Joseph Richardson (English artist)

Joseph Richardson is a UK artist and co-founder of Ultimate Holding Company an arts collective based in Manchester. Joseph has been involved in a number of collaborative projects including ext-inkt[1] and Polari Mission[2] an artistic exhibition demonstrating Polari’s social, cultural and political importance.[3] This exhibition included the creation of a Polari smart phone app that "provides English to Polari translation".[4]

Other collaborators include artists Jez Dolan and Jai Redman (of Ultimate Holding Company).

References

  1. ↑ BBC News (15 December 2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8414000/8414067.stm
  2. ↑ Manchester Evening News (4 August 2012) http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/secret-gay-language-polari-gets-692422
  3. ↑ University of Manchester, The John Rylands Library (Friday, 16 August 2013 to Sunday, 02 February 2014) http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/exhibitions/polarimission/
  4. ↑ The Jewish Daily Forward (26th August 2013) http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/182934/saving-polari/#ixzz2uLiX56BD