The series of short clay animation movies were produced between 2017-2018. They are based on the artists dreamscapes and memory raising question about the how the human psyche processes and integrates experiences unconsciously. As the counterpart to the artists writing on how the body expresses through physical movement this collection of claymation films questions the intersection between the conscious and unconscious and yearns for the place where the mind dances with the body. The artist suggests that the human being should be understood as a whole organism even when we slice it into various smaller parts such as mind, body and soul.
Memory just like dreams play a key role in our unconscious expression as we keep both in mind flawed and incomplete. We associate them with strong feelings and especially with memory we fill in the gaps of what we can no longer remember resulting in imagined episodes of real scenarios. Dreams work differently in that we are not able to recall the majority of them, instead only those close to waking phases.
Yet both dreamscapes and memories live closely on the intersection of reality and imagination so that the value we derive from them is not the occurrence or story but the teaching we take from it and how it influences our perspective.
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The piece Perceptual Time combines elements of installation, performance and clay animation. It consists of a yurt made from sown together up-cycled fabric. The interior is designed as a basic living space allowing the audience to sit down on the hand weaved carpet made from up-cycled textile scraps while watching the claymation made of three films in conversation with one another. Furthermore, the artist performs a sound meditation playing crystal sound bowls dressed in a handmade and self-designed kimono. The installation brings together themes revolving around dreams, experiences gained through travelling and how we construct our concept of home based on what cultures, traditions and people we encounter on our paths. This work depicts the artist interest in eastern cultures and peoples.
The Kimono and carpet where later reused in further works.
