Dormiveglia

''The space that stretches between sleeping and waking''

Dormiveglia, a dark surreal and artistic exploration of the space that stretches between sleeping and waking, opening up both the subconscious and conscious mind and letting it roam free, building a place and image for others to roam and escape, with images that force the viewer to concoct their own opinion and interpretation of each shot and wander through conception, evoking empathy from the viewer. Conjuring beauty, dark fantasy, and darker surreal fashion imagery, are the main aspects within the books content, along with added effects of image distortion and camera effects, adding a more eerie feel to the imagery. There are four different chapters in the book slowly showing the progressing stages of dream and the unconscious mind, I want the viewer to open up and question, look and feel every part of the dark in between world of dream and reality making you wonder if you are awake or asleep, depicting how real this could actually be, allowing your mind to explore, escape, and question the surroundings and goings on within the imagery and own mind. The book comes inside a box, the box acts as the first step of exploration and imagination, and looks like a book itself with the title etched on the front. From the outside, the viewer will have to figure out how to access the book inside and that is where the journey begins. Dream is considered to be the peak of the unconscious mind that creates an opening of possibilities and excitement, creating imagery and art works, where the world is slightly out of touch, feeling unreal, and dreamlike, stimulating and fascinating, making it a challenging prospect that has allowed me to blur reality and dig deep into the unconscious state of mind.

The unconscious constantly communicates with the conscious mind via our subconscious, and is what provides us with the meaning to all our interactions with the world, as filtered through your beliefs and habits. It communicates through feelings, emotions, imagination, sensations, and dreams.

When you are laying in bed late at night and hear something go “bump” in the night. If you let your thoughts and imagination wander to all the horrible things that might happen, then your subconscious will throw up the feelings, emotions, and memories of past events that you’ve associated with those thoughts. 

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/03/conscious-subconscious-unconscious-mind-work.html