GARDEN OF LOVE
Kiran Joan
Garden of Love is an explorative series of animations and illustrations. The title takes from William Blake's poem, which argues the religious rules placed on people. Using interviews and research on how people navigate around these rules, this illustration project works as a method of manifesting love allowing people to embrace joy, desire, and community - both natural and important. Through subtle movements, the illustrations aim to not only evoke feelings of softness and sensitivity but also use nature as a teacher of life lessons.
Stories of Love
Rashmi’s personal story is about losing touch of her sexuality and finding herself again through theater and friendship. She is a theater director based in Bangalore, India and comes from a traditional Brahman family.
Jungle of Delights
If sexuality exists so freely in nature, how can oppressive religious rules be reimagined to express freedom, love, trust, kindness, and peace? Through these dreamlike landscapes of gigantic plants and sex toys, I create spaces of discovery and acceptance.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kiran Joan is a Baltimore-based illustrator whose work is characterized by textures and contrasting fluid lines. Her magical worlds are influenced by a mix of cultures she grew up in, Muscat, India, and the U.S.A. She is excited to work on editorial projects in health, travel, and technology.