Emanuela Santini

2014-11-09

Mind eScapes, solo show, Gallery Decumanus, 2014

2014-01-30

‘A Love for Y’s’, 2013

‘A Love for Y’s’, 2013, mix media (ink-jet print on mirror foil and linocut on paper

mounted on kapafix), 2310 x 297 mm

‘A Love for Y’s’, 2013, detail

Work 'A Love for the Y's', consists of 11 parts of an A4 format combined into one unit/story. It is a technique of linocut on paper, and ink-jet prints on the mirror foil. Motivation and inspiration for this work is the technique of bibliotherapy and belief in the influence of the books that we read on our experiences. Putting yourself in the 'others' shoes', the reader recognizes the work of literature, and compares the story with their own personal experiences. With this psychological process, story / text becomes part of the reader's world, a part of his personality, because it stimulates the imagination, emotional reactions, and provides insight into the specific information about themselves, about their relations with others and the environment that surrounds us and affects us. The mirrors, which are part of the work has a symbolic role, reflecting the real world, they are warning reversed to reflect again that truth (the quotes) to us.

Exhibited as part of the EU project/exhibition Password/Printmaking, travelling exhibition, ICGA Ljubljana/SLO; Asociation Hablar, Madrid/ES; MMSU, Rijeka/CRO; Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee/B; Foundation Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn/EE and International Print Triennial Society, Krakow/PL

'Mind the Gap', 2013

'Mind the Gap', 2013, solvent print on paper series of six prints mounted on kapafix,

700 x 500 mm each

'Mind the Gap', 2013, detail

Trapped, 2012, drawing

Trapped, 2012, drawing on paper, 2800 x 1400 mm (3000 x 1600 mm)

The past is an essential part of my being and creativity. My motivation, inspiration and the backbone of my work. Memories do not lead to the past they lead in the present, it opens the door to new sensations, to what is happening now. 'Trapped' is a work / drawing introspective in its nature. Reflection of (personal) internal condition, experiences, anxieties and emotions that occupy the mind. 'Trapped' speaks about those moments in life when we make one step forward and three back, about a sense of being trapped in our own story / net which absorbs and attracts what we want and do not want to, an attempt to edit the whole fragmentary memories, fitting parts to understand, forgive, move on.

Exhibited at 18^th International exhibition of drawing, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia.
Drawing is dedicated to dibidus and makes a part of a collection in Museum of Modern and contemporary art in Rijeka.