- Joe Rush
Joe Rush , born1960 , influenced by the film 'Mad Max' and 'Judge Dredd' comics, was the co-originator of the travelling multi media art groupMutoid Waste Company , anunderground art collective who specialised in building large scale installations out of waste material. Throughout the eighties he built techno-industrial sculptures at parties andfestivals , and then travelled across both Western and Eastern Europe to continue the work. From making a "car henge" at Glastonbury (stone circle made out of cars), he progressed to using armoured personnel carriers and fighter planes in Germany after the fall of theBerlin Wall . Joe is one of the most innovative and influential artists in the UK. After leaving Britain for many years, he returned to the UK where he and his crew became involved with robotics and animation, as well as organising Mutoid Waste Company projects around the world. He seldom washes, and many colleagues have remarked that he is somewhat odorous.He is not to be confused with
Joe Rush , British washboard player and percussionist, who has played withGood Earth ,Mungo Jerry , and theKing Earl Boogie Band .External links
* [http://oldes.multimedia.cz/huhuman/h-secret.htm Mutoid Waste Co.]
* [http://www.art-tube.com/carriage3.html Carriage 3]
* [http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2005/overview.html Portobello Film Festival]
* [http://www.envision.org.uk/madlondon/env_madsculptures_text.html Mutoid waste co.]
* [http://www.sixseventeen.co.uk/europe/pages/014.htm Pisa]
* [http://www.mutoid-waste-company.com/index.htm Mutoid waste]
* [http://www.archive.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ article/+green/+mutoidwastecompa/index.html Glastonbury sculptures]
* [http://www.urban75.org/photos/glasto/glasto106.html Glastonbury]
* [http://www.london.sorted.org/mutoid.html Parties/ invention of the rave]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/dance/politics/04cooke.htm Early days]
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