hareefaree

I’m hareefaree, but I also go by Marissa or Mars on the outernet. I’m an artist, animator, game designer, and writer! My work is varied and focuses heavily on materiality and narrative, so while I consider myself medium-agnostic my methods usually bend around storytelling, stop motion, and interactivity. I believe immensely in the power of community and queerness and that art is one of the most powerful communication tools that we have to celebrate and protect in this age of distrust and discomfort.

My work stems from my South Asian Malayalee heritage, my love of immigrants and hatred of borders, my passion for being a hairy brown lesbian! I love art that relishes in its own weirdness, art that defies simple definition but welcomes analysis. I believe that the exhaustion we face is not the end-all-be-all and that a better world is coming. I want to convince everyone of that, at least.