Jovita

Existentialism is a participatory artwork that explores the concept of depersonalization and losing who you are. It has vivid colours all mixed together in the background, with plain silhouettes hovering over the front to represent a lack of self and uniqueness. This artwork would not be able to be created without the participation of other students, and involved a lot of experimentation with markers and water. With this artwork, I want to allow the audience to see my take on what it feels like to lose yourself and how it looks through my eyes as an artist.

Inspired by personal experiences and the large-scale artist Louise Bourgeois, Heart of Chains is a large-scale artwork that explores insecurity and self-preservation, open to the viewer’s interpretation. The chains represent the various insecurities you feel as a human, and how it can wrap you up and hold you down. With this artwork, I wanted to provide the viewers with an experience in which they were able to see themselves in the artwork, and are able to relate to it. 

Inspired by the miniature-scale artist Slinkachu, Locked Away is a miniature artwork that explores the importance of communication and patience, and how they work together to build trust between others. The various photographs and difference in lighting shows the long process involved in building trust and opening up to others. With this artwork, I wanted to show how you’re able to gain someone’s trust with patience and communication, shown with a “frozen in time” concept with the ice. 

Flowers in Bloom explores the viewer’s journey through finding happiness represented by the firework of white behind a bouquet of colour. If looked at closely, the viewer may find themselves recognizing a hidden message behind the flowers chosen for the bouquet. With this piece, I wanted to encourage the viewer to pay closer attention to the elements and subjects that make up the artwork, instead of viewing the piece through an aesthetic visual lens. 

Amor explores the emotion of love and the difficulty in expressing various emotions coherently, represented by the pool of colour in the middle. The rough-edged heart allows the viewer to see “unedited” emotions, contrasting strongly with the uniform, straight-edged rays of colour emitted from the heart. With this piece, I hope to find a common ground with the audience, and allow them to feel a semblance of familiarity at the image they see in their head.

A Picture in Time represents the emotion of nostalgia and the journey to letting go. It depicts one of Toronto’s most well-known landmarks, Honest Eds, in its past and in its present. The once famous department store has now turned into a construction site for new condominium buildings. With this artwork, I wanted to explore the boundaries of past vs. present, and showcase a journey of letting go and facing the future.

Tranquility is a video created with images of the art piece Solitude. As a separate artwork, Tranquility focuses more on the calmness that solitude may bring you, in a positive light, while its counterpart steers slightly towards the negative direction. With the video, I hope to evoke a sense of calmness and silence upon the viewer, seeing the twinkling lights of the jellyfish and watching a slow-paced video.