Ephemera / i-fem-uh ruh / ● pl. n. items of short lived interest or useful ness. - ORIGIN Greek. ‘things lasting only a day’.
The exhibition Ephemera revisits found objects and various materials of a former time period. The mixed media objects represent the human imprint left behind; the remains of a past broken down system or culture. These materials carry a reality of there own, which owe there presence to human action and purpose. They are deeply rooted in human consciousness.
The term Ephemera covers a wide range of transitory written or printed documents including leaflets, handbills, tickets, trade cards, programs, playbills, printed tins, packaging, adverts, posters, postcards photographs and newspapers.
These documents are not intended to be retained or preserved but each item reflects the moods or mores of past time in a way that formal records cannot. These minor transient documents of everyday life serve as evocative reminders of the past.
The fish as symbols themselves are products of the emotions (sea) and intuition (freshwater), so fish can be symbolic of the world of symbols, in contrast with the purely materialistic earthbound approach to life. Fish are the treasures of the waters, which in general symbolise the psyche in contrast with the body: the unconscious rather than the ordinary conscious.
They stand as a metaphor for the aesthetic and spiritual significance hidden in nature human beings. The fish symbol therefore becomes productive of the human predicament depicting patterns in the psyche in the cycle of life.
The fish represent the unconscious element revealing mystery and perplexity, while the mixed media material represents the conscious element, which relies on remembrance.
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