Amy Youngs
@amyyou.bsky.social
Artist making interfaces to connect people with plants, soil, insects, worms in our shared places. https://hypernatural.com
Currently learning with lichens and likers of lichen https://u.osu.edu/lichen/
Currently learning with lichens and likers of lichen https://u.osu.edu/lichen/
The creativity of evolution is a marvel. Looking closely, considering how things are put together, reminds me of this. It makes me happy.
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The creativity of evolution is a marvel. Looking closely, considering how things are put together, reminds me of this. It makes me happy.
Leave the leafs. They are lovely. They are the winter quilts for soils.
Learn more about it in this article by FLOW https://www.olentangywatershed.org/?page_id=13952
Learn more about it in this article by FLOW https://www.olentangywatershed.org/?page_id=13952
November 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Leave the leafs. They are lovely. They are the winter quilts for soils.
Learn more about it in this article by FLOW https://www.olentangywatershed.org/?page_id=13952
Learn more about it in this article by FLOW https://www.olentangywatershed.org/?page_id=13952
Marveling at the hydrophobic qualities of a dinosaur kale leaf #plantnoticing
October 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Marveling at the hydrophobic qualities of a dinosaur kale leaf #plantnoticing
This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
Artist opportunity in Columbus, OH. Please share, and apply:
https://u.osu.edu/lichen/2025/08/12/call-for-art-sympoiesis/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMIJpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp8LdrAJhEmPlb82xKCRu8kPzxgLWn-sJNV0UK4G9TVqnzTJECImmV16WAVgx_aem_tkUNFxqbGC8eK5gJWAjuNw
https://u.osu.edu/lichen/2025/08/12/call-for-art-sympoiesis/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMIJpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp8LdrAJhEmPlb82xKCRu8kPzxgLWn-sJNV0UK4G9TVqnzTJECImmV16WAVgx_aem_tkUNFxqbGC8eK5gJWAjuNw
August 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Artist opportunity in Columbus, OH. Please share, and apply:
https://u.osu.edu/lichen/2025/08/12/call-for-art-sympoiesis/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMIJpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp8LdrAJhEmPlb82xKCRu8kPzxgLWn-sJNV0UK4G9TVqnzTJECImmV16WAVgx_aem_tkUNFxqbGC8eK5gJWAjuNw
https://u.osu.edu/lichen/2025/08/12/call-for-art-sympoiesis/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMIJpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp8LdrAJhEmPlb82xKCRu8kPzxgLWn-sJNV0UK4G9TVqnzTJECImmV16WAVgx_aem_tkUNFxqbGC8eK5gJWAjuNw
Hands Along High Street protest in Columbus was energizing #indivisible #nokings #solidarity @kenrinaldo.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Hands Along High Street protest in Columbus was energizing #indivisible #nokings #solidarity @kenrinaldo.bsky.social
Columbus people: come participate in this demonstration of standing strong for human rights https://indivisiblecentralohio.org/events/hands-across-high-street
August 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Columbus people: come participate in this demonstration of standing strong for human rights https://indivisiblecentralohio.org/events/hands-across-high-street
Hello purple-blue dyed orchids. Plant noticing in Safeway market..
#plantnoticing
#bloomscrolling
#hypernatural
#plantnoticing
#bloomscrolling
#hypernatural
July 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hello purple-blue dyed orchids. Plant noticing in Safeway market..
#plantnoticing
#bloomscrolling
#hypernatural
#plantnoticing
#bloomscrolling
#hypernatural
I did not expect to find anyone inside this wasp gall… but when I opened it I dropped it because I didn’t expect 3 fat earwigs to be in there!
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I did not expect to find anyone inside this wasp gall… but when I opened it I dropped it because I didn’t expect 3 fat earwigs to be in there!
So powerful to be speaking out together #nokings Yes, Columbus, OH started a day early. Energized and peaceful #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
So powerful to be speaking out together #nokings Yes, Columbus, OH started a day early. Energized and peaceful #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike
Not what I expected Spotted Lanternflies to look like. Nymph form spotted in my neighborhood. Reported https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/forestry/forest-health/insects-diseases/threat-spotted-lantern-fly #invasivespecies
June 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Not what I expected Spotted Lanternflies to look like. Nymph form spotted in my neighborhood. Reported https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/forestry/forest-health/insects-diseases/threat-spotted-lantern-fly #invasivespecies
I see we doing our No Kings! Protest a day early in Columbus - is that because Pride festivities are on the 14th? #nokingsprotest #nokings
May 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I see we doing our No Kings! Protest a day early in Columbus - is that because Pride festivities are on the 14th? #nokingsprotest #nokings
Happy day of remembering that war is awful. Let’s work on peace ✌️🌸 ☮️ #memorialday #plantnoticing
May 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy day of remembering that war is awful. Let’s work on peace ✌️🌸 ☮️ #memorialday #plantnoticing
My collaborative VR installation, Belonging to Soil, is part of the “Ohio Now: State of Nature” exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati https://hypernatural.com/contemporary-art-center-cincinnati/ #ecoart #virtualreality #ecomedia
May 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My collaborative VR installation, Belonging to Soil, is part of the “Ohio Now: State of Nature” exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati https://hypernatural.com/contemporary-art-center-cincinnati/ #ecoart #virtualreality #ecomedia
Happy Earth Day! A good day to join the Lichen Pipeline celebrating symbiosis - and our parade on the OSU campus that marks the buried waterway on the South Oval. #ecoart
April 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy Earth Day! A good day to join the Lichen Pipeline celebrating symbiosis - and our parade on the OSU campus that marks the buried waterway on the South Oval. #ecoart
Creative events and a parade at the OSU campus in honor of Earth Day. The Living Art & Eco Lab, along with classes, student orgs, and many other partners have made art, visualizations, and costumes dedicated to the soil, air, and waters upon which we all depend u.osu.edu/earthday/ #earthday #ecoart
April 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Creative events and a parade at the OSU campus in honor of Earth Day. The Living Art & Eco Lab, along with classes, student orgs, and many other partners have made art, visualizations, and costumes dedicated to the soil, air, and waters upon which we all depend u.osu.edu/earthday/ #earthday #ecoart
“Sounds from the Subterrarium” is an artwork that tracks and sonifies a population of springtails inside a custom-made terrarium. Springtails #collembola are important and adorable arthropods found in soils throughout the world. See video
hypernatural.com/portfolio/so... #multispeciesart
hypernatural.com/portfolio/so... #multispeciesart
March 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Sounds from the Subterrarium” is an artwork that tracks and sonifies a population of springtails inside a custom-made terrarium. Springtails #collembola are important and adorable arthropods found in soils throughout the world. See video
hypernatural.com/portfolio/so... #multispeciesart
hypernatural.com/portfolio/so... #multispeciesart
Solve addiction to simulation by purchasing another simulation? Saw this advertised in @nytimes.com For real. #nottheonion Are there better solutions than buying plastic rabbits?
March 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Solve addiction to simulation by purchasing another simulation? Saw this advertised in @nytimes.com For real. #nottheonion Are there better solutions than buying plastic rabbits?
Snakes, praying mantises, and fancy isopods - all for sale at the Ohio reptile show. How is this happening every month and I only just learned about it? #isopods #springtails
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Snakes, praying mantises, and fancy isopods - all for sale at the Ohio reptile show. How is this happening every month and I only just learned about it? #isopods #springtails
Students, faculty and staff at yesterday’s protest. We are showing up to voice opposition against erosion of democratic freedoms - specifically SB1 aimed to diminish education. #protest #solidarity #resist #SB1 #OhioState @aaup.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Students, faculty and staff at yesterday’s protest. We are showing up to voice opposition against erosion of democratic freedoms - specifically SB1 aimed to diminish education. #protest #solidarity #resist #SB1 #OhioState @aaup.bsky.social
“Mountain Head” is the best portrait of me; captured by my friend playing with pano back in the days when it was bad, but so much funnier. #panoglitch #glitch
March 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Mountain Head” is the best portrait of me; captured by my friend playing with pano back in the days when it was bad, but so much funnier. #panoglitch #glitch
Happy Buy Nothing Day!Graphic by Martha Rich @martharichart.bsky.social #economicpower #resistance #strike #economicblackout #buynothing
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Buy Nothing Day!Graphic by Martha Rich @martharichart.bsky.social #economicpower #resistance #strike #economicblackout #buynothing
So lucky to have artist Ruth Burke @artprof3000.bsky.social coming to the Department of Art at the Ohio State University on January 29th to share her work with us! u.osu.edu/livingarteco... #ecoart #landart
January 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So lucky to have artist Ruth Burke @artprof3000.bsky.social coming to the Department of Art at the Ohio State University on January 29th to share her work with us! u.osu.edu/livingarteco... #ecoart #landart