Abstract

SLEEP/WAKE

My concept explores the threshold between Sleep/Wake by looking at and focusing on three main ideas. These ideas include: Movement/Stasis, Dream/Reality and Weight/Weightlessness. The whole idea of my concept is based on falling and what is it to fall asleep? When I think of falling, I think of a vertical movement in a downward motion. When I fall to sleep, I feel myself slowly sinking into the sheets until I finally enter slumber. I wanted to explore the idea of falling into a dream state, the world of our subconscious. The subconscious mind can be a very unpredictable place, what lies within it cannot be controlled. I like to think that it is a happy and peaceful place where the mind goes to rest. I decided to incorporate flora and fauna into my work as a way to represent the nature of the subconscious environment. As dreaming is something that happens within our subconscious, I would associate this with a sensation of weightlessness almost as if you were floating.