A busy start to 2014

Well, after a well-earned Christmas break, it’s back to work with a vengeance… I’m currently working in my studio on a new set of songs for “The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing” and we will be mounting a special one-off performance when they are ready, sometime around April/May. I’ll post details as soon…

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The Growing Manual

Neo Futurist Collective (the artist group I founded in 2008) is delighted to be included in a new publication entitled The Growing Manual. The Growing Manual works with data from artist-run collectives across the world to create an archive, a limited edition artwork, a temporary growing experiment, a publication. This is a collaborative project involving artist-run collectives /…

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Art Party 2013

A commission for a-n and AIR Council to produce an intervention at the Art Party conference organised by artist Bob & Roberta Smith. Myself and Susan Jones (director of a-n) made two interventions for the main hall – one factual and the other a performative artwork; both of them highlighted issues around our Paying Artists campaign. My piece “Articulate to…

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Radio Radio

I’ve been interviewed for a special documentary on the centenary of the publication of the Art of Noises manifesto for “Between the Ears” on Radio 3; it’s available now as a downloadable podcast on the iTunes Store. The piece is presented by composer Dan Jones and produced by Sara Jane Hall and takes a look at…

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Knitting Time, Touch Art Fair (2013)

The first ever Touch Art Fair in London this week included the audio-descriptive sound installation from Knitting Time by myself and Colin Hambrook. This celebration of haptic art included work by Jake and Dinos Chapman and was held at a former BBC building on Marylebone High St.

Knitting Time (2013)

  Colin Hambrook’s Knitting Time exhibition opened this week at Pallant House in Chichester. I created an unusual audio headphone installation to accompany Colin’s exhibition of paintings and drawings. The work features cinematic soundscapes alongside Colin’s voice, reading audio descriptions of the selected paintings, as well as extracts of the poetry that inspired the exhibition. A moving and darkly…

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Skinny Vintage Dot Com

The new website for The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing is live… Skinny Vintage Dot Com is the home of The Skinny Vintage Investment Corporation – helping you turn your trust fund into a profitable investment, through the support and development of home-grown artistic enterprise. All the latest news and links to our…

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Giuseppe sings the Recession!

The Middle Class Revolutionary Road Show rolls into town in September for the Brighton Digital Festival and World Stage Design in Cardiff. For this second leg of our tour, The Neo-Futurist Collective and Fruit For The Apocalypse transform The White Room at Phoenix Gallery Brighton into a pop up vintage emporium on September 7th, starting at 8pm sharp. The evening…

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The Ballad of Skinny Lattes & Vintage Clothing (2013)

Well we did it… The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing finally emerged to kickstart the Middle Class Revolution in West London. But not without a major hiccup…Friday night 11pm saw us without any power and by the time came around to 2pm Saturday (the time of the first performance) we were still without…

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Skinny Vintage at Trellick Tower

Designed by Ernest Goldfinger in the late 1960’s and built in 1972, Trellick Tower is an iconic feature of the West London skyline. Now Grade Two listed, it is a classic example of the Brutalist architecture movement, love it or loath it… Personally, I LOVE IT!!! So I was delighted when I was invited to…

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++STOP PRESS++ in London this week

I’m performing on the MS Stubnitz this Saturday as part of a special event hosted by Kinetica. There’s a facebook event page here for booking information. I’m running a workshop with the Sonic Baton in the afternoon and performing in the evening… Thursday and Friday evenings also see me previewing some material from “The Ballad…

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Kinetica Art Fair

A film of the performance with the Sonic Baton at Kinetica Art Fair 2013 in London. All the sounds used were originally recorded at the Private View and are controlled live in performance by the movement of the baton.

Framework Afield – Art of Noises

On 7th April 2013, the Framework Afield Edition about the Art of Noises manifesto was first broadcast on Resonance FM. You can listen to the podcast here.

The Ballad of Skinny Lattes in Berlin

I’m travelling to Berlin to take part in the 3rd annual edition of Month of Performance Art with my friends and producers Fruit for the Apocalypse. BALLAD OF SKINNY LATTES AND VINTAGE CLOTHING IN THE SURREALIST TAXI Fruit for the Apocalypse & Neo Futurist Collective The Surrealist Taxi returns to MPA-B with a performing passenger! “The…

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Cartet film

A windy, cold night in Soho Square on March 11th 2013 as The Neo Futurist Collective celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Art of Noises manifesto by Luigi Russolo with a performance of Cartet by Joseph Young.

The Works, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, 9th April 2013

I’ve been selected to take part in a new programme of artist support from Brighton Festival entitled The Works. I will be performing a new performance piece with the Sonic Baton  – “Conducting Noise” –  a live improvisation of sounds from The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing. Afterwards, I will be inviting feedback and discussion from…

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Orchestra of Ringtones (2013)

This Saturday at Jerwood Gallery Hastings I will be creating a participatory artwork entitled “Orchestra of Ringtones” using smartphones as recording and playback devices to respond to the permanent collection at the Jerwood. New commission by Clare Sheppeard on behalf of Creative Coast Funded by Arts Council England

Historic Art of Noises recording!

I’ve hinted at it in previous posts and here it is… The lost recording of Luigi Russolo performing his own “Art of Noises” manifesto, probably recorded at the Milan apartment of FT Marinetti on an Edison Phonograph. The recording is followed by an interview that I did for Onda Italiana confirming the authenticity of the…

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Cartet – Monday March 11th

Press Release for immediate dissemination The 100th Anniversary of the Art of Noises March 11th 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of a revolutionary manifesto that changed the way we think about sound and music. By The Neo Futurist Collective and  Fruit for the Apocalypse (UK) in partnership with Professor Russolo and His…

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