Amanda Long
Amanda Long is a video sculptor. Her work has been shown in Washington, D.C., New York and Pittsburgh.
Life and career[edit]
Long was born in 1978 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She currently lives and works in New York City.[1]
She received her B.S. from Tulane University (cum laude), her B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University (cum laude) and an M.F.A. in Art from Carnegie Mellon University.[2]
Interactive video installation[edit]
Long's most popular[citation needed] piece is an interactive video wall which displays a sequential bank of looping five-second video portraits of its viewers, recorded in situ. Originally developed as "Silly Faces" for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in 2010,[3] the installation displayed in the Center for the Arts in Bontia Springs, Florida in 2013.[4] An updated version of the installation was exhibited in the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh that same year during the museum's "Move with Art" program,[5] and is now part of their permanent collection.[6] In 2016 the Pittsburgh Airport opened a redesigned children's play area featuring a version of the same installation, also titled "Silly Faces",[7] as well as another piece by Long, "Motion Machine". In 2017, the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery installed another instance of Long's video wall, this time titled "Strike a Pose", as part of a long-term children's exhibit.[8] This interactive installation was also on display at the Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Connecticut, the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, Arkansas, and the Jones Children's Center for Science and Technology in Youngstown, Ohio.[citation needed]
Installations[edit]
- "Triad", The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (2009)[2]
- "Motion Machine", Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (2010)[9]
- "Portal", Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (2014)[10]
- "Wishing Well", The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, New York (2016)[11]
- "Silly Faces" aka "Strike a Pose", National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. (2016)[8]
- "Silly Faces", Kidsport, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh (2016)[12]
- "Silly Faces", Children's Museum of Pittsburgh[3]
Awards and residencies[edit]
- Spark Grant, Sprout Fund, Pittsburgh (2011)[13]
- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (2014)[14]
- Historic House Trust Contemporary Art Partnerships Program Stipend, Historic House Trust of New York City (2016)[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Resume". amandalong.org. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mattress Factory: ActiveArchive". Mattress.org. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapman, Jessica (January 29, 2010). "'Yinz Play': It's just a 'Burgh thing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ Shields, Patrice (April 3, 2013). "Art for all: Miniatures & Get Squared Exhibition; Arts Worldwide". Naples Daily News.
- ↑ "Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Annual Report, 2013" (PDF). Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. p. 16.
- ↑ "Silly Faces". Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
- ↑ "Grand opening held for renovated Kidsport". Pittsburgh International AIrport. November 21, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dingfelder, Sadie (January 25, 2017). "At the Portrait Gallery, a sneak peek of D.C.'s future children's museum". Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
Another exhibit, called 'Strike a Pose,' lets children create self-portraits in the form of five-second videos. Twenty-five of the videos then appear in a square grid projected on a wall in this installation designed by New York-based artist Amanda Long.
- ↑ "Alumni Activities". ARTSCAN. Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts. September 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
Amanda Long (MFA '10) presents her interactive work 'Motion Machine' as part of the Tough Art Exhibition at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum, with an opening reception on September 16 from 6-8pm.
- ↑ "Socrates Sculpture Park". Socrates Sculpture Park. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ↑ "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions". www.nycgovparks.org. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ↑ "Press Release: Grand Opening Held for Renovated Kidsport". publicnow.com. Allegheny County Airport Authority. November 21, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
Installations like 'Silly Faces' by Amanda Long for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, allow kids to create videos which are uploaded in real time to a rotating video wall.
- ↑ "White Light, A Free Interactive Art Program". The Sprout Fund. June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ "EAF14: Emerging Artist Fellowship (EAF) Exhibition". Art Haps. November 3, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ "The Historic House Trust » Contemporary Art Partnerships". historichousetrust.org.
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