Conversations In My Sleep: Detail

Conversations In My Sleep

Conversations In My Sleep is a large scale installation that combinations the elements of dreams; a fragment of a conversation, a mother-daughter relationship, a sense of identity, or a vivid memory.  The interpretation of dreams has fascinated people for thousands of years these brief fragments offer clues about who we are, where we are, and what brought us here.

This investigation of the nagging thoughts and ideas that blossom in dream time are sometimes humorous – “a man dancing on a paper bag” – sometimes heartbreaking – “My dad is sitting in the kitchen with our big white cat Bo on his lap. Both dad and the cat have been dead for over six months. Seeing them now, I wonder if I was mistaken” –written as intimate stories they reflect universal emotions, captured at a moment of reflection

Working with text, wax, clay, paper, wood and metal, Conversations in My Sleep is a collection of sculptures that explore the transformation of dreams into stories told through objects. Each sculpture validates emotional moments, and suggests that a collection of the visual expressions can serve as signposts marking the path we’re following.