Marcus Young 楊墨 (b.1970, Hong Kong) is a behavioral and social practice artist making work for the concert stage, museums, and the public realm. His work expands the repertoire of human behavior and the expressivity of the city. From 2006 to 2015, as City Artist in St. Paul, MN, Marcus redefined the artist role working within city government. His project Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk transformed the city’s sidewalk maintenance program into a publishing entity for poetry. The program has so far created 751 installations, resulting in 17% of City land being within a two-minute walk of a poem created by this single work of art. Interested in DIY spirituality, he created Don’t You Feel It Too?—a participatory street dance practice of public protest and inner-life liberation. He has led more than 150 sessions of this dance form for art festivals, schools and colleges, youth experiencing homelessness, professional dancers, and the general public. Recent museum work includes With Nothing to Give, I Give Myself—living 10 days around-the-clock at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to foster the understanding that people are the great overlooked art. Marcus has a BA in music from Carleton College and an MFA in theater from the University of Minnesota. He is ongoing Collaborating Director with Ananya Dance Theater, and a recipient of awards from the McKnight, Bush, and Jerome Foundations, as well as Franklin Furnace, and the New York Drama League.