Faenotype Design is home to the playful design work of Dr. Jess Rowan Marcotte.
Dr. Jess Rowan Marcotte
I am an Indigiqueer/Two-Spirit, transgender Mi’kmaw (Ugpi’ganjig) and Euro settler (with Scottish, British, Irish, French, and German heritage) interdisciplinary artist, interaction designer, writer, researcher, community organizer, and maker who was born and raised in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke, Mooniyang). I make acclaimed interdisciplinary projects at the juncture of interactive theatre, digital experiences and experimental interactive works, tabletop roleplaying games, installations, and alternative controller work. I am one of the three co-founders of Soft Chaos Cooperative and have been organizing the Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) and related activities since 2017.
Unified by themes of awkwardness, vulnerability, and intimacy at a time of disconnection and upheaval, my work encourages people to reflect on their relationship to themselves and others within systems that shape their lives. I do this through narrative design (storytelling of all kinds for use with interactive projects), interaction design (how people are taught to engage with each other and with technologies supporting these projects), and game design (the rules, systems, and structures underpinning a project). Because of the nature of my work, I find myself in community-oriented roles, working to improve material and sociological conditions for creators in my milieu. I have served as a community organizer, curator, mentor, and adjudicator and have become a leader in my communities of practice.
This is myportfolio. For more of my work, visit the Soft Chaos Cooperative Website, my itch.io page, or the main Faenotype Design site.