A development of the 'Chasing Dreams' project.
Dreams are disorderly, and trying to make sense of disorder by drawing on what we already know seems to leave us at the same point – it is still not scientifically proven why we dream, and what the meanings behind these dreams are. Rather than admire dreams for the brilliant abstraction that they are, it seems that these dream theories have often compelled the very essence of dreaming to be defined.
But what if there really is no meaning? What if, there is no ‘order’ within this disorder of dreams? Can dreams not just be enjoyed for the narratives they provide us, and this absurd parallel life they give to us?
Consider, for example, an alternative perspective to dreams. One that assumes dreams to have no meaning or order beyond an absurd parallel to everyday life; like the distorted images reflected in a fairground mirror.
Originally, I felt the project moving towards the interpretation of dreams, and the fragmented aspects of them. However, this idea developed to a point where it would only seem repetitive to carry it on, thus the aim moved onto an exploration of disorder and unpredictability. The main question became centered on finding a mechanism that reflected the random nature of dreams: glitch art.
In dreams, it almost seems too easy for things to become dislocated and abstracted. Like the glitch, nothing is pre-meditated; we never get the same results twice. Both glitch and dream are random and spontaneous.
