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Sleep Research/Artwork Proposal: Lucid Dreaming

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Sleep is what we need to survive. Our bodies and our minds need rest. A topic that piqued my interest is Lucid Dreaming. Lucid dreaming is a process where you are aware you are dreaming and take control of the dream. Many people try to discredit it as a new age “trend” and say it’s not possible, however, there are research studies that prove Lucid Dreaming is possible. People who can lucid dream are in REM Sleep and one study shows how EGG tracked their eye movements. Some people have trained themselves to do it, it can happen at random for some people. After doing more research, I found a whole foundation called The Lucid Art Foundation. Founded in 1998, this foundation supports artists whose work is dedicated to consciousness. One of their exhibits was titled “The Colour of My Dreams”, a series of surrealist art featuring paintings, sculptures, and film. On the website, it states that this exhibits “…The exhibition provided a stunning overview of one of most important movements of the 20th century and features a number of signature works by more than 80 artists including Dali’s “Lobster Telephone”, Ernst’s “The Forest”, Miró’s Photo “This is the Colour of My Dreams”, Giacometti’s “Spoon Woman”, Carrington’s “The House Opposite” and Man Ray’s “Emak-Bakia,” among many others. It will also reveal, for the first time, the Surrealists’ passionate interest in indigenous art of the Pacific Northwest and the little-known influence of early Hollywood cinema on the development of Surrealist film” (Vancouver Art Gallery).

For my project proposal, I believe I will make a digital art piece based on my personal interpretation of Lucid Dreaming. I plan on incorporating the patterns from the scans in my piece.

Gordon Onslow Ford Man on a Green Island Oil on canvas, 28 5/8” x 36”, 1939

Sources:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323077.php#6

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-

the-mind/human-brain/lucid-dreaming.htm

http://www.lucidity.com/slbbs/index.html

http://www.lucidart.org/

http://www.lucidart.org/the-colour-of-my-dreams

PechaKucha: Helen Chadwick

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Helen Chadwick: British Installation Artist

Helen Chadwick was a British photographer, as well as a sculptor, and an installation artist. Her birth date was May 18, 1953. She was born in Croydon, England to a Greek Refugee and a local from east London. Her interest in art was sparked after leaving Croydon High School and taking a Fine Art course at Croydon College. She went on and transferred to Brighton Polytechnic from 1973 to 1976. During her time at Brighton, Chadwick had a degree show and is one of her first notable works, Domestic Sanitation (1976). This was a show consisting of her and three other women wearing latex suits while painting on their skin. This performance had the women recreate beauty salon rituals but in a bizarre way. This piece was about the ideals of the female identity. Chadwick would eventually go on and move to Hackney and enrolled at Chelsea College of Art for a year. Chadwick had a wide collection of fascinating artworks. Her pieces include performance pieces, installations, and sculptures. One of her first galleries was called Ego Geometria Sum (1983-6), a ten-piece exhibit based on her growth and development. Stated on www.tate.org.uk , “Initially titled ‘Growing Pains’, it charts the artist’s development from birth to the age of thirty through ten key stages of her life. These are embodied in ten geometric sculptures based on everyday objects of nostalgic significance from her past. Shadowy photographs of Chadwick’s naked body are superimposed with photographs of the original objects and other related elements on the geometric forms.” (Tate, The Labours X). Helen Chadwick have appeared in the nude in several of her pieces.  Chadwick disrupts the convention by introducing herself into the picture. As both the artist and subject of the work, the naked figure is not a supine model but the creator of this work of art.

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