TheJungleBrunch89

80s & 90s pop culture—the music, food, and celebrity culture—is interpreted in my work through exaggerations of iconic aesthetics that take the form of anthropomorphic animals seen through the rose-tinted filter of entertainment. TheJungleBrunch89 imagines memories of iconic fast-food restaurants in American pop culture history. With the lead character, Hungry McHippo, I am creating my version of a futuristic restaurant with nods to retro, fictional, and future funk perspectives. Taking this nostalgia for the American past, my characters are giving a voice to the idea of joyful, inflated escapism of living a dream of magic and ultimate imagination through the music that brought them to life.
I like the idea of creating imaginary, made-up worlds in my head from the music I listen to, that I later aspire to put on paper. Encouraged to recapture moments that seem rather fictitious in the eyes of others, I work to bring them into familiarity. Overall, TheJungleBrunch 89 simply want to make you hungry for the past, the future, the music, and of course, food.

Supported by the LaValle Experiential Learning Fund