Nobody Wants to Fix Things Anymore
"Nobody Wants to Fix Things Anymore" is a short film about a lost man who finds a special rock.
The narrative uses AI generated images and speech, surveillance photographs, and original video to weave together a story of the search for a kindred spirit.
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Joseph WilcoxDirector
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Joseph WilcoxWriter
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Project Type:Experimental
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Runtime:4 minutes
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Completion Date:March 10, 2023
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Lydian StaterLong Island City, NY
United States
March 10, 2023 -
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film FestivalMorgantown, WV
United States
April 14, 2023
By adopting the roles of image gatherer, documentarian, object-maker, and organizer, Joseph Wilcox explores how institutional control, political systems, and social power structures undermine individual & collective autonomy. He is the co-founder and director of Lydian Stater and has been an artist-in-residence at the NARS Foundation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, HATCH Projects at the Chicago Artists Coalition, and LATITUDE Chicago. Solo and two-person exhibitions include Good Children Gallery (New Orleans, LA), Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL), and The Rangefinder Gallery (Chicago, IL). He received his MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design and his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design. He lives and works in Brooklyn.