Lauren John Joseph

La JohnJoseph makes queer work at the intersection of performance, text and video installation, which investigates the friction between gender identity, religious faith and  social class.

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They have presented performances at the Royal Opera House; Deutsche Opera; Bristol Old Vic; Barbican; Schaubühne; Art Basel Hong Kong; SF MoMA; Dixon Place, NY; Martin-Gropius Bau; Fancy Him, Tokyo; La Java, Paris; and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói. They have exhibited work in group shows in the US, UK, and Germany and are currently artist-in-residence as part of London Borough of Culture.

The Jerwood New Work Fund will support a step change for Lauren John Joseph from performance into artist moving-image through a six-month research period. Specifically this will focus on researching historical representations of gender non-conforming bodies, alongside the  contemporary “deep fake”, in order to engage the destabilising debate around “authentic” bodies/selves from a trans* stand point.

www.laurenjohnjoseph.com

 

182cm Queenie (on set documentation), La John Joseph. Image: Elle Brotherhood