Joseph Young a.k.a Giuseppe Marinetti returns to InTRANSIT Festival this year with An Other World at the V&A. Previous appearances include The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing (2013) and Revolution #10 (2014).

In this exclusive interview, he speaks with us about the art of politics and the politics of art.

Thank you for agreeing to speak with me today. I understand your schedule is busier than usual since the recent General Election. How has life in politics changed for you since then?

The General Election result, was, I think, a surprise to everybody. As a conceptual politician rather than a real one, my work is in highlighting the contradictions and absurdities of the political process and making them into art. There is certainly plenty of material at my disposal after what happened on May 7th.

Here on the South Coast, The People’s Republic of Brighton and Hove has become…