel)
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Death, Rebirth (D438R)collage, mixed media, graphite, ink on Mylar 28 x 40 in. (each panel)
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The Trickster (T417)collage, mixed media, graphite, ink on Mylar 28 x 40 in. (each panel)
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The Athlete (A358)collage, graphite, ink, mixed media on Mylar 20 x 28 in.
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ConstellationsInstallation View
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans explores animal-human hybrids and other archetypes through the contemporary lens of celebrity culture. As part of my MFA thesis exhibition, the work was expanded to include the Ganesh Lagerfeld series, which depicts a hybridized image of the popular Indian deity Ganesha and the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in the forms of a hand-made collage, a life-sized replica mounted on a double-sided light box, and an animation that shows Ganesh interacting with paparazzi. The exhibit also included a second animation titled Wrestling the Minotaur, and series of hand-made and digital collages.
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Clash of the TitansInstallation View, September 2012
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Clash of the TitansInstallation View with Ganesh Lagerfeld, and animation
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Ganesh LagerfeldHigh Definition Digital Animation. Running Time: 2:00 mins
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Wrestling the MinotaurHigh Definition Digital Animation. Running Time: 2:00 mins
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Ganesh LagerfeldDetail
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Ganesh LagerfeldDigital C Print on polymer film mounted on two-sided wooden light box 46 x 74 x 16 in. (each object)
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Clash of the TitansInstallation view. Detail of hand-made collages.
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Clash of the TitansInstallation View of digital and hand-made collages. Mixed media collages on canvas 24 x 24 in. (each piece) Digital C Prints 12 x 16 in. (each print)
Full Moon 2010
Full Moon, 2010 is a series of ritual performances that centered around the full moon, which took place about an hour after the moonrise on the night of the full moon in May and June of 2010. They involved several activities including "moon bathing" under the moon's light, serenading the moon with classic moon songs of the past, and paying an homage to the moon using collage pieces printed on transparency film and an overhead projector.A series of ritual performances centered around the full moon that took place about an hour after the moonrise on the night of the full moon in May and June of 2010.
They involved several activities including "moon bathing" under the moon's light, serenading the moon with classic moon songs of the past, and paying an homage to the moon using collage pieces printed on transparency film and an overhead projector.
They involved several activities including "moon bathing" under the moon's light, serenading the moon with classic moon songs of the past, and paying an homage to the moon using collage pieces printed on transparency film and an overhead projector.
The Sporting Life
Taken from an online collection of early 20th century glass plates, these digital montages explore the restricted world of male homosocial environments. Photographs of young men in athletic or leisurely poses are superimposed on desolate backgrounds. The images of the young men are often multiplied and arranged on the page as to suggest a kind of movement, or dance taking place. Their poses reflect a sense of naivety about their seeming sexuality in front of the camera. The images themselves are trying to explore a male-male desire that homosocial environments of the time, such as sports, boarding school, universities, the military and even boy scouts, seemed to welcome.
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Dance with MeInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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The CoupleInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Don't StopInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Keep on RunningInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Long Live the GameInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Practice Your PunchInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Boxing is A Way of LifeInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Swimmer's BuildInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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The ShowerInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"
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Stay CoolInkjet print, transparency. Size 16" x 12"