Florence University of the Arts – The American University of Florence (FUA-AUF) will open online, on corridoiofiorentino.it, the DIVA/IDEAS final Spring 2020 Semester student exhibit Eros and Logos: Between Reason and Pleasure. The exhibit will inaugurate on Thursday May 14, 2020.

The word Eros is simply rendered in English as “love,” but the term holds a greater and more passionate significance than such a simplification. Eros is a deeply sensual, erotic, sometimes irrational love. A love that can vary in intensity and interpretation for everyone. Just as love is passionate, so is creativity. Love can be so energetic that it is equivalent to vital life energy. Erotic and creative energy is a fundamental spiritual aspect of human life. But Eros can be chaotic, and it needs to be grounded to function effectively. The counterpart to Eros is Logos, the true principle of rationality. Logos grounds Eros but does not constrict it. Rather, it gives love objective interest and reason as why to use its energy.

In artistic endeavors, Eros and Logos are constantly working in tandem, whether one is aware of it or not. Creativity needs rationality and vice versa; communicating as the inner essence and outer expression. Art strives through creative purpose, and Eros and Logos personifies this scope in every detail. We can often forget that we all have a driving creative energy and often minimize this quality by assigning it to “artistic” beings. But we are all creative in our own ways, manifesting our Eros and Logos in a variety of mediums and areas. The courses selected for the final exhibit include Introduction to Digital Animation; Project for Sustainable Interior Design II; Digital Graphic Illustration; Introduction to Digital Photography; Interior Design Materials and Furnishing; Intermediate Interior Design; Introduction to Photography: From Darkroom to Digital; iPhoneography; Instant Communication: Words, Images, News; Landscape and Architectural Photography; Photojournalism; and Introduction to Fashion Photography.