LARA JO-RIVA

LARA-JO RIVA IS A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST WHOSE FOUND OBJECTS, CLAY FORMS, AND RHYTHMIC, GRIDDED PAINTINGS MOBILIZE A VISUAL LEXICON OF THE UNCONSCIOUS, STAGING AN INTUITIVE DANCE BETWEEN ORDER AND CHAOS. SEMIOTICS AND SYNTAX COLLAPSE INTO ONE AS A HAPHAZARD, GLORIOUSLY TRASHY INTERPLAY BETWEEN COLORS, MEANINGS, AND MATERIALS MAGNIFY LANGUAGE’S TEXTURAL FACTORS, WITH DENOTATION, CONNOTATION, AND INTONATION MELTED, FIRED, AND FUCKED INTO AN ILLEGIBLE FORCE THAT SPEAKS ITS TRUTH IN INDECIPHERABLE RIDDLES. WHAT UNFOLDS IS A DISTINCT LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO NEVER BE READ, SPOKEN, OR UNDERSTOOD, A SERIES OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT GATEKEEP INFORMATION IN SILOS OF SYMBOLOGY WHOSE INTERIORS WITHHOLD THE ANSWERS TO A EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL.

TEXT BY EVAN KARAS