EMILY SOO (Canada)Visual Artist – Graphic De...

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EMILY SOO (Canada) Visual Artist – Graphic Design “I’ve had countless interesting, challenging conversations at Arquetopia with Francisco. I started the residency, thinking that I would create a piece that was universal, which could be understood by anyone. That’s impossible, I learned, as everything is relative and everyone’s experiences are different. The idea that no one could be closer and more different to you than your mother, shows this thinking. We can relate to one another but that doesn’t mean that we understand each other. No two people will ever experience the same thing in their minds. It’s with the friction from these differences that causes new ideas to form. To be less universal, be more specific. I understood that your own experiences can take on another dimension profound to you, and that in itself is valid. Another important idea was to think about your work as an open ended question. Changing the statement into a question allows the piece to stand the test of time as it can adapt to different contexts. As Francisco mentions, these questions enforced with your artistic technique transforms intention into agency.hey were all relevant! I think the best aspect of the conversations was getting a range of answers about the history of Puebla and cultural vagaries that helped me to start developing an understanding of the area and history.” #artistresidency #arquetopia #painting #art #artist #drawing #artwork #paint #contemporaryart #illustration #artistsoninstagram #sketch #instaart #watercolor #arte #acrylicpainting #draw #abstractart #digitalart #oilpainting #fineart #artgallery #portrait #love #design #painter #paintings #modernart #gallery #creative

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