Jess Dunn & Sylvia Thomas: Drafts

CAMi Main video gallery | April 3 - Oct. 18

Specializing in animation, Jess Dunn treats illusion as both inspiration and medium. Their work explores the mechanics of motion, finding the "magic" in the gaps between frames where perception shifts. From childhood flipbooks to complex stop-motion, their practice has evolved into the creation of immersive worlds that bridge physical and digital spaces. Through an experimental process, they often build custom circuits to distort visions via voltage manipulation or, conversely, allow raw materials to speak for themselves. The result is a living, multi-sensory environment built for exploration.

Sylvia Thomas is an artist and writer from Indianapolis. Her work focuses on sex, gender, grief, and euphoria. Over the last 10 years, she has exhibited and performed her work across North America and Europe, including the 2025 CLAVO art fair in Mexico City and a presentation for the United Nations Envoy on Youth in 2021. Sylvia is a long-term artist in residence for Big Car Collaborative, a 2024–25 Creative Renewal Arts Fellow through the Indy Arts Council, and a recipient of the 2023 Indianapolis Creative Risk Grant through the Herbert Simon Family Foundation.