Emilee Robinson

17. Emilee Robinson, lizard, 2024, platinum silicone, toner and vinyl on board, 30 x 25 cm. $650

A deep tethering to a lost self causes one to hover between two temporalities simultaneously - cautiously present, yet erratically consumed by a half-digested past. The childhood mnemonic device presented in lizard allows these half-digested pasts to reach some sense of wholeness in the form of a new atemporal realm, a remembered place. As memory cannot be sustained in totality, we remain suspended in a fugue state - neither fully here nor entirely there.

Emilee Robinson’s work occupies a field within post-Freudian and anthropological theory, focusing on the preservation and revival of the past. Hovering between the presence and absence of memory, overarching themes include loss, attachment, and nostalgia in an investigation of “growing up” as an inevitable force. The childhood symbols examined in this practice provide insights into the object as a portal to a past dimension, sought to be conserved through the alchemy of the contemporary print studio.