Josias Figueirido Rivas
My work emerges from an examination of current philosophical
contradictions and how they play out in everyday life. I am
interested in the rapidly changing intellectual moods that
take place in our society, and how they affect every area of our
private and public life. My new work engages primarily with
topics related to philosophy and psychology, such as definitions,
tolerance, meaning, certainty, loneliness, and pain, and it also
addresses the growing developments, effects, and challenges
of technology, such as surveillance, information overload,
transhumanism, and robotics.
The narratives in my work are invented, and they take place in
spaces that oscillate between the digital and real worlds. They
originate in collages made up of parts of my drawings, found
photographs, and online images. My iconography is largely
based on visual strategies found in animations and video games.
I carefully consider the flexibility of the medium I use, and
often employ a range of materials, including fabric, paper, glitter,
and rhinestones.
