Digital Artist Spotlight: Justin Young

Justin Young: "INFINITE FRAME: P0RTRA1TS 016"

ArtPrize 2016 Grand Rapids, Michigan

Back in October we visited Grand Rapids for the annual ArtPrize art competition.  At the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) we came across a submission by Justin Young. 

This interactive artwork invited visitors to enter a small room much like a telephone booth.  While inside, the guest would be prompted to answer a set of directions or questions, "Say a greeting in your native language," "Say a greeting in an alien language," and so on.  The guest responses were recorded without audio.

After leaving the booth, the guest would come to a station, where they could choose the recorded image of themselves.  A large projection of the video recording was displayed.  Knobs and buttons at the station would create visual effects to go with the recorded video displayed.

Still Image of the Control Station

I enjoyed Young's interactive piece.  The use of color and movement was appealing.  Also, the use of guest's images appeal to their ego and desire to investigate and explore Young's work further while getting to see new perspectives of themselves.  

Video of Interaction with Young's Piece

More about ArtPrize

More About Young's Entry at ArtPrize

Justin Young's Website