Ep.228 Jimmy Cauty - Ministry of Arts Podcast

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jimmy Cauty (@towerblock1)Jimmy Cauty aka James Cauty, Musician, K Foundation artist, deconstructed rock star, part time model village builder, honorary undertaker, town planner, record producer, wooly-back-misfit, armchair rioter, head composer/conductor/AV mixer for The L-13 Light Industrial OrchestraOver a diverse and productive anti-career Cauty has distinguished himself by somehow coming up with at least one must-have-counter-culture-design-classic per decade, we are not sure what he does the rest of the time.Cauty works closely with the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop London to develop projects both ambitious and diminutive, make prints & other artwork editions and convert impractical artistic visions to reality.A dystopian 1:24 scale model village high rise housing estate, consisting of 4 abandoned tower blocks, housed in a 40ft shipping container currently on tourCauty has documented the tower block 2 year design and build process.For more information on the work of Jimmy Cauty go tohttps://jamescauty.comTo Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofartsFor full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www.ministryofarts.orgEmail: [email protected] Media: @ministryofartsorg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.