From Molecules to Ecosystems

03/22/201702/25/2020 | Amy Youngs

Announcing a new special topics course for Fall 2017

This Art/Science studio course will explore connections between micro and macro, plants and humans, local and global, anthropocentric and ecocentric. Co-taught by Molecular Genetics professor Iris Meier and Art professor Amy Youngs, students will learn to apply both scientific and artistic methods to creative projects. Working individually and collaboratively, we will do experiments in the lab and art studios, creating works that explore • climate stress & adaptation • biotech / bioart • constructed ecosystems • biomimicry • hypernature • symbiosis.

All forms of art making welcome in this class. While we will be discussing, reading, and experimenting with molecules, plants and eco-aesthetics, students can chose to work in media appropriate to their creative skill sets. Ideal for graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in studio-based or lab-based disciplines such as Art, Biology, Science, Design, Music and Architecture.

email Amy youngs.6@osu.edu or Iris meier.56@osu.edu for permission to enroll

Machines Triggered by the Ghost of Thomas Eakins

11/05/201611/05/2016 | Amy Youngs

Art and Tech MFA alum Fernando Orellana’s has a solo show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), recently reviewed by Hyperallergic. To summon the ghost of Thomas Eakins to Philadelphia through art machines and nude models, robots are constantly sampling three different measurements: electromagnetic, temperature, and infrared. All three of these are what pseudo-scientist and paranormal researchers measure when they try to detect ghost activity.

Read more about it in this review in Hyperallergic
And visit Fernando’s project webpage, His Study of Life.

Upcoming exhibition

10/18/201410/23/2014 | Amy Youngs

Algorithmic Sequitur

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 to Friday, December 12, 2014

Hopkins Hall Gallery, 128 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210

Reception: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 5-8PM

An exhibition that looks at the endless emergent properties of algorithmic ways of knowing and making.

New media robotics, animation, moving image, tactical media, video, art games, cameraless filmaking, digital imaging, holography, 3D modeling and rapid prototyping works.