more than a smattering of work
Vaulting: Become Photosynthetic
Mini-meditations
Flying Home. Lake Michigan, New Year's Eve, Sunrise. Jon Batiste's "Butterfly".
This video was all my idea. (Thanks E)
Like Rain. The Idan Raichel Project. Bo’ee.
Ravens rivers & robins; a study in consciousness
Work from Odyssey Works Experience Design Certificate Program, 2022
Arboritoria Twine: I, Heartwood
Password is tracy
Introductions: ORBITS
For Kelli & Marlon
More Plague Kits, May 19th, 2021
Shipping out the first batch of Plague kits today. So thankful for these connections.
I made an audio piece to accompany them:
Interested in a kit? Send your mailing address to thisyearning@gmail.com and venmo @thisyearning $20 +$8 shipping. Gifting is absolutely adored. And I’m open to goods/service exchange or sliding scale. If you want one, let’s talk.
Updates, May 17th, 2021
Updates:
Ad Astra per Astral is yet again delayed as my physical body is still struggling. I’ve got a partial diagnosis (POTS) and am forming a recovery plan. Thank you to those of you waiting patiently to join me in other worlds… we’ll get there soon.
Yesterday I visited my studio for the first time in over 3 months!?! I dropped in to gather final supplies for another run of This Great Plague! The waiting list has been growing every month and doing another run of this healing and purging experience is just what I needed to get back onto the art horse.
I’ll be sending out emails to those of you on the list this week.
I’m also adding a pay-it-forward program where generous patrons can purchase additional kits for others.
Interested in a kit? Email your mailing address to thisyearning@gmail.com and venmo @thisyearning $20 +$8 shipping. Gifting is absolutely adored. And I’m open to goods/service exchange or sliding scale. If you want one, let’s talk.
About This Great Plague:
London, 1665. Plague spreading person to person, house to house. 100,000 dead in 18 months. Sound familiar? This Great Plague debuted in 2019 as an in-person Halloween spectacle of incense, fire, and plague-doctored witchcraft against a backdrop of thumpin’ beats. In the time that has passed our world has changed. We must circle back, to an earlier time, to another disease. Fashions may change, but the biology is the same.
Experience a purging and healing ritual based on those used by the plague doctors during the Great Plague of London in 1665. 9 curated items. Over 13 essential oils and herbal concoctions. Purge your demons.
This Great Plague is a multisensory packaged experience replete with renaissance-era sensory experiences that not only reimagines historical storytelling but combines ancient and modern healing practices (acupressure, ASMR, reiki, essential oils) to bring comfort, transformation, and connection to a world of individuals coping with a global crisis. It recently won the 2020 No Proscenium award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Delivery Experiences and was shortlisted for a 2021 IxDA Interaction Award.
What people are saying:
“Like TSD, This Great Plague is transportive, but the destination is entirely different. The materials are at once delicate and overwhelmingly evocative, and the vial of cadaverine/sulfur stood out as a highlight – it’s been a long time since I smelled something that scared me.” — Evan Neiden, Candle House Collective
“Tracy is a scent artist experimenting with new forms of immersion. Her kits are a steal for $20 bucks.” — Jeff Stark, Nonsense NYC
“So creepy (in a good way)” — Anonymous
Ad Astra per Astral, February 17th, 2021
Ad Astra per Astral kits start shipping March 2021. Click on the image below for more info.
January 30th, 2021
Two things:
1. The current run of This Great Plague has closed. However, there is a waitlist for the next run here (expected this spring). Sign up in the fields below.
2. Join me February 27th as I lead an invigorating opening ritual for coven/convene iii: fill your cup. The ritual kit includes a sultry, earthy, and dank beverage and a custom rosebud and shea butter body energizer balm.
coven/convene is a creative, hierarchal community and event space. we host performance, time-based, multi-sensory art, rooted in ritual. each time we meet for coven/convene it's a new, fully immersive experience.
You can sign up via patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/covenconvene
Sometime between now and then, January 2021
I made a short audio and image blog of our carriage ride in Central Park. It’s hypnotic and heartwarming. Check it out here as my first Storytime installment: https://www.thisyearning.com/storytimewithtracy/a-fountain-for-horses
January 25th, 2021
The last of the This Great Plague kits is spoken for. Thank you all for your support. I’ll do another run next fall, in case you missed it.
I’m now shifting my focus to new projects. Stay tuned!
December 19th, 2020 .
Whelp. Due to popular demand I did another run of This Great Plague and am currently offering the DIY experience kit.
Interested? Email me your mailing address at thisyearning@gmail.com and venmo @thisyearning $20 +$8 shipping or if you live in Brooklyn or Manhattan bike delivery is free. Gifting is absolutely adored. And I’m open to goods/service exchange or sliding scale. If you want one, let’s talk.
November 4th, 2020 .
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this incredibly successful experience with me. It is time to pack the plague away and move onto to the new (If only the rest of the country would do this as well...)
Expect the next experience kit to launch in early January.
Can you guess the theme?
October 4th, 2020
London, 1665. Plague spreading person to person, house to house. 100,000 dead in 18 months. Sound familiar?
This Great Plague debuted a year ago as an in-person Halloween spectacle of incense, fire, and plague-doctored witchcraft against a backdrop of thumpin’ beats. In the year that has passed our world has changed. We must circle back, to an earlier time, to another disease. Fashions may change, but the biology is the same.
Experience a purging and healing ritual based on those used by the plague doctors during the Great Plague of London in 1665. 9 curated items. Over 13 essential oils and herbal concoctions. Purge your demons.
To order, send an email to thisyearning@gmail.com and Venmo $20 to @thisyearning
Shipping in the US for $8; Inquire about International shipping. Free bicycle delivery to most parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Gifting is super cool too.
What people are saying:
“Like TSD, This Great Plague is transportive, but the destination is entirely different. The materials are at once delicate and overwhelmingly evocative, and the vial of cadaverine/sulfur stood out as a highlight – it’s been a long time since I smelled something that scared me.” — Evan Neiden, Candle House Collective
“Tracy is a scent artist experimenting with new forms of immersion. Her kits are a steal for $20 bucks.” — Jeff Stark, Nonsense NYC
“So creepy (in a good way)” — Anonymous
DIY This Summer Day
Close Your Eye, July 2021
I'm debuting a brand-new, IN-PERSON, immersive show next Friday! July 2nd! in the Bushwick Mini-Festival!
The event is FREE. It has an OPEN BAR.
Register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bushwick-mini-fest-a-night-of-musical-theater-improv-and-immersive-stuff-tickets-158647237157
"Close Your Eye is an immersive experience that layers the carbon cycle, slumber parties, and the Sandman from Tracy M Smith (This Yearning, 2021 IxDA Interaction Award Shortlist). Choose from several levels of participation in this multisensory (taste! smell! touch! sound! sight!) show."
Fill Your Cup, 2021
FILL YOUR CUP RITUAL
I'm hosting an immersive ritual at the end of this month, the evening of the full moon, as part of COVEN/CONVENE III: FILL YOUR CUP
For it I developed a pair of decadent recipes:
bee-balm: an apricot, rosehip, and lily of the valley body balm and amichor: an elixir of life and love made from coffee, cocoa, hops, cinnamon, and a secret earthy and colorful ingredient...
Independent immersive experience designer, This Yearning, is shortlisted for the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)’s 2021 Award in the “Engaging” category for their multisensory DIY ritual kit, This Great Plague.