Jenny Lee Maas // J.L.Maas

Jenny Lee Maas has always been a fan of music and sound.

In 2019 she started Zen Fuzz. Maas plays guitar, synth, sings & writes.

The first Zen Fuzz EP came out in 2022, stay tuned for an album!

The name was inspired by her old vintage instruments, they all had some static issues, everything had a bit of a fuzz, but whereas others saw it as a bad thing, Maas heard beats within those distortions that informed her direction… It’s all a matter of perception!

In college she began making soundtracks for her performance art films, occasionally playing background guitar and making odd instruments (see Xylistone). She also ran a series of art & music benefit shows that included; Rock, Punk, Folk, Classical & Jazz music, with donations going to Pedals For Progress and the American Cancer Society.

After college she continued exploring sound by working on the Psyche’s Lullaby film series, performing at live zen yoga sound baths & making soundtracks for her runway shows.

For more info check out these links:

A steady stream of updates at: IG at Zen_Fuzz & Facebook

Tracks on Spotify, Bandcamp & YouTube (with organized play lists)

Thanks for listening!

-JLee

This gallery is an overview of Jenny Lee Maas's sculpture works.

Psyche's Lullaby is an ongoing film project that started in 2010.   Procession at Dawn is a part of the bigger whole.  The project is a series of short films that are a continuous journey.  Much of the imagery comes from dreams.  It is a symbolic interpretation of one woman's reality.
Once all the shorts are filmed [20 are expected] the last step is to film a character who narrates and unites all of these shorts.  This project has to do with loss, trauma, fear, dreams, guidance, intuition and overcoming.
I want to work in this format because it allows me to film piece by piece, and not necessarily in order, but instead by what is possible at the time of filming.  Performance art is something I have experimented with and it informs my approach with each short; I write a performance score outline and allow participants to improvise.  This allows a more organic process, and often yields to more discoveries.  I also enjoy film because of all the components; costumes, props, music, choreography, cinematography and performance.  It really allows me to play with all mediums. 
So far we have screened the new episodes at our release party and film festivals.  The online release for the next episodes is TBD as we are submitting to more film festivals.
If you have any interest in supporting future films please contact me! https://www.facebook.com/JennyLeeMaas
Thank you to everyone who has made all of this possible!
XOXO
-J Lee

Click here for the Soundtrack to Psyche's Lullaby

This gallery offers a peek into the 2-D works of Jenny Lee Maas.

This gallery is focuses on photography and styling.  

Maas made the garments, props, set design and photography.  

She has always been interested in creating visual narratives. 

This gallery is a peek into Jenny Lee Maas's performance work. Her project Psyche's Lullaby is a series of short films that were originally performed as a live show.  Maas has performed in them both live and on film.  She writes, directs, and makes props and costumes for her own series as well as assisting other artists / projects.      

This gallery is a collection of films that Maas has worked on, please see video notes for details.

This gallery highlights public art projects & large scale works that Maas has worked on. Her hand in each piece varies but includes fabrication and installation. On occasion, Maas worked as a teacher with community members that help create parts of the works. Many of her projects are with Mural Arts Philadelphia with others by The Art Museum and Percent for Art. Artist leads listed on final project images.

Here is a video I made about the Happy Hollow Rec center

Healing Guts: This page is dedicated to Jenny Lee's in progress project about eating to heal.  There is also a project in the works that will merge this content with a conceptual fashion art project.

Be sure to check back!

And if you want to see this project wrap sooner rather then later please consider becoming a sponsor of Prototype 1.

For a steady stream of updates check out:

https://www.facebook.com/healingguts/

And on IG as healing_guts