The copyright to the images depicted in this catalogue belongs to the photographer or artist and/or the artist's representative, agent or publisher. This work is expressly not of a commercial nature and where possible, each image has been credited with the artist/photographers name, image title and date. The images are shown for illustrative purposes only and to accompany text. I claim no ownership or rights to the images shown and a full bibliography to the image sources is to be found in the catalogue. Indre Marcinkute
Introduction DREAMS This catalogue is an analysis of a dream. It creates a pattern of a dream. Through the catalogue there are variety of photographs asking for a different response from the viewer. Just as in our dreams, we experience a variety of feelings that can go from anxiety to happiness.
The dream starts unclear. From the first two pages of the catalogue, you will get an impression of a dream, from a third person perspective, which is how we usually dream of ourselves. In the photographs it goes from one body part to another and from one place to another. In dreams, we often don't see a clear vision of a solid body or even a face. Therefore, the location tends to suddenly change. In general, the point where we start remembering our dream is quite cloudy and blurry, as if we are trying to figure out: what is going on? Or perhaps it is a calm start to put us at ease, to fall deeper asleep. At this stage the feelings are quite neutral.
In the following pages, there is the middle of the dream, which is clear. Although, it might seem quite random while you are dreaming, when you wake up and put those images together, a moment of realisation happens. You think to yourself, It all makes sense now. I feel like dreams have power to change the way we think, or change us as a person, by learning more about our subconscious, from our dreams. So in this part, I brought the present, and the feelings, or events from the past, which create a nostalgic feeling, and I have put it into something new, which causes a new self discovery.
In the middle, I was exploring the visuals of a dream, which is made up of places, that a person has been to or has seen before, but are unreal and bizarre, yet beautiful. The visuals of our memories, and everyday experiences, as well as our thoughts and imagination, collide and create something new: an environment, a situation or an object.
The dream can suddenly change into a nightmare, and I represented this with images of things and places that are very unpleasant and uneasy to look at. The photographs that I chose for this have a realistic and clear quality about them. That is because we are more likely to remember nightmares, than pleasant dreams. The photographs give an empty and troublesome feeling. The colours are cold, which is usually associated with sadness, and other negative feelings.
At the very end I decided to include less shocking or challenging photographs, although still too exaggerated, just to show that it still is a dream. At the end of the dream we find ourselves in more realistic and inactive environment, it calms us down and puts everything back to order before we wake up.
Choosing the photographers and the photographs for the catalogue When choosing the photographers, it just made sense to start with surrealist photographers and artists such as Salvador Dali or Hans Bellmer, as surrealists explored the subconsciousness through the world of dreams. I also, discovered new photographers, such as Holly Andres, who explores memories, which is closely related to dreams. The final photographs were chosen and put together to get a point across or to tell a story, relating to dreams. When choosing the photographers, I paid attention to the feeling it was giving me, the colours and textures, and finally the actual meaning of the photograph, which however, I tried not to concentrate on too much. (More about the artists and the photographs at the back)
Bill Brandt (Hermann Wilhelm Brandt (1904 – 1983) GermanBritish photographer and photojournalist. Photos used: Landscape body (page1-2), 1903-1983 Kismet and Mirror (page 12) Photos found: http://bit.ly/1l3KyxQ http://bit.ly/1p5vjWb
György Kepes (1906 –2001) Hungarian-born painter, designer, educator and art theorist. Photo used: Kepes György: Torzulás, 1942 (page 1), Gyorgy Kepes, Juliet Kepes with Peacock Feather, 1939 (page 12) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1p58hyD http://bit.ly/1hxmDba
Holly Andres (1977) American photographer, who uses photography to examine the complexities of childhood, the fleeting nature of memory, and female introspection. Photo used: Fieldcrest Drive IV (page 3) From series :While the trees asleep (page 4) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1jPiPwe http://bit.ly/SreYPX
Horst P. Horst (Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann, 1906 – 1999) German-American fashion photographer Photo used: Horst P. Horst Lisa Fonssagrives’ Hands, New York, 1941 (page 5 and page 6), Gabriel 1965 (page 7) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1p5mk7g
Grete Stern (9 May 1904 – 24 December 1999) German-Argentine Photographer Photos used: Grete Stern – photomontage, Grete Stern – Dream Nº 38, 1949 (page 7, 8) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1nLxIrI
David Lynch (born January 20, 1946) : film director, television director, visual artist, musician and actor. Photos used in page 9-10 Photo found: http://bit.ly/1p5bFcG
Hans Bellmer (1902 – 1975) German artist, Surrealist photographer. Photo used: Doll games #9 1935-38 (page 10), La Poupee, 1934 (page 9 and page 4) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1mOZKxp http://bit.ly/1kuBJgx http://bit.ly/1tFEOeB
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky, 1890 – 1976) American modernist artist, significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements. Photo used: D14 by Man Ray (page 11) Photo found: http://bbc.in/1hWYqWo
Salvador Dalà (1904 – 1989), Spanish surrealist painter and photographer. Photo used: The Eye of Time by Salvador Dali (page 11) Photo found: http://bit.ly/1oTgcl5