#artistic-journey

#artistic-journey

Even the name of her studio has a story. EMRIS is a mash-up of her and her dad's names, created during a childhood memory digging out a little "lake" at the beach.

Zalopany reflects on her harrowing childhood experiences in Detroit during a time of social upheaval, marking pivotal moments that shaped her identity as an artist.

After years of being obsessed with making imagery, I had reached a dead end, he says. So, during the winter solstice of 1993, Broms took all of his photographs and paintings to the waterfront in Brooklyn's Williamsburg where he lived, symbolically shaving his head before setting his life's work on fire. I realised that this action was much stronger than any of the work that went up in flames, he says.

It was the first song I wrote for the album. Moth Dance always represented the home of the project that we left to experiment with other songs.

"It has taken several years and many sculptures to arrive to where I am today with the work, using these giant paper flowers to remind us of earthly forms and human conditions that are important to me."