Unconscious Dream
Eloisa Hong
STUDENT'S ARTWORK
ARTIST STATEMENT
I interviewed many friends about their most impressive or interesting dreams, and despite their diverse backgrounds, personalities, and lives, I noticed there are always similarities in their dreams. This reminded me of the metaphor of water: just as we all originate from water, our consciousness, through dreams, seems to reconnect with a shared, deep, unconscious ocean. In a time where meaningful conversation is lacking and contradictions are growing, these dreams serve as a powerful reminder of our shared human experience beyond individual identities. Through this video, I aim to recreate a dream-like experience for audience where our consciousness can once again bond with others. Surrealism emphasises experience rather than identity, imagination rather than perception, doing and becoming rather than just being. I tried to apply surrealism approach to construct an unconscious dream world using the material I obtained from the interviews and expand it with unbounded imagination.
Artwork medium: Collage Animation, AfterEffect
ARTIST INTRODUCTION
Final year computer science and media arts student. Sometimes I code, and sometimes I dream.
Acknowledgement of Country
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
