(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth] at the Pacific Design Center, March 14-30 2025

(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], 2025

My installation, (In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], will debut at the Pacific Design Center as part of Queering Digital, curated by Steve Galindo and Jamison Edgar. The opening reception will take place on March 14, 2025, from 6–9 PM, with the exhibition running from March 14 to March 30.

While I have exhibited these dolls before, this format foregrounds the process of decay—an unraveling I’ve previously witnessed only in the privacy of my studio. By bringing this breakdown into public view, the work invites audiences to engage with cycles of deterioration and renewal as they unfold in real time. A time-lapse video, captured over the 17-day exhibition, adds another layer, offering an accelerated glimpse into the subtle, continuous shifts that occur as the dolls decompose and change.

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Live Art Denmark – existential experiences that shake the bag

The 11th edition of Live Art for Children is coming to an end at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art under the theme Staged Identities in the Age of Social Media . Last weekend, international artists presented cosmetic surgery on a beloved American children’s doll and sent us into a frenzy with a harrowing TikTok livestream.

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Real Doll, Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark

photo: Annie Martins

Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, 2024, I will perform Raggedy Ann to Real Doll with Tim Lagasse at the Arken Museum of Contemporary Art. Real Doll is an immersive body horror experience in which one of America’s most beloved dolls will go under the knife. Witness-participants can step into the role of nurse, observing or aiding in the operating room as they wish.

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FRIISLAND LIVE!

Raggedy Ann to Real Doll at LACE 2016
photo: Annie Martins

If you happen to be in Copenhagen on November 21, from 5pm to 8pm, please join me for FRIISLAND LIVE: Rosie Gibbens (UK), Jonas Kjeldgaard Sørensen (DK) and Marsian De Lellis (US), which offers vernissage, performances and a nice hot soup.

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Model Killer at LAX Festival

photo: Richard Termine

Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, I will be presenting episode one from Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups at Automata in Los Angeles as part of the Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival. A disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator transforms herself into a blood thirsty serial killer in this noir walk-through puppetry experience that uses fragments of dollhouses as staging areas. Space is limited to 12 participants at a time. Get tickets.

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The Austin Chronicle

On December 7, 2018, The Austin Chronicle covered The Austin Puppet Incident in which I performed The Feeder, a short tabletop puppetry piece about complicated relationship.

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Sitelines

On December 2nd, 2018, Site Lines covered The Austin Puppet Incident in which I was performing The Feeder, a short tabletop puppetry piece about complicated relationship.

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A decade of the Puppet Slam Network

Jen Lynn, photo: Doug Wong

On September 2nd, 2016, I finished my tenure at the Puppet Slam Network (PSN), which I co-founded in 2005 with Heather Henson through support from her production company, Ibex Puppetry.  

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Portland Press Herald, (Puppet Slam Network)

On January 28th, 2013, The Portland Press Herald briefly covered my work with the Puppet Slam Network as part of a larger story on Blainor McGough, curator of King Friday’s Dungeon in Portland, ME.

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The Puppetry Journal (Press)

In the Spring of 2012, The Puppetry Journal ran a substantive cover story on the world of puppet slams, featuring my work as co-founder of The Puppet Slam Network and my interviews with puppet slam artists. The Puppet Slam Network fostered connections for independently produced puppet cabarets, so that puppet artists knew where they could perform, venues could find puppet artists, and audiences could enjoy an intimate, tactile, and compelling form of entertainment.   Continue reading “The Puppetry Journal (Press)”