She imagines.
.the temple of her skin
.the temple of her skin is a visual documentary project exploring the stories and aesthetics around African women and our tattooing and scarification journeys. It is co-created by Jessica Horn and Laurence Sessou. Because our stories matter. And our skin speaks.
The Love Mic: Rhymes & reasonings on revolutionary love
Jessica hosts The Love Mic with an invited set of poets and musicians, and an open mic segment all focused on love as a force for revolutionary thought and action. The Love Mic has taken place at London’s Southbank Centre and The Poetry Cafe, and at Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana.
Woman, rise at Chale Wote Festival in Accra
Jessica Horn collaborated with Ghanaian muralist Ayambire Faustina Nsoh to create portraits of Africa’s feminist ancestors. The project began with Zimbabwean Freedom Nyamubaya and Nigerian Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, and included an invitation for festival participants to invoke the names of their own African feminist ancestors. The initiative was featured in the courtyard of Brazil House at Accra’s Chale Wote Festival in 2016.