anthropocene – Amy M. Youngs

Exhibition of my virtual reality installation

hypernatural — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:14:31 +0000

I’m showing a new installation, Grasping Permeability, which is an interactive VR world based on photos I took at Flushing Meadows Corona Park during a residency at the New York City Urban Field Station. Come out to the gallery and experience the translocation of place and the permeability of your body. I’m also showing Wetland Skins, prints from the Flushing Meadows Corona Park wetlands. Plus, there are 21 of my amazing colleagues in the Department of Art, at the Ohio State University, also showing their work.

TRANSFERENCE, at Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH

Saturday, October 5, 2019 – 11:00am to Saturday, November 16, 2019 – 6:00pm

Artists:

Roger Beebe, Carmel Buckley, Alison Crocetta, Ann Hamilton, Richard Harned, Scot Kaplan, Laura Lisbon, Michael Mercil, Gina Osterloh, Dani Restack, Ken Rinaldo, George Rush, Kate Shannon, Suzanne Silver, Todd Slaughter, Sergio Soave, Jared Thorne, John Thrasher, Steve Thurston, Ed Valentine, Carmen Winant, and Amy Youngs.

Experience Becoming Biodiversity

hypernatural — Sun, 19 May 2019 03:18:35 +0000

The augmented reality art app was free in the Apple and Android app stores from 2019 – 2024. While the animated elements are no longer available, the full audio tour version has been published by (Re) Verb. It will work on your phone or computer.

There are 8 scenes which place at Willow Lake, on the South end of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in New York. The starting point for the app tour is the East entrance of the Pat Dolan Trail, right after walking over the Van Wyck Expressway pedestrian bridge. The tour takes about 26 minutes and the one-way walk down the trail is less than a mile. You can also use the app in your local park, GPS is not required.

Becoming Biodiversity audio tour with map on (Re) Verb.

Soundcloud audio-only version, available.

Explore ecological networks in a park in New York City.

Start at this location, for optimal experience.

Site specific Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York, but it can be used anywhere.

Go outside for best experience.

This artwork is a guided tour which allows us to inhabit the worlds of multiple species along an urban park trail, allowing them to become visible and “sense-able” to us. The viewer re-enacts stories from the perspectives of non-humans; playing the part of a plant calling out to a bird to help with pest control, an ant planting spring flowers while simultaneously feeding her babies, an underground fungal network delivering goods to struggling trees, and a cormorant searching for a meal in a man-made lake in Queens, NY.

Becoming Biodiversity augmented reality app on the Pat Dolan Trail, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY.

Thank you to collaborators Josh Rodenberg, Danielle McPhatter, and Jayne Kennedy. And project supporters Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, NY, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and the New York Urban Field Station, a partnership between NYC Parks, the US Forest Service, and the Natural Areas Conservancy, NY.

More info about the site, process, and people involved in this artwork here.
My research bibliography is here.
Opening events to celebrate the app are announced here.

Harvestworks Artist in Residence & Commission

hypernatural — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:21:46 +0000

I’m working at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in New York, NY this fall. This non-profit Media Arts org has been around since 1977! They have commissioned my project Becoming Biodiversity and, as an Artist-In-Residence, I receive technical assistance and space to work in their media arts lab. I’ve also partnered with the New York City Urban Field Station, as the project will be sited in a park in New York. And I am fortunate to be collaborating with audio/new media artist Josh Rodenberg.

Becoming Biodiversity is an augmented reality artwork that will encourage participants to explore and experience local, ecological networks present in an urban park site. Cell phones and headphones are used to view the artwork, which includes mixed-reality animations and storytelling as an overlay to the actual park. The experience will be an embodied one, designed to connect humans empathetically with the biodiversity, symbioses, and unseen worlds in public park spaces.

Fantastic ecologies exist everywhere on earth and at many scales, many of which are invisible to us. Though we mostly ignore and disrespect the non-humans in these networks, our lives depend upon them. This artwork/guided tour allows us to inhabit the worlds of multiple species along the network, allowing them to become visible and “sense-able” to us. The viewer re-enacts scientific stories of where oxygen comes from, how seeds are planted, and how mosquitoes are kept in check. An appreciation and respect for the non-human networks we are a part of will surely increase our ability to participate as better citizens in the ecological commons.

More info on my process and progress here.

WormSelfie Photo Booth in New York

hypernatural — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:08:13 +0000

Hey NYC, come out to the Creative Climate Awards Show closing party and take a worm selfie pic in my custom photo booth for live worms and humans. Your pretty #WormSelfie picture will appear on Flickr and Twitter; broadcasting your worm love out to the internet. I’ll also be showing 2 Worm Cozies – everyday items that provide camouflage for mini worm composters in your home. Easy to make, easy to enjoy ecosystem, with no odors. Come see for yourself. Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 6:30pm – 8:30pm.

Sounds like a fun party too:

Join us as we close this inspiring month-long exhibit in true October style – with a Halloween themed celebration! We will have prizes for the most innovative climate costumes, free wine, and great tunes. Show up in your best costume and experience our best exhibit yet, hang out with our artists, see live performances from Amy Youngs and Rachel Frank, and see who gets this year’s Creative Climate Awards $2,000 grand prize. Free registration and more info here.

The Creative Climate Awards are an annual series of events from the Human Impacts Institute that showcase artists creating climate-inspired, public works and actions. In an effort to inspire us to think more critically about our actions and their impacts, the Creative Climate Awards program uses the arts and creativity to share knowledge, broaden the climate conversation, educate, and incite action.

The Human Impacts Institute is a non-profit organization that inspires YOU to transform environmental challenges into social action for a just and livable world. They do this through Creative Communication, Learning-By-Doing, and Curated Actions.

New work at Urban Arts Space

hypernatural — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:16:15 +0000

8 prints from my new series, Artificial Undead, along with my video HandShake, are on display at the Urban Arts Space, Wish You Were Here: Department of Art Faculty Exhibition. Tuesday, October 11, 2016 to Saturday, November 12, 2016. Reception Saturday Oct 11, 5pm – 7pm.

All of my colleagues in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University are exhibiting:

Roger Beebe
Carmel Buckley
Alison Crocetta
Amanda Gluibizzi
Ann Hamilton
Isla Hansen
Richard Harned
Rebecca Harvey
Scot Kaplan
Dani Leventhal
Laura Lisbon
Michael Mercil
Ken Rinaldo
George Rush
Kate Shannon
Suzanne Silver
Todd Slaughter
Sergio Soave
Jared Thorne
John Thrasher
Steven Thurston
Ed Valentine
Amy Youngs

Urban Arts Space
50 W Town St, Suite 130
Columbus OH, 43215