FIREDAMP, showing at The Junction in Ross Place until June 20, brings together sculpture, painting, video, sound and lighting in an evolving installation that has occupied Young for about five years.
The Lawrence-based multimedia artist describes the exhibition as a work still in development.
"Nothing’s for sale, nothing’s titled, and most of it’s in progress," he said.
Mr Young said his interest had shifted from flat projected images towards the physical qualities of surfaces themselves.
"What I was interested in was the interplay of the surface," he said.
"So the surfaces became chunkier and I’m really playing around with kind of matte surfaces against gloss."
Video feedback-generated patterns interact with physical objects and recorded audio, creating what Young describes as a "symbiotic relationship" between the elements.
"During the day it’s one thing. And during the night with projection and sound, it becomes another thing," he said.
Young records and reworks both images and sounds as part of the process, changing lighting, projection and video to generate new material from existing sculptures and drawings.
"I like to make people aware and bring people to where your perceptions are engaged in a way that they may not normally be," he said.
The exhibition is presented by Lawrence Creative Arts and is open Thursday to Sunday, from 11am to 4pm.
Mr Young expects the project to reach its current conclusion next Saturday evening, although exactly whether the process ever ends remains uncertain.
