Site & Survey: The Architecture of Landscape
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, 2018

While Assistant Curator at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts (RCVA), Jessica was an integral component in the creation of Site & Survey: The Architecture of Landscape exhibition. She worked closely with RCVA staff to research artists and artworks, and negotiate artist contracts and timelines. She also curated the flow of the exhibition and display of works, installed artworks, and developed exhibition texts, catalogues, and press content.

Exhibition Overview

Site & Survey: The Architecture of Landscape features three international artists–Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Hildur Asgeirsdóttir Jónsson, and Line Puerta–each of whom engage landscape through a broad spectrum of cultural meanings. Comprised of intimate drawings, multi-media sculptures, and panoramic vistas, Site & Survey explores the idea that site–as an act of looking–implies closeness and distance simultaneously. By evaluating and mapping and geography of specific physical environments, these three artists reveal the perception of the natural world as something more than topography. In this installation, Van Caeckenbergh, Jónsson, and Puerta approach landscape as if it were a compass, directing not only our glance, but also emotional, social, physical, and political responses to a certain site.