govy

Govy (born 12 April 1981[1]) is a French artist diagnosed on the autism spectrum[2] in 2013,[3] and is an advocate for the neurodiversity movement. She is the recipient of three A' Design Awards[4] and two Videoformes awards.[5][6]

Govy
Born
Angélique Adrianna Govy

(1981-04-12) 12 April 1981
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Other namesJimmy Owenns
Kennedy James
OccupationArtist, Designer, Performer, Director, Producer
Years active1998 – present
Known forVisual Art
Design
Autism rights activism
Notable work
Photographic Diary
Serial Bondage
Yozakura Sake Set
SpaceTime Coordinates
MovementNeurodiversity
AwardsA' Design
Videoformes
Websitedontstareatthesun.com

Her work has been exhibited internationally at the Zendai MoMA[7] of Shanghai, Triennale Design Museum of Milan, Wiels Contemporary Art Center of Brussels,[8] Casoria Contemporary Art Museum of Naples, Rosario Museum of Contemporary Art of Santa Fe (Argentina) and Nuit Blanche of Paris. Her first design piece, the "Yozakura sake set"[9][10] can be found at the MoMA design store in NYC[11] and Tokyo.[12]

Visual art

Govy is best known for her interactive art piece "Photographic Diary"[13][14] (2000 – 2001) in which she took series of photographs every day during a year[15] and the series of Shibari installations[16] "Serial Bondage"[17] (2006 – 2013) which incorporates her peculiar fascination with Japanese rituals and aesthetics.

Since 2015, govy has been focusing more on science and space art projects. She is mostly working on the concept of spacetime[18] (or the 4th dimension) and a "specific individual human life in the bigger picture of the universe"[19] with the "SpaceTime Coordinates" projects,[20] which use data from NASA JPL to generate personalised art pieces.[21][22]

From 2001 until 2008, she has been using the artist name "Jimmy Owenns"[23] with the tagline "Artist Without a Sexual Identity". During this period she created the "Photographic Diary"[24][25] an award winning interactive work that has been featured in the book Taschen’s 1000 Favorite Websites[26][27] A work on the notions about the splitting of the perception, narration or psyche and the search for identity.[28]

In 2008, she adopted her second artist name "Kennedy James"[28] and moved to NYC[29] with an artist visa.

Since 2015, she goes as "govy",[30] her rare French family name.

Early work
Autism rights movement
Philosophy
Organizations
Events
Issues
People
Films
Criticism

Before debuting her visual work with photography, govy performed in a few theater, video pieces and films but then decided to focus on writing. In 1999, she published the first book on the internet that actually looked like a real book,[31] which would be published in 2001 under the title "Mes Cendres Nues"[32] by French publisher IDLivre. Her early writing is also part of the French Poetry Anthology "Les Nouveaux Poètes Français et Francophones",[33] published by Edition Huguet in 2004.

In 2000 she started an interactive piece where she would photograph her daily life[34] during one year without interruption.[35] This early piece launched her career as a visual artist[36] as it was one of the first interactive pieces on the internet at the time and created before the fashion of photographic diaries via blogs[37] would start spreading worldwide in 2004.[38] In retrospect, it could be considered an art piece very much about growing up on the Autism Spectrum and struggling with a personal quest of identity.[35] This work has received two awards and has been exhibited internationally in art galleries and museums.

Muse

In 2011, her face[39] launched the storytelling website Cowbird,[40] with the first story[41] published "1000 Words" written by Scott Thrift.[42]

The City and Horses pop band wrote a song about their relationship in 2013.

References
  1. "Govy Govy". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. "From Fashion to Radical Art: 8 Disabled-Owned Businesses You Should Know About". Autostraddle. 2016-08-22.
  3. "Design Legends - govy". www.design-legends.com. 2016-10-21.
  4. "A' Design Award and Competition - Profile: govy". competition.adesignaward.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  5. "Videoformes 2007 Palmares". www.nat.fr. 2007-03-13.
  6. "Videoformes 2005 Palmares". www.nat.fr. 2005-03-14.
  7. "Serial Bondage | exhibition". www.artlinkart.com. 2008-03-10.
  8. Wiels. "Jimmy Owenns | Residencies". www.wiels.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  9. "Cherry Blossom Sake Set". TrendHunter.com. 2014-05-27.
  10. "yozakura sake set captures the essence of cherry blossoms". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2014-05-23.
  11. "Yozakura Sake Set | Modern / Contemporary Barware | MoMA Design Store". store.moma.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  12. Store, モマストア | MoMA. "夜桜酒セット". www.momastore.jp. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  13. http://www.dontstareatthesun.com/photographic-diary-20002001
  14. "the photographic-diary project (2001)". alejandroalvarez-avt180.blogspot.fr. 2012-04-07.
  15. "Rhizome | Photographic Diary". classic.rhizome.org. 2002-07-19.
  16. "Tiny Victorian Armchairs in Japanese Rope Bondage". Animal. 2012-01-23.
  17. "Serial Bondage by Kennedy James". Design Milk. 2012-01-27.
  18. Sheth, Sarang (2016-10-21). "A cosmic selfie for your birthday!". Yanko Design.
  19. "The Kings of Kickstarter XII". NUBI. 2015-08-26.
  20. "home". spacetimecoordinates.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  21. "3D-Printed Constellation Jewelry: constellation jewelry". TrendHunter.com. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  22. "SpaceTime, a Personalized 3D-Printed Solar System". i.materialise. 2016-10-20.
  23. "heure exquise - jimmy owenns". heure-exquise.org.
  24. Bagot, Laurence (2005-11-15). "Le flou, le dédoublement de la figure". Photophiles Magazine Photo.
  25. "La Toile et moi". L'Express.fr. 2004-04-05.
  26. "Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites (Midi-Format) - Taschen Books". taschen.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  27. Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites. Taschen. 2003-11-01. ISBN 3822825867.
  28. "Glitch Video Screening and Audio/Video Performance". Brooklyn Arts Council. 2010-05-06.
  29. "Chaises ligotées, chaises érotiques". Libération.fr. 2012-02-02.
  30. "Yozakura Sake Set". competition.adesignaward.com. 2014-06-16.
  31. "telerama". govy. 2001.
  32. Mes Cendres Nues. Paris: IDLivre. 2001. ISBN 2-7479-0036-3.
  33. French Poetry Anthology (2004). Les Nouveaux Poètes Français et Francophones. Paris: Edition Huguet. p. 179. ISBN 2915412006.
  34. "Fotografías De Una Vida". Ciclo. 2002.
  35. Yamada, Ryoji (2002-06-12). "A Year of Emotions "Incarcerated" in a Photographic Diary". ReadMe.
  36. Bagot, Laurence (2002). "Photographic-Diary". Photophiles.
  37. "Online Art Project Review | Carolyn's Blog". blog.ocad.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  38. "Les Nouveaux Journaux Intimes". L'Express Mag. 2004.
  39. Harris, Jonathan (2011). "Jonathan Harris — Cowbird". number27.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  40. "Jonathan Harris". 2012-03-02.
  41. "Can we create Solitude on the Web? Jonathan Harris on Cowbird | MIT Center for Civic Media". civic.mit.edu. 2012-01-14.
  42. Preston, Jennifer (2012-02-19). "Pull Up a Mouse and Stay a While". Media Decoder Blog.
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