ABOUT THE BRAND
ART WITH PURPOSE
MY HOPE WITH THIS BRAND IS TO PROVIDE AN ART THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES VULNERABILITY WITHIN OURSELVES AND WITH THOSE AROUND US; AN ART THAT ACKNOWLEDGES HOW LIFE IS NOT A PURELY LINEAR PROCESS, BUT INSTEAD OUR EXPERIENCE IS MULTIDIRECTIONAL AND COMPLEX; AND LASTLY, AN ART THAT OFFERS A SPACE WHERE WE CAN UNAPOLOGETICALLY BREAK, BUILD, EXPLORE, AND GROW WITHOUT LIMIT.
THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE ABSTRACT COMPLEXITIES OF SELF, A BEAUTY THAT EXISTS IN THOSE SPACES IN-BETWEEN.
WITH LOVE. -JESS
DESIGN THEORY
SPRINGING FROM MY BACKGROUND AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCHER, AND VISUAL ARTIST, THIS BRAND IS A CONTINUATION OF MY EXPLORATION INTO HOW MEMORY INFLUENCES THE WORLD(S) WE BUILD AROUND US, AS WELL AS THE ONES WE KEEP HIDDEN.
MY THESIS BEHIND THIS BRAND IS BASED ON THE THEORY OF EMBODIED SPACE. EMBODIED SPACE IS THE AREA WHERE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS TAKE ON MATERIAL AND SPATIAL FORM (AS DEFINED BY CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, SETHA M. LOW).
IN THIS ENDEAVOR, I’M TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE REVEAL AND CONCEAL PARTS OF OURSELVES, AND HOW WE MAKE PHYSICAL OUR INTERIOR WORLDS.