Joel Dever was born in Leeds in 1986 and studied at Leeds College of Art & Design between 2004 and 2005 and then at Byam Shaw School of Art from 2005 to 2008.
He has recently been included in: Archway Project, Hill House, London; D.O.E.S., The Foundry, London; UNIT, Whittington House, London.
Dever has developed a performance practice which is at once both playful and sincere. He is interested in the use of the absurd in order to explore our assumptions of the everyday. He utilises common objects such as step ladders and inflatable chairs as performative devices to carry out simple tasks in an illogical manner. They often explore the suspense of waiting for something or for nothing to happen. Full of contradictions, the performances are at once gentle and subversive, anarchic and mundane.
During ex Dever will perform the following works:
Lifesupportmachine at 7.30pm on Wednesday 17th September.
Ladder (Jericho) at 2.30pm on Thursday 19th September
Concorde at 2.30pm on Monday 22nd September
Ladder (Jericho) at 2.30pm on Thursday 25th September
Concorde at 2.30pm on Monday 29th September
Ladder (Jericho) at 2.30pm on Thursday 2nd October
