Living in a Dream Exhibition | Cambridge Festival 2023
The exhibition is a collaboration between artists and neuroscientists at Anglia Ruskin University who explored the reason behind the dream, and depersonalization from their experiences and expressed them through technical artwork. The exhibition is led by the ARU neuroscientist Dr. Jane Aspell, who studies the symptoms of depersonalization. As they were interviewed, they received most symptoms are “feeling as though they are not real and that their body does not belong to them”. The feeling then was created by MA Illustration students and was displayed at the Cambridge Festival.
One example showcased in the exhibition is the Dream artwork by Jewel Chang of Anglia Ruskin University, which will be on display at the Cambridge Festival. Credit: Jewel Chang, Anglia Ruskin University
Jewel Chang recreated a dream about being chased. When the person woke up, they continued to experience it and were unsure whether they were experiencing the dream or reality.
Sources:
https://neurosciencenews.com/dream-art-22886/
https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/artists-and-scientists-combine-for-dream-project