Dreaming in Blue
2023 Video, 35 minutes
Fake fur, couch, thread
Dreaming in Blue is a video re-interpretating the 19th century tradition of the tableau vivant, a form of live theatre that can be seen as a breathing still life. A tableaux vivant in which the domestic and its familiar objects are defamiliarized and made alien by merging the body and domestic furniture into one. The term ‘domestic’ doesn’t just relate to space and atmopshere but also to control since it can also refer to ‘domesticated animals’ or subjugated animals that are no longer wild but controlled. In this video, two furry human figures appear embedded within the folds of a sofa, an object typically associated with ease and domestic comfort. Yet the softness becomes deceptive as the boundaries between body and furniture blur, turning familiarity into estrangement. What once promised rest now evokes quiet discomfort. Still, within this disquiet, there may lie a strange kind of solace.
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