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There is a Place in the Throat That Has No Voice 8 0 8

by Jacob Young
There is a Place in the Throat That Has No Voice 8 0 8

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-High Octane Sci-Fi Fantasy and Performance Art-

The Compass is a family of visionaries, thinkers, and leaders, whose legacy has lasted the three ages of humanity. There have been two devastating wars, one waged by humans and the other by fantastic robots outside human control. The poisoned land has matured from the remnants of civilization into a vast wilderness of ancient forests and wild lands. A new species of animal, in closer symbiosis with the air than earth, is manifesting in this peak ecosystem. Through synchronicity as much as violence, the species is brought into union with the Compass family.

"We are here." says the prayer wheel, and it shakes before us for a moment. Not with fear or instability, but because it is so much energy, finally housed within a single body.

~This story was illustrated through the preparation, manifest and closure of a public art installation. The project involved forty-eight hours of live painting over three days at a festival in Southern Oregon.~


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Check out www.ritualtheater.org for more information about Jacob Young's work.

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Carolyn G , March 22, 2013
There is a Place in the Throat that has No Voice 8:0:8 is a strange tale of Homeric proportions that blends fantasy and science fiction in an artful way. The author draws upon his multiple talents using prose and poetry, juxtaposed with a photographic essay that showcases his talents in the visual and dramatic arts. The heart of the story follows a family lineage that has survived previous apocalyptic mayhem and somehow emerges with spectacular traits, secrets and powers that pull a surviving civilization into a new age. It’s a wild ride for generations of Compasses that culminates in the last Compass’s ultimate sacrifice and heroism. The writer has a keen ability to convey esoteric and abstract material that fires the reader’s imagination, and coupled with the story’s twists and turns will keep the reader engaged through the last page. While the photography is amusing and tangentially relates to the story, the writing stands on its own. Who should read this book? Science fiction fans, fantasy readers, futurists, anyone who knows the writer and anyone who enjoys following emerging new authors should read this book. In short, expect great things in the future from Mr. Young.

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Jon King , March 15, 2013
(I wanted to put 3 1/2 stars, but that was not an option, FYI.) I liked the book quite a good bit; and apart and at times almost separate from the story i like the language, and thought it provided a good door into the texture of Jacob Young's mind, readily walked through because it was hung on to a story. It seems like a good mingling of contentformtexture all playing together and standing alone. -Jon King Oregon Pottery at the Eugene Saturday Market

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Genevieve Weber , March 15, 2013 (view all comments by Genevieve Weber)
(The article below was originally published in the Corvallis Advocate) With his debut novel There is a Place in the Throat that has No Voice, 8:0:8, Portland author and performing artist Jacob Young takes a profound leap outside the science-fiction box to bring us an illustrated story that is more than just another book. Set in the future, post-apocalyptic Cora Provinces, the novel follows the Compass family, a collection of “visionaries, thinkers, and leaders whose legacy has lasted the three ages of humanity,” through their struggles against destruction and their interactions with a myth-animal species “in closer symbiosis with the air than earth.” “I’m very interested in the idea of bringing together words and images, and how they juxtapose one another,” explained Young. “The words will re-create the images, and the images re-create the words, just by being together--it’s about using that to open the mind, really broaden the perspective of what the story is doing, what we’re perceiving.” Drawing inspiration in part from graphic novels, the story is illustrated with photographs and artwork created during the preparation, manifest, and deconstruction of an art installation at Ashland, Oregon’s 2010 Midsummer’s Dream Festival. Painted in 48 hours over three days, Young’s installation incorporated the entire third draft of his novel. “It all came down to me in the moment, and what showed up in the moment... I was going to exist within that art space for a certain amount of time; whatever came out in that amount of time was ultimately what was used,” he said. Photos of a masked dancer show art supplies used in the project, which Young received from another artist in exchange for an art piece--including some fully finished pieces that he was able to paint into as part of the art installation. “It was a very designed thing--documenting the preparation, and doing it, then deconstructing it and setting it free to the world,” Young said. In conjunction with his novel, Young has created a theatrical “Performance-Based Fiction” project, a fiction laboratory which “organically draws from his stories, developing partially-improvised puppet shows for a live audience.” “More than anything what I’m doing,” said Young, “is using puppetry to create a three dimensional space, where I can exist through multiple characters at once.” Young graduated from Naropa University in 2010 with a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. The 8:0:8 novel, from conception to publication, took three years to complete; the third draft of the story was his Creative Thesis at Naropa. He hopes now to continue work on a long-term project along the lines of the 8:0:8 story, using the same archetypal myth aspect rather than the more typical action-adventure approach. While his current novel certainly lends itself to a sequel, he has another vision: a role-playing game. “It would give [gamers] a foundation to apply role-playing rules, and make something that will reflect the story. I would be so thrilled for the story to be an inoculant for something that has no walls at all.” ~Genevieve Weber

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Jacob Young , September 18, 2012
Please view more information about my book and other projects at: www.ritualtheater.org

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