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Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos40 shades of happiness2014
2014
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£4,302.27
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About the Item
40 shades of happiness, 2014
c-prints on aluminum backing
4"x 4" each, variable overall installation size.
edition of 5
40 shades of happiness plays with emoticons and fonts to explore the expression and perceptions of human emotions in non-verbal communications.
Emoticons are combinations of punctuation marks and alphanumerics that, put in a certain order, create pictograms of human faces, mimicking offline facial expressions. Key aspect of nonverbal speech, they take the place of body language in text-based media to complement words and help people interpret the emotions not captured by language elements alone.
In the installation, the artiste appropriates the symbolic and visual representation of the “sideways smiley face” - combination of two punctuation marks used to express a state of happiness - to explore the different affects and perceptions of an emotion in the virtual world. By changing font, the “face” of the emoticon changes too; subtle emotional distinctions emerge in the viewer’s perception of the “:)” normative form. While denoting the same meaning, its affect changes.
More than a universal expression of an emotion, the emoticon become a virtual facial expressions whose contexts and sentiments varies from one font to the other, one person to the other.
- Creator:Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos (Greek)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU326221682
Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos
Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist. She has lived her life surrounded by unique cultures—born in Greece, raised in Paris—she now lives and works in NY. Her work investigates the definition and construction of identities, personal memories and collective histories in the digital age. Influenced by the increasing interplay between physical and virtual spaces, Kosmatopoulos decontextualizes everyday objects, cultural symbols and behaviors and translates them into the Internet and social media world. Her work has exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Kosmatopoulos also worked alongside socially charged entities such as the Organization of American States (OAS) to create large-scale installations that raise awareness on social issues.
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