The Fine Arts gallery on campus is hosting a series of works by recent St. Edward’s University Alumni entitled “Misread,” a collection that focuses on communication today and the ways that new technology has influenced the way people relate to each other.

This is the second year the university has created a show specifically featuring alumni artists.

“Culturally, digital has changed the way we identify with one another and form communities,” reads the gallery’s program. “We are limited and engaged in ways previous generations never imagined. “

This is the second year the university has presented a “minute gallery” or a show specifically featuring alumni artists.

The gallery presented pieces spanning several different types of media, including photo, print and latex paint.

Artists submitted their ideas and worked on their pieces over the summer in the Fine Arts Building. The common theme was communication, especially its often-awkward nature.

The theme for the collection sprung from the artists’ mutual appreciation of the popular sitcom “Seinfeld” because they could relate to many of the themes and social situations portrayed in the show, said alumni Ben Osheyak, whose work is featured in the gallery.

Osheyak’s work is a mural depicting a “fictional medical company” whose promise is to fix our generation’s problems with communication, according to the artists.

The mural portrayed a medical cure for “social apathy” among other ailments. It represents some of the common attitudes that many people share toward human interaction today.

“[There are days] you’d rather be in bed eating chips and watching Netflix,” Osheyak said, describing the way an increasing number of people would prefer to spend their time.

Another piece featured a collage of text and images on a plastic sheet portraying ways that digital communication has caused rifts in our social lives.

One of the images on the sheet depicts a tissue box with the words “no real feelings before 2 a.m.” written on the sides.

Another depicts a handheld device with the words “that’s not what I meant” emblazoned across the screen.

The artist, Gerald Llorence Jr., said that he created the piece to reflect some of his “frustrations with communication.”

His piece describes the irony of having so many different avenues of communication, yet so many limitations, especially when it comes to texting, which Llorence says is very difficult due to the fact that italics and boldface are not features the user can employ to get a point across.

“There are not enough ways to express yourself ,” Llorence said.

The gallery will be open to the public until Sept. 17 and is located in the Fine Arts gallery.

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