PAUL YOUNG PORTFOLIO
INDEX
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
02 DIGITAL ART
03
3D PRINTING AND JEWELLERY
04 SUCCUMB
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Paul Young
paul.young@uq.edu.au
Paul Young’s work explores the complex relationship between the digitisation of technology and human agency in the context of will. In an era of accelerating hyperdigitalisation, he examines how humanity’s traditional constructs are simultaneously expanded and eroded. His self-reflective practice draws on intuitive and digital processes to investigate not only the hyperemotionalisation of digital expression and the emotional disconnection created by reliance on technology, but also the reclamation of self through the deliberate incorporation of imperfection and vulgarity into digital art.
Young’s work often employs distortions and abstractions, conceptually representing subliminal post-human thought and suggesting that the notion of human identity in the 21st century is increasingly ambiguous. This evolving exploration builds on his extensive background in sound design, where he has pushed the boundaries of auditory storytelling through experimental collaborations, noise manipulation, and immersive audio-visual experiences. By transitioning into conceptual and 3D practices, he continues to challenge the shifting boundaries of identity and agency within a digitally mediated world.
RESIDENCIES • COMMISSIONS • FESTIVALS
2024 • Debut exhibition at Kepk
2024 • Released Sound Offerings I on vinyl via Institute of Modern Art
2024 • Launched Banshee Vault Asylum album Ganser Mule on HyperChaos Records
2024 • Digitally released Orthotyp-a and Banshee Vault Asylum catalogues via streaming services (e.g. YouTube & Spotify)
2023 • Producer and artist: 30Hr Drone Festival
2022 • Co-producer of an original experimental AV work for Buttermilk Factory Launch
2021 • Corpus Null - Sound Design in collaboration with physical theatre artist for Anywhere Festival
2020 • Modifyre Festival - Performance by Orthotyp-a in collaboration with butoh artists
2020 • Sound Offerings I - Commissioned by Boxcopy Gallery to produce new sound works for vinyl release
2019 • Sound Offerings II, Orthtyp-a performance and guest lecture, Boxcopy Gallery
2019 • Commissioned to compose sound design for COCK (BOSC Theatre Company)
2019 • Sound artists for Anywhere Theatre
Festival performance
2018 • Featured audio-visual artist at ElectroFringe Festival (EF18)
2018 • Sound designer for Hamlet, BOSC Theatre Company
2018 • Care album released on hellosQuare Recordings
2017 • Sound artist for the Boutique Theatre production of Prayers for Broken Stone (Melbourne Fringe Festival)
2017 • Sound artist/designer for the interdisciplinary performance of Unconsciously Done (SuperCell Festival)
2017 • Created audio-reactive/audio-visual work Blink.
2017 • Created audio-reactive/audio-visual work Kneel.
2016 • Sound artist/designer in development for the Unconsciously Done project (Metro Arts)
2016 • Sound artist for the 6-speaker immersive theatrical adaption of Hamlet (Heartbeast Theatre Company)
2015 • Sound artist in development at the Metro Arts
2015 • Featured audio-visual artist at ElectroFringe Festival
2014-15 • Bi-monthly sound artist for the Entry Series (Masters project)
2014 • Music For Wallpaper (Composition presented at Music, Mayhem & Change Symposium)
2014 • Sound artist for Mooshim (Melbourne Fringe Festival)
2013 • Featured sound artist on ABC National Radio
2013 • First place in the Gold coast composers competition: Open AV section
2013 • Artist at Brisbane Emerging Artists Festival (BEAF)
2013 • Sound artist for Mooshim at the Brisbane Emerging Artists festival
2009–13 • Sound artist for Mooshim
2012 • Featured sound artist on ABC National Radio
2012 • Sound artist for documentary film Flood Plains (Brisbane Festival’s Under The Radar Program)
2011 • Commissioned to write original sound design for 12 silent Alfred Hitchcock films as the Music-in-Residence at Brisbane’s GoMA
2011 • Feet Teeth featured on ABC National Sound Quality program
DIGITAL ART
Self portrait, Digital art on A4 acid-free textured cotton rag
Ghandi’s Vision, Collage on A3 acid-free textured cotton rag
Dasein, Photograph on A4 acid-free textured cotton rag
Interstices, Photograph on A4 acid-free textured cotton rag
Untitled Series, Unpublished 3D digital art
Untitled Series, Unpublished 3D digital art
Heart Series, Digital art on A6 acid-free textured cotton rag
Untitled, Unpublished digital art
Male Gaze, Unpublished 3D digital art
Ganser Mule, Digital art on acid-free textured cotton rag
Untitled, Unpublished 3D digital art
Dead
Meat: A Love Affair in Pleasure, Process photography on A2 acid-free textured cotton rag
Untitled, Unpublished 3D digital art
Smiling Lady, Unpublished 3D digital art
Screaming
Head
Series
, 3D digital artworks printed on shirts and clothing
Example of t-shirt print
Untitled Series #1, Digital art on A6 acid-free textured cotton rag
3D PRINTING AND JEWELLERY
Flame, Bronze cast statue
Ripples, Bronze cast statue
Ear rings #1, Silver cast earrings
Ear rings #2, Silver cast earrings
Woman bust, Bronze cast statue
Lotus, Sandstone
Twist, Silver cast ear rings
Dancing ear rings, Silver cast ear rings
Ear rings #4, Silver cast ear rings
Voronoi Nut ear rings, Silver cast earrings
Ear rings #3, Silver cast earrings
Becoming, Sandstone computer rendition - four angles
Two faces in vines, Bronze computer rendering Sandstone computer rendering Silver computer rendering
SUCCUMB
Succumb is an evocative animation created by Paul Young in collaboration with Felicity Mohr (Flicachu), whose music and sound design form a powerful emotional counterpoint to the visual narrative. The piece follows an allegorical journey, charting the life cycle of a character that evolves through phases of birth, development, and eventual disintegration.
Crafted in Blender, the animation utilises striking visual transitions where forms emerge, transform, and dissolve. These moments of build-up and decay metaphorically reflect the impermanence of existence, evoking themes of identity, transformation, and the fragility of the human condition. The abstracted, fluid forms suggest both organic and digital worlds, creating a liminal space that challenges conventional boundaries between life and technology.
Felicity Mohr’s soundscape enriches the animation with layers of tension and release, reinforcing the emotional intensity of each stage in the cycle. Paul Young recorded, mixed, and mastered Mohr’s audio contributions, ensuring a seamless integration of sound and visuals that amplifies the immersive experience. Together, the visuals and music invite viewers to experience an intimate yet universal meditation on creation, change, and loss.
Succumb, Screen shots
