The Garden of Emoji Delights

In The Garden of Emoji Delights (2014) one intention of my transcription was to mash up popular historic and contemporary sign systems, and to diversify and expand the Emoji lexicon through this process.The current speed of technological advancements suggest biological organisms and the environment are irrevocably changing. In light of this, it is fascinating to discover how easily the visual vernacular of our day aligns with the symbology of a prescient artist from 500 years ago. The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymus Bosch’s most ambitious work, embodies the conflicts, humor, darkness and absurdity of human, earthly and cosmological conditions. Remixing Bosch’s garden with the contemporary language of emoji is alternately parodic and critical. At times my reflections are on the human tendencies, ideologies, or societal constructions that have remained unchanged for centuries, while at other times my mashups speak to the radical paradigm shifts that have occurred as a result of technology and cultural revolutions.


Studio Acknowledgments:
Animation Assistance: RaFia Santana


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