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Notes From Beneath The Surface.
Review of Les Rencontres dâArles 2024 festival for Contemproary Lynx, 25.07.2024
Full text here: contemporarylynx.co.uk/les-rencontres-darles-2024 by GraĆŒyna Siedlecka.
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Jessica Gianelli
Her photography based design practice is centered around identity, both implicit and explicit.
She sees the camera as a means to get closer to people while also exploring introspective themes; itâs a tool for communication beyond words and is âan extension of my heart, and my senses â it allows me to feel, to be felt, to touch, to listen and to connect,â she tells Itâs Nice That.Â
In particular, she hones in on the inner lives of women, âtheir stories, and how we may or may not connect to the wider world around usâ through portraiture that appropriates elements from fashion and editorial photography, as well as fine art.
Research underpins everything Jessica creates. She delves into âvarious psychological, spiritual, and philosophical notionsâ during this period of every project, and is âinspired by the natural world, stories, myths, painting, and the cinematic image, as well as the individual narratives of those that Iâm capturing, and sub-realities both visual and written.âÂ
This propulsion towards the narratives of others which simultaneously act as a mirror led her to create a recent work titled Papiyon, which arose through Jessicaâs yearning for connection to her roots, and to other women who share similar ones. âThrough my own personal journey of identity as a first-generation Caribbean-American woman, and amidst quite a massive year in the fight for racial equality and justice worldwide, both the series and the film have been born from both a personal and collective yearning for liberation, albeit metaphorically,â she explains.
The project pulls on Jessicaâs belief that photography is a therapeutic medium, as well as one that can express the in-between; reality and fantasy all at once. âIâm always looking for that junction between the presented reality, what could be real, and those unspoken perhaps even unknown feelings, and passed happenings, where connection and release may become possible through the act of photographing,â she says. In Papiyon, this sees Jessica creating a new world from an âAfropessimistâ perspective and looks at how âthe Black woman can engage in the re-authorship of her own narrative â presenting ourselves from within the context of our very own truths.â
The images and film utilise a mix of styles and clashing colours born from both traditional and more experimental photographic methods. Not always instantly recognisable, the portraits also sway between abstract, fragmented images and more figurative ones. By working in this way, Jessica probes into how colour and narrative can elevate portraits to tell each subjectâs story and uncover nuance. Crucially, the project poses personal myth as a potential avenue for decolonisation, âdissecting and recontextualising African, Caribbean, and Indigenous depictions through an anecdotal lensâ. The project was shortlisted for and is currently on show as part of the 2021 Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents at Les Rescontres dâArles.
The work is yet another example of Jessicaâs longing to connect with other women through the means of photography but it also demonstrates her understanding that, at times, an image holds power; to challenge, make visible or simply tell a story. Having only fully come to photography during a BA in creative direction and styling, Jessica realised then something that continues to drive her work to this day: âthat the camera could say all that the words couldnât, and created much more space for connection with other people, and thatâs what Iâd been missing with words.â
Methods
Individual narratives - the communicating of stories through connecting and establishing relationships with woman
Research - through various psychological, spiritual, and philosophical notions
Myths
Natural world investigation
Paintings
History - connecting to her and her subjectâs roots
Feelings
Photographic practice
Traditional and experimental methods - (what are these?)
Portraiture
Abstract, fragmented imagery, figurative
Investigation into colour - how colour and narratives relateÂ
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/jessica-gianelli-photography-270721
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