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Dream Director
The ''Dream Director'' was a touring installation by artist Luke Jerram, which continued the artist's exploration of creating art inside people's heads ("on the edges of perception") rather than in the physical world. It was first staged in Bristol in 2007, and toured in subsequent years. Participants in the ''Dream Director'' (usually 20 in total) stayed overnight in specially designed sleep pods. Each participant wore an eye mask which detected REM_sleep, Rapid Eye Movement. When a mask detected the participant was in REM sleep - and was therefore probably dreaming - the participant was played a short sound clip through speakers embedded in the sleep pod. Each participant was assigned a certain sound set for the night, although they would not find out what sounds they were being played until the following morning (after they had written down any dreams they had). Each sound set was a group of sound effects with a specific theme: early experiments showed that being played a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram (born 1974) is a British installation artist. He creates sculptures, large installations, and live arts projects. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol. Jerram is colour blind. Selected works * ''Museum of the Moon'' * ''Aeolus'' * ''Dream Director'' * ''Play Me, I'm Yours'' * ''Glass Microbiology'' * ''Park and Slide'' * ''Sky Orchestra'' * ''Tide'' * ''Maya'' * ''Withdrawn'' (2015) * ''Gaia (Jerram), Gaia'' is a 7 metre diameter sculpture of Earth, an installation at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne in 2022 Selected awards * Fellowship at Museum of Glass, Washington. 2011 * ACE Grants for the Arts Programme, Touring of Aeolus 2010 * 25th Rakow Award from The Corning Museum of Glass] 2010 * EPSRC, PPE Grant with ISVR, Southampton University 2009 * ACE Grants for the Arts Programme, Touring of the Dream Director (artwork), Dream Director 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |