This site features selected works by Jen Goya / Jennifer Goya-Smith.

+ Interactive Installation

A Tree, a Fern, A Flower: 1906

Jennifer GoyaA Tree, a Fern, a Flower: 1906, 2023-currentLooping Animations on Digital Frames (V.1)Interactive Installation with Dial Knob Controller (V.2)Website (V.3) 1906 consists of three interactive animations that depict a souvenir marketplace being overgrown with native Hawaiian plants. There is a tiki mug overgrown with hala trees; a hula girl bobblehead overgrown with kupu kupu …

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Remember ‘Ōhi’a

Jennifer GoyaRemember Ōhiʻa, 2021Interactive Digital Media Installation Artists of Hawaii Now Honolulu Museum of Art *John Young Award 2021 Recipient The ʻōhi‘a tree and its blossom, lehua, are resilient. One of the first plants to break through lava, it is critical in sustaining other native life. Ōhiʻa lehua is sacred, the physical manifestation of several Hawaiian deities, such as …

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Who Moo New Coo

Jennifer GoyaWho Moo New Coo, 2017Interactive Sound and Image Who Moo New Coo is a multimedia installation that features custom software I designed that isolates the sounds of common words being spoken and are played on command by the user.  The sounds are paired with illustrations to introduce a playful way to learn how to …

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