Paralella

In her new work Emma Szumlas uses language play and examines methods of communication and the perception of reality. She tells two stories with a common beginning, one told in Polish, the other in English. The stories are diverse and interweave, so that they can meet again at the end. The artist blurs the boundaries of the linguistic order and narratives about the body. She disorganizes and stratifies words and spoken sentences, deconstructing their meanings.

 Emma Szumlas is an interdisciplinary artist. She works with fiction and the theory of the “abject” (“abject” may be understood as an object, an effect, evoking repulsion or disgust, or as an action, “abjection,” which can be understood as a process of rejection or refutation). She works in diverse media and employs artistic research. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Media Art of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. To date she has executed performance works at venues such as MSN Warsaw, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, the Foksal Gallery Foundation, Galeria Le Guern, Exgirlfriend Gallery Berlin, and FHNW Basel, and during Warsaw Gallery Weekend.