Joshua Brown
Sculpture & combined media
Limerick School of Art and Design
Specialisms: Sculpture / Digital Arts / Sound Art
Location: Limerick, Ireland
Joshua Brown
First Name: Joshua
Last Name: Brown
Specialisms: Sculpture / Digital Arts / Sound Art
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My Location: Limerick, Ireland
University / College: Limerick School of Art and Design
Course / Program Title: Sculpture & combined media
About
Joshua Brown (County Clare, Ireland) is a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, digital media, and sound. He studied Sculpture and Combined Media at Limerick School of Art and Design.
His creative journey began with music and sound, later evolving into video as a visual extension of his compositions. Over time, his practice shifted toward the visual arts, expanding into sculpture and mixed media. Often merging sculptural objects with audio-visual elements, his work explores themes of sustainability, memory, and deterioration.
Material reuse and recyclability are central to the construction of his sculptural pieces, while his audio-visual practice—shaped by sample culture—reflects a critical interest in ownership and creativity.
Drawing on a varied background as a tree surgeon, house renovator, and with a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Joshua combines technical precision with conceptual exploration in his artistic process.
Altar to the Fallacy of Perpetual Growth is an audiovisual sculptural installation that interrogates the ideology of limitless expansion within capitalist systems. The work consists of seventeen reclaimed computer monitors, mounted on a steel and concrete base. Each screen is driven by a networked microcomputer, playing a 1 hour and 15 minute video piece on continuous loop. The videos are slightly delayed from one monitor to the next, creating a cascading visual and temporal sequence across the installation. By staging this choreography of recycled hardware and staggered playback, the work points to the contradictions of technological innovation bound to the demand for perpetual growth. The altar-like form highlights the ritualistic devotion to expansion that underpins contemporary digital culture, what Gerry McGovern has described as the “Growth Death Cult.”
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