My visual arts research creates collaborative intermedia artwork in diverse public spaces, which addresses socially conscious subject matter. Through video […]
Passages
Nicole Zvarik presents “Passages,” traveling the Heroine’s Journey. Using time-based media and live projection by Jessica Gomula, dancers explore the […]
Modesto Reborn
Online Choose-Your-Adventure Game. 2016. Click here to play the game yourself. The augmented reality game Modesto Reborn has been reincarnated […]
Filling Her Shoes
Single Channel Video. 10:27 minutes. 2015. NOT YET RELEASED. The story of a woman’s struggle to fit into the confines […]
Quotidian Mandala
Single Channel Video. 8:41 minutes. 2016. Playing with direct confrontation, a solo dancer searches for enlightenment through cycles of repetition. Infused […]
Film Posters!
No film is complete without a poster…
Affectionate Dreamscapes
An interactive video installation in which a Kinect camera responds to audience gestures by manipulating video, creating an interactive and […]
Dreams of Affection
This dance-for-film piece, directed by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic, is based on Broughton’s poem Always, Ever, and Only. The choreographer, Nicole […]
Modesto 2034
A location based choose-your-adventure style alternate reality game set in the year 2034. During game play participants uncover located throughout […]
Modesto Modernism
In the middle decades of the 20th century, the Modernist architecture of Modesto, California, was on the cutting edge and […]
The Building Imagination Initiative becomes an Art Center
Building Imagination Initiative Housed within the Video & Time-Based Media program of the California State University Stanislaus Art Department, the […]
PLAY
The Building Imagination Initiative’s Alternate Reality Game aimed at changing the world for the public good, PLAY was invited to […]
Eleven Dimensions
Eleven Dimensions. 40 minutes. 2014 – present. Produced by Jessica Gomula-Kruzic. Audio by Sean Clute. Performance Choreography by Pauline Jennings. […]
Coming Soon!
A visual exploration of Modesto’s low quality of life ranking, and a re-imagining of ways for the city to become […]
Submerged
Collaborating with DOUBLE-VISION, Submerged is a video response to Modesto’s water uses and issues. This video poetically explores some key […]
Modesto’s Adventure Land Safari
Modesto sure has a lot to offer, from the annual X-Fest, the Tuolumne River, the Gallo Arts Center, and even […]
Dream Garden
The Dream Garden allowed the public to create fabric flowers from used clothing, and then write their personal dream in […]
Chalk Walk of Art
A public art project created during the LOVE Modesto April 2013 event. The Chalk Walk of Art recreated a large-scale […]
Meet Your Neighbor
In the Summer of 2011, the residents of Modesto were greeted with the smiling faces of their neighbors. In shop […]
Euphemistic GMO
When genetic mutations occur, either naturally or through forced recombination, all sorts of wondrous things may occur. As the audience […]
Wealth
A video response to Modesto’s repeated ranking as the most unlivable city of its size in the country. Modesto’s problems […]
Bodies
A complexly layered piece, this two-part interactive and live-participation installation uses the audience to help create the sound score. A […]
The Pollution of Ligeia and Leucosia
An interpretation of the sirens from Homer’s The Odyssey through a modern day perspective with commentary on water pollution. Water […]
Gasoline Puddles
Gasoline touched rain puddle create rainbows because the oil and water interface reflects light at different frequencies, and at different […]
Artist Talk at MARS
Artist talk at Media Arts Research Studio, Johnson State College, VT. 2010. This talk is going to be a […]
Ten Things…
TEN THINGS ABOUT JESSICA GOMULA by Beaubourg 268 on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 7:04pm Nearly three months have passed since […]
Essay from First Street Gallery
Excerpt from catalog essay. California State University Stanislaus Faculty Exchange Exhibition. First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University. 2010. In the art of […]
Visions of Central Valley Culture
Panel Presentation: How the Building Imagination Center has helped cultivate cultural identity through art, film, and other expressions. The Search for Common […]
Gold for Aphrodite
A visual juxtaposition of prayers for the Goddess of Love juxtaposed with the neon signs for actual strip-clubs. This project […]
Playful Frictions
The Uncomfortable and Fascinating work of Jessica Gomula These days we seem to confront sex and sexual issues everywhere, even […]
Life Games [A Brief Essay]
You have just finished reading this brief essay on the work of Jessica Gomula. You have looked at the images […]
Collaborative Artworks and Decision Making
Artist talk. 2009. California State University. As an artist I explore the intimate and the sexual capacities of human nature, […]
Made in China
Six Artists in California The following is an excerpt from the catalog essay written by David Olivant for the 2006 exhibition “Made in […]