TRAVEL- Store Front Installation for MANA Contemporary

Store Front Takeover, Mixed Media | MANA Contemporary | 2019

Beneath a glowing light and an understated sign of the same name is “Travel,” a site-specific installation by Jessy Nite. As part of group exhibition “All Dressed Up” curated by Mana Contemporary, Jessy has created her own fictional Travel Agency in the storefront at 138 East Flagler Street. 

Inspired by Downtown Miami's many nondescript businesses in various states of decline, it is unclear whether Nite’s agency will ever open or exactly where it will take you. Large airbrush illustrations depict aspirational destinations, set off by accompanied phrases in Nite’s own typography: “You Can’t Escape / If You Think You’re Free”.  As subtle details come into focus it becomes clearer that this agency deals in journeys of the alternative kind.