In Sleep
Sleep is a space between our conscious and unconscious states of being. In sleep, we are ghosts.
Still image from "In Sleep"
Using a camera programmed to capture only moments of change (movement), I documented a night of sleep, amounting to roughly 5,000 photographs over the course of 7 hours. In sequential order, these photographs reveal a body shifting in and out of visibility, between active and deep sleep.
Side by side in both their original and inverted states, the sequence of pictures reference language and/or code. Viewers move back and forth, in and out to decipher the story behind a night in sleep.
"In Sleep"
"In Sleep" at ITP Winter Show
"I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!" - Alice in Wonderland
Close up of "In Sleep"
