janeil lim

FOCUS! FOCUS! originally started as a collaborative hand puppet construction workshop that emphasized the basic question "what makes a puppet?" I integrate a lot of practicality in the puppet construction and have made puppets from recycled and found materials . I use my creativity and resourcefulness in creating the basic forms and with the help of other artists and collaborators, customize each puppet according to what specific clients need. Focus Focus! is also available for videos, photo shoots, workshops and most of all therapy.

An art show where artists turned coffins into mobile works of art that were displayed in a gallery and were towed by bikes for a bike ride on the closing night.

I designed a limited edition shirt for the company.

The Hive's Line Attack II show was the second installment of an annual series that highlighted works of artists that were working on the mediums of line drawings, doodles and comics. I contacted local artists and other artists from around the world (Japan and France and Netherlands) whose works I felt stood out in working with those mediums and I invited them to take part of this show. I also help hang all the art that we received for the show for the group installation wall and set-up the collaborative doodling wall that artists and the public were able to draw in. I also helped designed the cover and contributed to the Line Attack Activity book that was published for this show, highlighting most of the artists that were involved.

Comix Jam LA was an art event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce and collaborate on comics and doodles on the walls of ForYourArt. Highlighting comics as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, I invited visitors and artists to contribute by creating a drawing to further the storyline of each page and adding it to the wall when they are done. At the end of the project, the pages created throughout the event, were turned into a printed comic books/zine which were published by For Your Art.

Only For The Open-Minded was a community supported, independent art and music distribution unit that highlighted the DIY art and music scene in Los Angeles. I designed a lot of the web graphics for the website and managed most of the shows that we did from the web radio station, O4OM. I also did a lot of media relations coordinating with various independent labels all across the country and helped host touring bands that came through Los Angeles.