Joseph Griffiths

Public space works, Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking, Artist books, Urban history.

Joseph Griffiths explores urbanisation as a form of sculpture. His research-based projects respond to specific sites through drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, video and interventions in public space. He studies the transformations of local materials, landscapes and watercourses that have shaped the cities where he lives and works. He approaches these histories from the ground, learning from people and places first-hand. These relationships reveal the social context and complexity underlying the ruins, edgelands and infrastructures he’s drawn to. His recent research has traced the circulation of water through cities, understanding how water infrastructures entwine broader ecosystems, and mapping the impacts of urbanisation on the water-cycle. Groundwater contamination in urban aquifers, brutalist engineering of creeks, and the complex history of fountains have inspired recent artworks. He lives and works on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne, Australia.

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