I Know You Have Felt What I'm Feeling Right Now

Synopsis

I Know You Have Felt What I’m Feeling Right Now is a socially-engaged, multimedia project concerned with the psychological effects of the constraint of motherhood and the damage created from inequity within the domestic space. The video includes sound fragments from 25 hours of phone conversations with 20 mothers during the pandemic. These voices were rearranged and layered, creating mounting tension as the participants describe their psychological upheaval and their daunting daily tasks during this present crisis. The sound collage is supported by symbolic imagery including a dangling cord, a cracking domestic space, a damaged postpartum body, and the repetition of mundane labor.

Artist Profile

Jess Levey

Jess Levey is a New York City-based, a multimedia artist who works in photography, video installation, and sound. Her work has been exhibited at various art spaces in and around NYC including Exit Art, The Invisible Dog, NurtureArt, MoCADA, and The Rochester Contemporary. Jess was born and bred in Brooklyn, NY where she lived until she moved with her husband and daughter to Jackson Heights, Queens- the most diverse neighborhood in the world where you can hear over 165 different languages spoken.

Credits

ProducerJess Levey
DirectorJess Levey
Writer 
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EditorJess Levey
Sound