Elaine Young (Chicago-Edition)

Elaine Young is a creator provocateur of biocultural perspectives on the human condition, a Member of the cultural incubator www.NEWINC.org [New York, NY] and Founder of the LAByrinth PROJECT – a brand concept inspired by the invisible beauty revealed through seeing the world through the lens of science fictions and non-fictions. LAByrinth is an ongoing experiment in art / design / science, drawing on opposing stylistic and conceptual forces – ancient/futuristic and ethnic/urban. LAByrinth encompasses two product lines: “AMULA DNA Jewellery” – personalized 21st century lockets containing the DNA of your choice; and “HOST for your living things” - original graphics for fashion items inspired by advanced imaging technologies and methods that have enabled humans to witness and conceive of worlds and concepts normally invisible to the naked-eye.

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Elaine Young is a creator provocateur of biocultural perspectives on the human condition, a Member of the cultural incubator www.NEWINC.org [New York, NY] and Founder of the LAByrinth PROJECT – a brand concept inspired by the invisible beauty revealed through seeing the world through the lens of science fictions and non-fictions. LAByrinth is an ongoing experiment in art / design / science, drawing on opposing stylistic and conceptual forces – ancient/futuristic and ethnic/urban. LAByrinth encompasses two product lines: “AMULA DNA Jewellery” – personalized 21st century lockets containing the DNA of your choice; and “HOST for your living things” - original graphics for fashion items inspired by advanced imaging technologies and methods that have enabled humans to witness and conceive of worlds and concepts normally invisible to the naked-eye.

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Featured work

Style as social unrest: reimagining infographics on the human condition

“STAND FOR NOTHING. FALL FOR ANYTHING.” is an ongoing series of original graphics that transforms scientific images such as microscopic photos and infographics into patterns that are strategically placed on the outside, inside and pockets of bomber jackets. Young describes the series as restoring the bomber jacket and the appropriation of military dress in popular culture to its position as a historically significant icon of social unrest from its ubiquity in the fast -fashion machine. The third graphic in this series, entitled IF EARTH IS 24 HOURS OLD - HUMANS APPEARED AT 23:58:43 is debuting at Confluence • 20+. It is based on the Golden Record funded by NASA in 1977, which is a collection of 116 images, music selections from different cultures across a wide span of genres, greetings in 55 languages and audio recordings. The collection is curated with the intention to be a ‘greeting from’ and ‘a story about’ human civilization on Earth for an extraterrestrial audience.

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