Bedtime story: “The huge tiger with sharp fangs was out to get her. She would run for a while until she would get tired. Her entire effort was invested in moving legs that felt heavy like concrete. Waking up in tears, the child realized it was just a dream. It was not real, but it felt like it.
Every night for a week the dream played on repeat. One day, her worried father instructed her that next time she encountered the animal in her dreams she should take it by the jaws and break it open.
The tiger visited again and her eyes opened wide and her heart grew anxious, but she couldn’t wake up. Before falling into the abyss, she remembered her father’s advice. She took both sides of the mouth and stretched it apart until it cracked and the tiger was nothing more than tiny pieces of sparkly colored debris. The tiger never visited again.”
Debris: the remains of anything broken or destroyed.
It is important that we learn to master our own fears. As young adults, we are sometimes led to believe that the majority of our fears don’t exist. Our fears are only alive in our heads just like the dream the girl had. The tiger never existed, but it felt like it did. This is where the concept of relativity comes in. Fears are different for everyone but we can all relate to having them. The only way fears really die out is if we face them.
Four jars in the exhibition are filled with “dream debris”. I would also like to invite the audience to be part of this mini installation and write down a fear they may have and help me fill up the jars.
Fears collected will be used for further projects.
Telling stories is part of human nature and culture. A lot of my artwork draws inspiration from this. Everyday life is full of people that have interesting and vibrant stories to share, sometimes it is other people stories that help you understand your own reality. After all to me, Art is the catharsis of energy stored in you when experiences touch you or transform you in some way. Like being hit by a moving train. Like being hit by reality in the face. I am also exploring divergent ideas, for example instead of researching on storytelling I look into things you cant put words to which turns out to be more emotional and abstract. At the same time my creative process is still growing and I am learning and having fun experimenting with different mediums and materials.
Born in 1994 in El Salvador, Eugenia discovered art at a young age and nurtured it ever since. Without any professional education in art, Eugenia has participated in two art festivals (Festival Bicultural 2011,2012) and received workshops with recognized Salvadorean Artists. In 2013, she moved to Taipei, Taiwan. Last year, she participated in Exposure: Art, Beer, Culture 2014, to get involved with Taipei’s artsy scene. Recently, she formed part of the event Artists Break the Mold 3 hosted by Red Room at Huashan Park.
Currently, Eugenia is pursuing a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications and coloring the void between her career and the art field. Her art explores human experiences, storytelling and divergent ideas.