Flow is a series of site-specific video installations that utilize an essential environmental element. The projections are activated on Laumeier’s historical concrete cistern and the sculpture Intricate Wall, 2001-04, by Sol Lewitt.

Zlatko Ćosić is a video artist born in Yugoslavia whose work includes short films, video installations, theater and architectural projections, and audio-visual performances. Ćosić’s experience as a refugee influenced and shaped the content of his early artistic practice. His work began with the challenges of immigration and shifting identities, evolving to socio-political issues related to injustice, consumerism, and climate crisis. Ćosić's artwork has been shown in over fifty countries in exhibitions such as the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Video Vortex XI at Kochi-Muzeris Biennale, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Torrance Art Museum, /si:n/ Video Art and Performance Biennale, Institut Für Alles Mögliche, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Kunstverein Kärnten, Art Speaks Out at UN Climate Change Conference, and the Research Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. He was a prize winner at the St. Louis International Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, Sunscreen Film Festival, and Networked Disruptions exhibition as part of Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival. Ćosić has received grants including the WaveMaker Grants at Locust Projects, a Kranzberg Grant from Laumeier Sculpture Park, and the Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship.

The installation Cubescape Luminosity along the Eastern Woodland Trails glows with projections of architectural and natural elements on spatial forms.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Boomer has transformed the visual aspect of events with his innovative flair for projection mapping. Drawing inspiration from the rich culture and iconic landmarks of his hometown, Boomer has a unique ability to blend art with technology, bringing stories to life on monumental canvases. Whether illuminating large buildings or creating immersive experiences for music festivals, Boomer's work is a testament to his passion and expertise.

A 12-channel sound installation inspired by our natural surroundings and human behavioral modification. This piece uses synthetic sound as a catalyst for a type of trail listening that de-emphasizes walking as the dominant trail behavior.

Kevin Harris lives and works in St. Louis as an artist, curator, composer, and electrical engineer. His practice is broadly focused on using media installations to establish methods of communication and communal conditions by which to explore the psychological manifestations of the contemporary life, industry and empire. Harris is known for his large-scale sculptural installations involving sound, video, text, electronics, motors, wood, and metal. In 2016, Harris designed Octarrarium, a multisensory media environment installed inside the Regional Arts Commission St. Louis, which was utilized as a gallery installation and performance event platform. He was artist in residence at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis where he curated the sound art series, Audible Interruptions. Prior to that, he ran the St. Louis performance space Floating Laboratories. He is currently program director at the non-profit arts organization, HEARding Cats Collective.

The fluorescent light spectrum is a relatively understudied area of Science. Get a rare glimpse into this phenomenon by exploring UV reactive specimens inside the Wild Seed Field Museum pop-up. Experience fluorescing scorpions, millipedes, and sodalite (first discovered in Michigan in 2017) along with a modest collection of insects, plants, minerals, fungi, and man-made materials. Including several fungi gathered at a recent Missouri Mycological Society foray in Farmington, Missouri. The display features a collaboratively designed blacklight poster highlighting fluorescent organisms of Missouri, illustrated by Jen Rearick of Tiny Little Monster.

Emily Hemeyer is Laumeier’s 2023 Community Artist in Residence. She is a teaching and community artist with a career spanning twenty years, holds a passion for arts integration in education through events, classes and conversations rooted in citizen science, resilience skills and sustainability. Emily is an Artist-In-Residence at Artscope, where she’s worked for the past seventeen years in a variety of capacities. She is a fellow with Project Dragonfly through Miami University, Ohio with the Advance Inquiry Program at the Missouri Botanical Gardens Cohort. Emily holds a BFA in Fibers and Photography from the University of Missouri, Columbia and studied at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts in Greece. She is a Community Arts Training (CAT) Graduate and Tiger Graduate with the St Louis Regional Arts Commission. Emily is a member of the Missouri Mycological Society (MOMS), and the North American Mycological Association (NAMA).

With a background in fine arts and photography, Stephanie Keil is currently working as a research library assistant and serves as the president of the Missouri Mycological Society. Her interest in large scale art installations began in college, where she designed mushroom props for a school theater production.

Stephanie recently revived her passion for art by creating a found object mushroom piece that debuted at the Grand Art Walk in St. Louis. She followed this event by displaying her art at the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) annual foray. Her work was so well received that she was a participant in Laumeier After Dark 2022.

Due to the overwhelming response to her showing at NAMA, Stephanie has been invited to create a new installment of mushrooms for the Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado, the largest event of its kind in North America.

A soundscape of hellos that morph into an orchestral track. The track is smooth at first; strings take the lead as we head towards a calmer state than the hellos we just heard. The fixtures of illumination flow with the strings until a beat kicks in. The piece is alive, breathing, morphing, and changes with music. The piece ends full circle with a familiar “hello” and single light source.

Jayson M. Lawshee is a St. Louis-based production manager by day, lighting designer by night, whose experience includes musical theater, opera, new work and dance. An alumni of the Sargent Conservatory of Theater Arts at Webster University, Jayson holds a BFA in Lighting Design. Jayson’s experience includes production manager at the Repertory Theater of Saint Louis and Technical Director at the Center of Creative Arts. As well as Lighting Designer at The Black Rep, Balletmet, Lyric Rep, and Metro Theater Company. Some design credits include, A Celebration of New Works (BalletMet), Spells of the Sea (Metro) and Pippin (COCA).

He has additionally served as the lighting programmer at the Santa Fe Opera and is an alum of the apprentice program at Wolf Trap Opera. Jayson often refers to the tech table as his “home” and is passionate about making art in all forms accessible to all people.

Step into a digital wonderland with 'Ethereal Encounter,' an after-dark art installation. Here, a vibrant blue-green laser beckons you under a shimmering slice of glowing clouds. The Charles Moss Shelter serves as the epicenter of this enchanting experience, as the luminous cloud blanket hovers amidst the trees of the Eastern Woodland. Within the shelter, a delicate fabric canvas transforms into a gateway to a digital realm, inviting patrons to engage in a captivating, large-scale multi-touch experience.

Ryan McCoy, working under the pseudonym D4, is an innovative artist renowned for his immersive projection mapping installations. His creative journey began in graphic design and large-format printing but quickly evolved into a passion for video mapping. He employs projection mapping as a powerful medium for human expression, captivating audiences with vibrant visuals and thought-provoking themes. Ryan's favorite projects range from creating immersive art in creative spaces to projecting powerful imagery in support of social movements. His creative process is a continual learning experience, as he experiments with various techniques in his workflow to produce captivating projections.

Illumination element fabricated using off-the-shelf component systems, 3D printed connections, LED lighting, and industrial shelving nets.

Hans Tursack is a designer from Philadelphia. He earned a BFA in studio art from the Cooper Union School of Art, and a M. Arch. from the Princeton University School of Architecture, where he was the recipient of the Underwood Thesis Prize. He has worked in the offices of LEVENBETTS Architects, SAA/Stan Allen Architecture, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. His writing and scholarly work have appeared in Perspecta Journal, Pidgin Magazine, Thresholds Journal, Log Journal, Dimensions Journal, Archinect, See/Saw, Acadia, and The Architects Newspaper. He recently received the Willard A. Oberdick teaching/design fellowship from the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture, a MacDowell Research Fellowship, an Art OMI: Architecture residency, a Mass MOCA artist residency, and with Viola Ago, a University Design Research Fellowship from Exhibit Columbus. He was the 2018-2021 Pietro Bellushi Fellow at the MIT School of Architecture + Planning. He is currently an architect-in-residence at the Gapado Artist Residency in South Korea.