I am collecting dreams from the people in my life at this particular moment in time. I will create video sketches based on the dreams I collect. I will pair archived sounds and images with my impressions of the dreams I have been gifted.
The third dream sketch: https://vimeo.com/400382753
The second dream sketch: https://vimeo.com/399513184
The first dream sketch: https://vimeo.com/399202369
I will not transcribe your dreams or use voice-over in the film, just visual imagery and type. I will listen your dream, then write down what I remember. There will be lapses, errors and omissions, this imperfect translation is part of it.
If you have a dream or dream fragment you are willing to share, please email a recording to: franciduran.artist@gmail.com.
If you want credit for your dream let me know and the name you want used. If you wish to remain anonymous, tell me that too.
Many thanks for considering. I look forward to hearing from you.
Note:
This idea comes from reading The Third Reich of Dreams by Charlotte Beradt and is chronicled in this New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/how-dreams-change-under-authoritarianism. I am not making an analogy of this time to that of the Third Reich. I want to give credit where it is due.
