One of the ways Joseph pushes himself is to tell an executive
producer, or a judge in a competition an idea or concept he has, a
visual trick down to the very last detail, one that he has never done.
If the individual loves it (which they always do), he commits to it.
This means invention of the concept, engineering the creation, and
having it blossom into fruition just under the wire. Joseph’s motto?
He chuckles, “Spit it out, and then figure it out.” Often when practicing
a run through of a visual illusion, some things may go awry and there
may be nerves at play, but as soon as you bring a live audience in,
something happens. An energy is introduced and Joseph can play off
of that dynamic. “The audience just makes it complete,” Joseph says.
“As soon as I get in front of a live audience, I feel a calm come over
me and it just works,” he continues.
Joseph has one tattoo, a bass clef on his forearm. When asked if he
desired a larger piece, what would it be, and what artist would he
have tattoo the piece, Joseph immediately named Volka Merschky &
Simone Pfaff of TrashPolka Tattoos from Würzburg, Germany. Joseph
describes “a tattoo as a vintage looking hand sketch circa 1800’s
of a woman being sawed in half with a large circular saw. It would
be an expanded view like that you would see in a car booklet with
the engine pulled apart where you see all of the pieces and parts. It
would have handwritten notes about the workings of the apparatus
and the design all around the saw. It would have almost a steampunk
feel to it.” Joseph is not quite sure of the placement but definitely on
his back and maybe coming around his ribs and down his torso.
So what is next for the 35 year old evolving artist? “My goal is to
reach the maximum amount of people in the shortest amount of time,
and in order to attain this goal, it is through television.” A taping was
just completed for America’s Got Talent, so we can look forward to
seeing Joseph in the very near future on the television competition.
In addition, there are two pilots that Joseph is working on, one for
television, and one for a live show. One is called “Escape,” which
is based on Joseph’s life and it is an invitation for the audience to
escape with Joseph into his world of magic and illusion. Who would
turn down an invitation into such a world full of awe, bursting forth
our parameters of our previous limits of what is possible? What is
Joseph’s long term goal? Joseph laughs and says, “I would love to
have a Vegas show. Just not in Vegas, maybe in London or Paris. We
shall see!”
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