Joseph Young.
Joseph Young lives and works between Britain, Ireland and Germany. An established artist and researcher working in sound, performance and inclusive design, he was awarded an Irish Research Council scholarship for his practice-based PhD at SMARTlab UCD, “Killruddery: Listening to the Archive” (2019-2023). In April 2024, his geo-located soundtrail “The Ancestors,” was officially opened to the public alongside a limited edition publication “Mapping the Ancestors,” commissioned by Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray. An accompanying vinyl album “Sonic Hauntings in a Big House” was released in December 2024 by Farpoint Recordings, supported by The Arts Council, An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Recent exhibitions include “Edges,” Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland & Watts Gallery, UK (2024); “Immersion,” Soft Machine Gallery, USA (2023); “The Destruction of Language (after Le Madame),” Venice Architecture Biennale (2023); “Make Futurism Great Again,” Estorick Collection, UK (2018); “The Missing Paintings,” Towner Art Gallery, UK (2017).
Website: www.artofnoises.com
Circa Regna Tonat - It thunders throughout the realm
Location: Alexandra Park
Walk starts from the Deacon Street Entrance
The island of Ireland has been subject to many climatic events over the centuries and the idea of the storm has particular resonance for our post-pandemic era. The basis for this work comes from binaural recordings made in the aftermath of Storm Brendan on the Killruddery estate in County Wicklow.
The text you hear comes from a poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt (1536) after witnessing the beheading of Anne Boleyn, the reverberations of which resonated throughout the kingdom. Now, as we consider a very different world unfolding in the future, the stillness of Alexandra Park offers us a space in which to consider the echoes of what came before and what is yet to come…