Jovi Juan is an artist, documentary filmmaker, writer, and technologist living in Bedfordshire, England. He began his career as an assistant to the renowned minimalist sculptor Donald Judd and went on to a teaching position at the University of the Philippines where he taught Art History, Photography and Installation. While there, he also served as a film critic and editor to several widely circulated newspapers and magazines. After returning to the United States, he completed a Masters at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University and later worked as a designer and programmer at the digital studio R/GA Interactive. From 2006-2020, he led interactive graphics teams at The Wall Street Journal as art director and technical director in New York and London, where his work garnered recognition from The Loeb Foundation, the Society of News Design, The Webby Awards, and The British Journalism Awards. He recently finished his first fiction film, “HYPER▣EXT”, which he wrote, directed, and produced. His art has been exhibited in New York, London, Venice, San Francisco, Marfa, Texas, and Cebu City, Philippines.
Set in our fast approaching future, HYPER▣EXT revolves around a wealthy Filipina financier arguing on the London Underground with her husband over a stream of text messages. As the thrust and parry of their discussion moves from the prurient details of their relationship to more intimate and personal revelations, observers worm their way in. Prying eyes look over her shoulder while tech company filters and algorithms mine their discourse for oh-so-helpful consumer based solutions to their problems.
