Carla Gannis

As much as aspects of culture and civilization have changed, mainly due to the technologies we have created to augment the human experience in regards to our feelings and desires, much has stayed the same. Hieronymus Bosch's most famous painting is filled with idiosyncratic iconography that continues to intrigue viewers. Emoji is a contemporary glyph system that offers an emotional shorthand for virtual expression. His main intention in producing "Emoji's Garden of Earthly Delights" was to combine popular contemporary and historical sign systems, as a reflection on human, earthly, and cosmological conditions in the 21st century.