https://www.ourfuturememories.com/about daily 0.75 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615423589539-ENRE6O1WNYKX6HHIVHIZ/kellyjo_about_artist.jpg About - Kelly J. Tierney is an artist and strategic designer. She creates meaningful participatory experiences using serious play and transdisciplinary approaches to promote generosity, solidarity, economic justice, and re-thinking of the American Dream. She uses methods from social science, performance, improv theater, service design, and game design to create deceptively simple interactions that are magical, unexpected, and at times transformational. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/resume daily 0.75 2024-06-01 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/now daily 0.75 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615429982533-QP7C1JDXACAYZN9SLENN/gavin-allanwood-13bKb8Q5c10-unsplash.jpg Now - The result. A unique anti-capitalist reimagining of depression-era carnival games that promotes generosity, community, and values-driven future visioning through serious play in a series of public art interventions. Photo by Gavin Allanwood on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615438695248-EAG27M8TAA4JEF6Q5KCN/Maxwell%2Bbike%2Bcarts.jpg Now - A mobile cabinet of curious games. The first mode of intervention is a brightly colored transforming cabinet of curious games, reminiscent of depression-era traveling entertainers, pushed by bicycle through public parks, encouraging impromptu interactions and conjuring unexpected, and occasionally chortle worthy, possibilities of what the future might be. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-03-11 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/undergradportfolio daily 0.75 2024-05-31 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/designportfolio daily 0.75 2024-10-11 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art daily 1.0 2023-08-02 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/parkit monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615603488785-IXZTRTSG89THMUIKZIHA/park%2Bit%2BPB104029.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615603980817-9PKJJ3O2B8XAFA0BI4Z9/park+it+community+member.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ - An exhibition and workshop series provided a space for community stakeholders and activists to engage with the concepts of _Park_It_. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615604246797-SFLPP6T9ZP01OIWMBK7D/park+it+IMG_9665+1500+x+780.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615604700822-4LQ46O5DG952P28NRGAY/park%2Bit%2Beden.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ Caption cards provided a mechanism for expressing the motivations and purpose of their creative public (parking) space redistribution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615604816396-T1BPRL686TDFERQ95S0F/Park%2Bit%2Bintersections.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615605782151-2HCEGSTAMQ0KSTG7SZ4O/park+it+1500+x+780.jpg Social Art and Design - _Park_It_ Workshop participants park vehicles as they replace them on the Brooklyn street map with the _Park_It_ mobile gardens. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/storygoround monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615511070506-C2629NH6QUUXNZC88J33/IMG_0490+1500+x+780.jpg Social Art and Design - Story Go Round Story Go Round is a community future visioning tool that uses humor and the creative spontaneity of improvisational storytelling to address disaster preparedness in high-risk communities across the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615511343189-A2E20X5MJ6RHQX1IGDL0/Zambezi+river+basin.jpg Social Art and Design - Story Go Round Image from The Journal of the International Institute by the University of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615512113340-XVWOWW9TZ27RO2N54LA4/SGR+Zombie+hands+05.31.12+1500+x+780.jpg Social Art and Design - Story Go Round https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615512698759-WC7G7AKW42NSCRQGLURA/StoryGoRound+playtest.jpg Social Art and Design - Story Go Round Early game testers help us refine the game at Parsons the New School for Design in New York, NY. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/togethering monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615509223227-1L25LFK0JV4MUZQPCX7C/togethering.org_WS1_2s%2Bv2.jpg Social Art and Design - Togethering - Serious play. Togethering takes inspiration from performance methods like theatre exercises, improvisation, and social games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615509861602-AJV7D6SGOFYWK6NNXPCC/togethering%2B2.jpg Social Art and Design - Togethering Scripted activities help connect difficult topics with real experiences in a high-energy way while reducing fear of conflict or judgment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615509716967-B159QIEFUL2F1CFYHZS3/togethering.org_WS1_Subodh3s.jpg Social Art and Design - Togethering Roleplaying helps give a window into the unique experiences that influence how we each see our future and the future of our community. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/curious monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615596407866-EF5Y1F9TSELCON8O6YI9/SP1030325.JPG Social Art and Design - CurioUs - These exchanges were facilitated by WPA-inspired servers and a carnival-like barker, during the height of the holiday shopping season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615445810646-FTY31C1K0O0Y9JMQE01J/TheDreamExchange_1_CurioUs+%281%29.JPG Social Art and Design - CurioUs - A holiday shopping intervention. Our hope was to make commuters more aware of each other, feel a sense of community and generosity while considering the value of non-commercial exchanges - particularly relevant as this was during prime holiday shopping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615593841491-C62XGY6SW120TCQ18KRB/card+curious+wide+1500+x+680.jpg Social Art and Design - CurioUs Participants filled in the prompt, ‘i would like you to have my ________________.’ Placed it in its CurioUs envelope and back in the server’s tray. Then they chose, often gleefully, a separate envelope to see what a stranger wished for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615597315356-K1GSZQE82QR3DHOA2WQF/FIGURE15.jpg Social Art and Design - CurioUs - Commuters identified us instantly as performers even as we entered the station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615598057039-8L6KGC9ZH2WYWZ0BWXGS/FIGURE16.jpg Social Art and Design - CurioUs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615601341549-GLR9X3NJRPF1ANCJGMDY/FIGURE12.jpg Social Art and Design - CurioUs https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/odysseys monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615767013397-534D35RIJT4GMZ0UI9PS/os1smjmi3nh43d1r.jpg Social Art and Design - Odysseys - Engaging the public. The public is invited to join the performance for Rick Moody as a synchronized group of fools as a part of the NYC Beat Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615770955062-A7F07P338LIMNRO3SW3K/2980db5e78d4a00431853585c1f8816351-22-moody.2x.rhorizontal.w700.jpg Social Art and Design - Odysseys Rick Moody, the sole audience member for an elaborate weeks-long immersive performance, joins a gathering of fools for a climactic moment in When I Left the House it Was Still Dark, in Brooklyn, in 2013, by Odyssey Works collective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615839695981-SPNY3TYUF33DD50WCGDC/Odyssey+OW+Jen+bottles+public.png Social Art and Design - Odysseys - Jen had recently lost an important mentor and her Odyssey was designed to help her through this experience. Participants wrote a “message in a bottle” to their own lost mentors, bringing meaning to their contributions to the performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615843089033-RJTXXB6SYGBPD11NGHFH/Odyssey+OW+Jen+planning+public.png Social Art and Design - Odysseys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615842624131-SGO0XPYKKD639LOY5OPU/Odyssey%2BOW%2BJen%2BRed%2BHook%2Bpier.jpg Social Art and Design - Odysseys - Synchronized magic. Eulani Labay and I choreographed the flash mob of 30 participants that walked down the pier in independent groups through pedestrians, magically arriving at even intervals to toss their heartfelt messages into the sunset sky until Jen was ready to launch her own bottle into the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615839530588-2M9W48WW5VITEPXPYJ8B/odysseyworks03.jpg Social Art and Design - Odysseys Members of the public throw personal messages, written to lost mentors, in bottles, off a Red Hook, Brooklyn pier for an emotional final scene of Jen’s Odyssey. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/social-art/strangetours monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615355542630-3EN9G8LF6TUSE3N7ZU5I/Andrea+Williams+Strange+Tour+main+floor.jpg Social Art and Design - Strange Tours - Secret instructions: Dress like a tourist. Go to the Grand Central Station main concourse. Look for people holding umbrellas. 750,000 people pass through the Grand Central terminal every day and for one strange evening, we joined them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615355143713-0SD0R0KNJ6HQAXLV3PKM/Odyssey_Works_kickstarter_event_announcement.png Social Art and Design - Strange Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615348869846-U6445AB38HOCTEJ34GMF/Screen+Shot+2021-03-09+at+10.38.05+PM.png Social Art and Design - Strange Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615348089079-WVCA3GEL21B559QFUBIN/Screen+Shot+2021-03-09+at+10.34.22+PM.png Social Art and Design - Strange Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615348024378-HDCSU88GIUIFOSKWZ0I1/Grand+Central+RSVP.jpg Social Art and Design - Strange Tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615350837381-YRXK241MFP0KIGVASQ4R/25607690774_5c6d2f3a84_o.jpg Social Art and Design - Strange Tours You can see me here holding a hand-crafted bouquet of all-seeing butterflies as we prepare for the first of the evening’s tours. From left to right: Ayden LeRoux, Dare Turner, and Kelly Jo. Photo by Nick Normal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615418505005-MC3MJV499U07JXDXFG6Z/Screen+Shot+2021-03-09+at+10.36.53+PM.png Social Art and Design - Strange Tours - An amazing result. Participants were enthusiastic and fearless as they entered this unknown experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1615420186743-MAP6V108NJGACYBATTOI/IMG_8934.jpg Social Art and Design - Strange Tours - On the tour I designed, participants traded secrets arm-in-arm with strangers using call and response. https://www.ourfuturememories.com/visualart daily 0.75 2024-10-09 https://www.ourfuturememories.com/visualart/oilpainting monthly 0.5 2024-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1728507563004-ZHS7FG3QYZGNKBAZA5LD/Sorority_crop.jpg Visual Art - Oil Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1728507444847-J1FLA8Q972IDTX3Y3VLA/Seasons+Greetings_crop.jpg Visual Art - Oil Painting https://www.ourfuturememories.com/visualart/this-land monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/1672778802042-BF2IL8ORWZAA31CMTLC3/THIS+LAND+Holiday+Observation+2022+by+Kelly+J+Tierney+800x1058.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Holiday Observation - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/02a9f075-fc83-4a44-b14f-089171d4308f/THIS+LAND+Growth+Mindset+2021++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+505x400.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Growth Mindset - 2021, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/2ccc2be1-3019-4132-b163-735467edaaa6/THIS+LAND+Applied+Control+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x548.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Applied Control - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/364c4fc2-819a-4e22-9a1e-86dd31cfb1a7/THIS+LAND+Home+Work+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x539.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Home Work - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/f41a63c0-a713-4c6e-a3e0-001411d0cc40/THIS+LAND+Industry+Standard++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+2021+499x400.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Industry Standard - 2021, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/9212e6aa-faf9-434a-8b57-bdf62bfafb94/THIS+LAND+Armed+Exceptionalism+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x539.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Armed Exceptionalism - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/19a10cc8-d508-4031-b493-c1c2a7daa2ba/THIS+LAND+Dialed+In+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x533.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Dialed In - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/24ccb43c-f640-4b00-ae48-8571a8092411/THIS+LAND+Made+Ready+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x593.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Made Ready - 2022, collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/41d5b6a9-c53c-478a-b4c0-5ecc2bb7b4ad/THIS+LAND+Convenient+Procedures+2022++by+Kelly+J+Tierney+400x570.jpg Visual Art - This Land - collage series This Land: Convenient Procedures - 2022, collage https://www.ourfuturememories.com/visualart/cut-up-poetry monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604813885b4d9a49ad1ed430/0eb15315-8a98-4b9f-8d79-7a867636223c/EGO+IDEAL+2019+by+Kelly+J+Tierney+800x797.jpg Visual Art - Cut-up Poetry Ego Ideal - Collage, 2019