sometimes i
dream in technicolor, is a multiphase project in which I take on three
distinct roles. This is the updated project statement:
Firstly, I am the research
assistant. I go out into the community
in my lab coat armed with my laptop and voice recorder to collect dreams that
participants are willing to share with me.
I will be interviewing each participant about a particularly vivid dream
s/he has had. The interview process
involves taking dictation as well as recording the participant’s recollection
of the dream.
In the second role, I play
the dream analyst. I interpret each
dream based on major symbols, emotions, imagery, etc. present in the retelling
of the dream. The dreams and
interpretations are then posted to a blog as well as incorporated into a series
of zines.
The final phase of this
project finds me in the role of the Artist.
I am illustrating each dream on a 7”x9” panel using mixed media. The panels will then be scanned, which allows
me to make prints of each one. I will
also be using the scans to create a large accordion book approximately 2 feet tall
that folds out several feet across the room.
This book will be gridded with letters down the side and numbers across
the top. Each dream and interpretation
will be coded with these letters and numbers so viewers can then relate which
image goes with which dream and interpretation.
When the project is installed, the zines with the coded dreams and
interpretations will be available, and the book will be unfolded across the
room, the 7"x9" panels will be tacked to the wall, while the audio of the interviews loops overhead, creating a multisensory
experience. Viewers and participants
alike can use the zines or blog to decode which dream factors where into this
large collective dreamscape.
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