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"Concerto for Brutalist Buildings" (2011)

“Joe Young is one of the most talented and innovative sound artists of our generation.” Professor Lizbeth Goodman, SMARTlab, UCD.” 

My background is in performance and composition for live theatre. Since completing the MA Design by Independent Project in 2005 at University of Brighton, and creating my first sound installation The Family Album, I have subsequently developed a body of sound and performance works for galleries, public art commissions, recorded media and the internet.

As an artist, I’ve performed nationally and internationally at Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Conflux festival (USA), Fuse Medway festival, Grey Area, Blank Gallery and The Basement in Brighton; and on tour with Curious in The moment I saw you I knew I could love you. I have guest lectured for Edge Hill University, E15 Acting School at the University of Essex, Rose Bruford College, University of Sussex and University of Brighton on the MA Digital Media Arts. My sound pieces have been published or broadcast by BBC Radio 4, Public Record, FurthernoiseOne Minute of SilenceRadio Papesse and Resonance FM.

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Recent Posts

ACE Success! The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing

My new solo performance installation The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing (which premieres in the summer of 2012) has been awarded a research and development grant by Arts Council England. The Ballad is a “noise opera” about globalisation and its effect on our high streets… Its’ intent is both humorous and confrontational, as it charts the rise of The Revolutionary Middle Classes as the “artistic vanguard” of Wall Street and the corporate hedge funds.

Other funding bids are still pending, so more details about the project will follow before the end of February. Expect a crowd funding pitch in your mailbox soon!

  1. Music for a Failed Performance Leave a reply
  2. This Saturday @ De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea Leave a reply
  3. The Colored Museum at the V&A Leave a reply
  4. Performance photographs :: Common Sounds Leave a reply
  5. COMMON SOUNDS : touching the void Comments Off
  6. Gold Dust performance pictures Leave a reply
  7. Base Sound :: Sonic Gold performances Leave a reply
  8. Exquisite Corpse opens tonight Leave a reply
  9. Shouting at Clocks! Leave a reply