Is it possible to transfer a dream from the human mind into physical reality? This question provided the impetus for Justine Emard’s work The First Dream – Hatsuyume. To this purpose, the artist had her brain activity recorded in a sleep lab while she slept. The electric signals of the brain were captured in a spectral image that represents the neurological data during the dream in yellow and purple. On this basis, Emard produced The First Dream – Hatsuyume, which is composed from many individual layers, with the help of a special technology.  The title of the work refers to a Japanese belief, according to which it brings luck to dream of Mount Fuji, a falcon and an eggplant at the New Year. It is left to the viewer to decide which motifs they recognise in Emard’s dream images.
Text: DV & IMT