a little side-tracked.

so i was looking for more artist who work with sleep, and thought that searching blogs might be the way to discover some.
I didn't find any...but i did find this blog, which i found absolutely hilarious, so i thought i'd share it.
I love how he has a whole sleeping persona, and how dry he is. 

his poor wife! I used to sleep talk (and walk) a lot, and my dad would frequently tell me i'd shouted something in the middle of the night. I'm not sure whether a change of environment has stopped me from sleep talking, or whether Chris is simply too heavy a sleeper to notice.

eventually i did find an artist that documents people sleeping.
David Ichioka's Sleep PixSeries, is 9 sets of people photographed sleeping every 30 mins. They are so honest and personal, and really show "the third of our lives when we're not aware our body is up to". Yet again references Chiharu Shiota's work, we are never further away from knowing what is going on in the minds of the sleepers.

we're all mad here.

Following my work with Dreams and Subconscious i have decided to create a series of surreal imagery, using discordant themes and subjects, to create scenarios that would appear in dreams.
I wanted the photos to involve me as my dream journal is so personal to me, i think i needed to have that connection with the scenes. I wanted to create an un-real composition placing everyday objects outside of their surroundings. I really tried hard to steer the piece away from an Alice in Wonderland theme, attempting to make it more threatening and less fairytale.

The majority of the photos, i blurred the backgrounds out of focus making them appear even more dreamlike, the contrast between the harsh focus and an undefinable forest background.

Freeing the Line

Just found these two pictures that show Monika Grzymala's work Transition, which was part of the Freeing the Line exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery. I think they are actually great, so foreboding and oppressive, like a bit black mass permeating the white space, it reminds me of Chiharu Shiota's work about sleep and dreamers. Black can be extremely powerful and psychologically invading, yet also has a sense of beauty.

                                                       Monkia Gryzmala, Transition

                                                         Chiharu Shiota, Unconscious Anxiety