100th Anniversary Art of Noises manifesto

On March 11th 2013 it will be one hundred years since Luigi Russolo penned the Art of Noises manifesto in the form of a letter to fellow futurist composer Francesco Pratella. In honour of this auspicious anniversary I will be unleashing a “noise triptych” to commemorate Russolo’s life and work. First of all, will be a…

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Noticeboard

Documentation from the studio… The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing (R&D 2012) #skinnyvintage

Kinetica Art Fair 2013

I’m looking forward to performing at the Kinetica Art Fair on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd March. I will be attending the preview on the 27th Feb to record the sounds of the fair (voices, installations, ambience) which I will then edit and conduct with in a performance using the Sonic Baton; constructed and designed…

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London Art Fair

My interview films showing at the Axis stand at this year’s London Art Fair.

Final Light

 ** Luminous Experiments for Glowing Creatures ** (curated by Kate Genevieve of Chroma Collective) Phoenix Gallery & Studios, Brighton 8pm-midnight 21st Dec 2012 I’ll be performing “Untitled” – a short series of junk emails with urban soundscapes and “All Aglow”  – conducting noise with the Sonic Baton; at 8.45pm in the main gallery space. More…

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Easy Target

More fabulous archive material… This time a collaboration from 1998 with director Tim Newton. Easy Target is a short film about a small-time contract killer, inspired by British gangster films of the 1960’s. My soundtrack draws heavily on music from the period, particularly the James Bond movies and On the Corner by Miles Davies. Easy…

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Archive: Vote for The Listening Ears!

One from the archives… This performative rant was filmed by Margherita Gremagna as part of Artists Don’t Bite in Maidstone, back in 2008. The LIstening Ears were eventually realised this year at Tate Britain as part of Ear Walks. Vote for The Listening Ears (2008) from Joseph Young on Vimeo.

Part 2 of Axis interview

In the second part of our interview with Joseph, we ask him how the art world has changed since 1991, the year Axisweb was founded. He tells us how important the web is in promoting your practice and how he finds being a member of the Axisweb Artist Directory. It also contains two performances by…

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Return of the Listening Ears

Return of The Listening Ears Binaural sound; glass head; Perspex; inkjet photograph (2012)   First seen in 2008 as a performative rant on the streets of Maidstone, “The Listening Ears” return to the Medway in the form of a sound sculpture. The ears serve as a focus for the act of listening as the viewer…

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0-1

I designed the sound for 0-1…Immersive binaural soundscapes to invoke a digital deity. 0-1: a home for your digital soul 0-1 is a divine digital presence that manifests itself on mobile phones, enabling the user to have a dialogue with an unknown deity. Using artificial intelligence conversation agent software it learns from the queries put…

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Fabrica 20th Sept 2012

Last Thursday at Fabrica in Brighton I was given the chance to present a work-in-progress showing of my latest installation The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing. An invited audience listened to the sound pieces and a presentation of the project, as well as a short performance with the newly commissioned Sonic Baton, made for me…

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Squeezing profit from the moment (2012)

Squeezing profit from the moment from Joseph Young on Vimeo. My new Super 8 film “Squeezing Profit from the Moment” is available now on Vimeo. The film was made as part of the R&D phase of The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing. #skinnyvintage

Sand Pilot by Invisible Flock

After the gorgeous Sea of Voices in this year’s Brighton Festival, in which I mentored students from the MA Digital Media to create soundscapes to embed in a mobile app; I am taking flight to the North of England to contribute sounds to the latest project by the extremely talented and hard-working Invisible Flock. Sand…

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A Requiem for Grey Area

I shall be performing a brand new piece with my newly commissioned Sonic Baton tomorrow evening around 9pm. A Requiem for Grey Area will feature sounds recorded on the evening, manipulated and performed using Ableton Live. Vacation Grey Area 31/08/12 7.30 – 10pm GMT Featuring performances by SPASKI, Joseph Young, Gary Goodman & MORE! After…

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Enter : Talawa Young Peoples Theatre (2012)

I’ve been working alongside a group of young people at Talawa Theatre in London, doing the sound design for a devised theatre piece at the Embassy Theatre at Central School of Speech & Drama. Come and see this next week – it’s going to be a corker! Such a great young cast… More info here

The Listening Ears (2012)

I have been commissioned by Tate Britain to run a series of silent soundwalks or “Ear Walks” around the gallery as part of a participatory day of art events for families on June 9th 2012 for BP Saturdays: Tate Together. The Listening Ears (above) are the development of a design first proposed for Artists Don’t Bite…

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Talawa this summer

Just heard that I’m going to be working on the sound design for a devised piece with the excellent Talawa theatre co. I can’t believe it’s a year since the show at the V&A!!!

Boxpark

A derive around the commercialised “alternative” shopping space with Harry Ross and Helen Scarlett O’Neill of Fruit for the Apocalypse. #skinnyvintage