10 West: Stunning Collection of "Full Spectrum" Art & Poetry Creates New Crisis in Words, Exposing Los Angeles' Powerful New Language. There is no archetype for what I do. There are so many America's & Los Angeles is the city at the end of the world. I use the signs of our culture but my writing leads you somewhere else. This updated language is not a mirror of American society. It is a spectacle. I write to tell us something that will save us from ourselves. The poems in 10west are the deepest darkest secrets that let us know we're not alone. 10west bridges the gaps between working-class & freedom- intellectualism & the illusions of realism. The art of 10west is to say what can't be said.

Joe Wright is a full spectrum artist and writer working at the Downtown Playground Art Collective in Los Angeles California. Born and raised in Nevada he grew up in casinos and speakeasies which has influenced his subject matter. When he was 12 his dad taught him how to drive on the 375-Extraterrestrial Highway on gambling trips between Reno and Las Vegas. Over the years he has dealt every game and witnessed a lot of unexplained events in the dark galaxies over Nevada's neon roads. Joe is a UNLV Runnin' Rebel and a card playing battleship.