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Joseph Richardson (English artist)

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Joseph Richardson is a British artist and co-founder of Ultimate Holding Company an arts collective based in Manchester. Richardson 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, held at the John Rylands Library in Manchester from August 2013 to February 2014, 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

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  1. ^ "'My beautiful rare fungus tattoo'". BBC News. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Secret gay language Polari gets an 'appy return". Manchester Evening News. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Polari Mission: Bona Eek (The University of Manchester Library - the University of Manchester)". John Rylands Library. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ^ Jeffay, Nathan (26 August 2013). "Saving Polari". The Forward. Retrieved 9 April 2019.