Project Space Resident

Jenna Caravello

August 22 – September 20, 2026

Artist’s Statement

I work with animation and video game development software to explore the intersection of computer culture and analog mundanity and tell deeply personal stories. My interactive sculptural installations, experimental video games, animated films, and mixed-reality musical performances reflect on impermanence, the identity politics of digital avatars, social relationships across online forums, and the role of memory in singular and collective narratives. The conventions I work with are rooted in video game mechanics and a kind of temporal logic that is unique to animation. I am interested in the entertainment industries my practice intersects with, and use my practice to reflect on marginalized topics in tech and game spheres, like longing, absurdity, love, monotony, and aging.

Bio

Jenna Caravello (b. 1988) is an artist based in Los Angeles. She is an Assistant Professor at UCLA in the department of Design Media Arts and Associate Director of the UCLA Game Lab. Her animation, game, and installation works have been featured internationally, including at the Melbourne International Animation Festival, the National Taiwan Arts Education Center, REDCAT in Los Angeles, the Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, the the Raindance Film Festival, the GIRAF International Animation Festival, and Slamdance. She is the recipient of a 2018 Jules Engel Award from CalArts and a 2018 Princess Grace Award.

VSW Project Space Residencies are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, Monroe County, and Joy of Giving Something.