Within my project, “Mapping and Remapping our sublime quotidian: The
Gypsis’ Tent”, I intend to tackle the theme of consumption. I do
believe that the reflexivity stops one from being fully present in both
understanding and appreciation of his/her surroundings. I also believe
that at the core of our reflexive system is a matrix of mapping and
remapping. Thus, in this body of work, I will be particularly
interested in analyzing the system of architectural connections between
the physical elements and horror vaccui dominant aesthetic. I began
referencing the outside world hodgepodge through informational
overlapping, until the point of self-annihilation and self-denial of
the rendered elements when they start to lose their hierarchy. By using
different cultural iconography, and by imposing and superimposing
recognizable with more abstracted similes, I attempt to create a matrix
of polyphonic images in my work. In doing so, I am more interested in
offering the viewer the basis for personal stories, rather than
didactical answers.
Ema Harris-Sintamarian is a romanian
artist that lives and works in san jose. she got a MFA in printimaking
from the university of delaware and a second MFA in painting from san
jose state, where she teaches now. she is represented by jack fisher
gallery in sf.