JACK FOX | Two Trees, 2023

The work in this publication is titled Apophenia which is “the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things”. The term, I must admit, has origins with negative connotations towards delusions; however, I am using this term in a more light-hearted, less sterile way. I am looking at these moments as delusions of a sort, in light of the fact that I do harp on and obsess over the way a friend leaps from a dune, the moon illuminates a spiderweb, the beauty of my best friend's body at the beach. It is in these intricacies that I convince my all too often cynical self that magic exists in some way. That the short time I have may not have some grand meaning or result but that everything is connected regardless of human intervention & smothering of the world, and that all that exists craves harmony.

BIO

Jack Fox (B. 2000) is a visual artist based in Richmond, Virginia. His long-form photographic projects are concerned with the surreal, the inexplicable, and phenomenological patterns. The work he produces considers all of this through the elasticity of memory, intimacy, and deep study of his familiar surroundings. He invokes a sense of magical realism within the landscape that can be seen as a gentle, momentary escape. The end goal of his process is to achieve a deeper, contemporary understanding of human connection both with one another and the natural world. The installations in his ongoing series Quiet From Here use a variety of techniques and materials to reify the multiplicity of meanings in the work. He frequently uses concrete and wood in his practice to invoke common materiality and the growing scarcity of solitude that human intervention allows for. In short, the materials serve as a reminder of the challenges in the attempt of momentary escape. In May of 2023, this body of work was published by Virginia based photography book publisher Pomegranate Press. In 2023 he received a BFA in Photography and Film from Virginia Commonwealth University. His publications are in the collections of the Harvard Houghton Library, William & Mary  Earl Gregg Swem Library, the VCU Cabell Library Special Collections, and the New York Public Library. He has lectured at William & Mary University. He has worked with clients such as the New York Times Magazine, Outside Magazine, and Interscope Records.