Where must we travel to find our truest self—and what strange, beautiful, or treacherous places do we encounter along the way?

Deep Feelings continues Jellybean Bonanza’s quest as she navigates surreal landscapes of identity, transformation, and return. Using photographic collage, stop-motion animation, and sound, this work blends waking life with dreamscape, portraying key transitions in her evolution.

Each scene reflects a distinct emotional and spiritual phase: the naïve comfort of home, the seductive pull of the desert unknown, the disorienting shimmer of societal illusions, and the vast stillness of cosmic enlightenment. A layered soundtrack—featuring Nina Simone, Space Lady, The Velvet Underground, and Sun Ra—compresses time, weaving together cultural memory, personal nostalgia, and feminist critique.

Ready-made materials evoke femme childhood: cotton puffs, sequins, and mirror surfaces flicker between innocence and overwhelm, softness and distortion. As Jellybean spirals through each phase, the work mirrors the normative arc of womanhood—childhood, puberty, sexual awakening, and old age—while challenging those linear expectations.

Ultimately, Deep Feelings asks what it means to return. Can transformation be carried back from the stars, reshaping not only the self, but the everyday world she left behind?

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