EGAMI ETSU

>Ms. Egami Etsu is is a Japanese girl, and as foreign student, studies in the oil painting school of the Central Academy of Fine Art. Study in foreign country is a sort of communication between different regions or different cultures, but also a global phenomenon of migration of survival and creative space of artists. This kind of existence with variety, fluidity and uncertainty is not only a concept of movement on the aspect of physical space, but also a generation of creative idea and its expression in language which will provoke the thinking to the migration and the change of the new living environment. So, the temporary artistic creation and the judgment or review to temporary art cannot be simply defined as a temporary derivative from a local or traditional culture. It should be viewed more as a result of understanding, communication and clash between local culture and foreign culture. By means of painting, video and mishearing games, the artistic creation of Ms. Egami emphasizes the concept and meaning of communication, reposes to the change of times and the conflict of civilizations and verifies the phenomenon that verbal communication may cause obstacle or even crisis. With the help of multiple media, her works displays a unique expressive means and narration. Hence, the cultural meaning of these works reflects rather a current reality we are facing in her works and our truly experience to it than her personal preference.

When the cyber culture is increasingly impacting our daily life, it changes the way we communicate before. During the process of communication, we spend more and more energy on using images than using verbal language. At the same time, artificial intelligence provides suffice biological and technical conditions to the suitable users. One example is the youth generation’s resistance to reading and their preference to using images or emoticons directly. This will make us acquire information or learn the world no longer solely by language, and make us face, judge and process a large quantity of information invaded by multiple realities.