Somnia Imaginem
Installation
Katrineholms Konsthall 2025
Photo: Liam Warton
Technical assistance: Nils Fridén
Motion loop: 5 hours
Material: Cyanotype on silk, wire, molded concrete, rope, motors
Somnia Imaginem means dream image in Latin. The installation consists of two interconnected layers – body and mind. When we dream, the body takes on a passive position, becoming heavy and paralyzed. At the same time, the brain’s activity reaches its peak. The mind expands, flies, travels and moves across time and space.
The exhibition embodies these layers of consciousness while also seeking to capture the transience and fragile materiality of dreams. Weights bearing bodily imprints on the floor meet floating patchworks in the ceiling, moving in a kind of continuous breathing. The recurring intervals and rhythm of movement connect to the cycles of night-time dreams. The threads link body and mind, serving as a reminder of the dream’s relationship to the experiences of waking life.
The exhibition invites visitors to take various still and passive positions within the space, to allow themselves to look upward, outward, and inward.
Technical assistance: Nils Fridén
Motion loop: 5 hours
Material: Cyanotype on silk, wire, molded concrete, rope, motors
Somnia Imaginem means dream image in Latin. The installation consists of two interconnected layers – body and mind. When we dream, the body takes on a passive position, becoming heavy and paralyzed. At the same time, the brain’s activity reaches its peak. The mind expands, flies, travels and moves across time and space.
The exhibition embodies these layers of consciousness while also seeking to capture the transience and fragile materiality of dreams. Weights bearing bodily imprints on the floor meet floating patchworks in the ceiling, moving in a kind of continuous breathing. The recurring intervals and rhythm of movement connect to the cycles of night-time dreams. The threads link body and mind, serving as a reminder of the dream’s relationship to the experiences of waking life.
The exhibition invites visitors to take various still and passive positions within the space, to allow themselves to look upward, outward, and inward.