Locust Projects’ Presents Jen Clay: Eyes of the Skin

Photography by Alejandro Chavarria on September 22nd, 2023 in Lifestyle, Locust Projects'

Jen Clay

Miami, FL – September 22, 2023 – Locust Projects welcomed more than 150 guests to celebrate the official opening of the inaugural Project Room featuring an immersive exhibition by Miami-based artist Jen Clay. Jen’s show “Eyes of the Skin” invited viewers to explore a forest of quilted alien tree-creatures through a video game animation she created by photographing, montaging and animating textiles to create the first video game made entirely of quilts. The lively event featured an artist talk titled Soft Sanity by Clay, Tania Deravile and Elise Anderson followed by a reception “cuddle” in the artist’s sensory space. Guests enjoyed a waffle bar and enjoyed brunch beverages as part of a sensory-enveloping experience crafted by the artist featuring unexpected sightings of her hallucinatory monsters come to life from the game … or was it just our imagination playing tricks on us?

Eyes of the Skin is funded in part by a Knight New Work Grant awarded to the artist in 2022 by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The exhibition’s realization at Locust Projects is presented as part of Knight Digital Commissions with additional major support from Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the NEA, and Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs.