Midnight: Dreams and the Subconscious

Midnight asks the question, what if our dreams are trying to tell us something important, and we’re just unable to understand the message? For this exhibition, over eighty brave artists from around the world will put their subconscious on display for a bit of crowdsourced psychoanalysis. Midnight asks each artist to recall an unusually vivid dream they’ve had and interpret the ideas and concepts into visual art, which will be displayed alongside a brief synopsis. Visitors of the physical and online gallery will be able to offer their insights, interpretations, and advice directly to the artist via anonymous psychoanalysis forms provided by Light Grey Art Lab. The results from these forms will be shared on the Midnight exhibition page of Light Grey Art Lab’s website.

 

The content presented in Midnight runs the gamut from the absurd and surreal, to disturbing and ominous, to heartfelt and nostalgic. Some of the artists found the task of interpreting these near-memories that didn’t quite exist a difficult challenge. “Characters are shifting and changing identities in my dreams... Someone may start out looking like a character from a book, though I'll know that behind the mask they're really my sister, and as the dream progresses they'll transform into someone else entirely without me questioning it at all.” recalls participating artist Camille Chew. “My own role in dreams also shifts at times… Multiple storylines and characters constantly shift and blur together making it difficult to piece together what happened after I wake up.”

Exhibitors: A.M.Sartor, Adam Hoppus, Alex Dos Diaz, Alexxander Dovelin, Alice Brereton, Alix Branwyn, Alyssa Van Hulle, Andrew Olson, Angela Rizza, Aniela Sobieski, Anne Passchier, Ashly Lovett, Benjamin Currie,  Blok Magnaye, Cami Dobrin, Cameron Garland, Camille Chew, Caroline Jamhour, Casey Hunt, Celia Lowenthal, Christine Griffin, Colin Laurel, Cori Lin, Cornelia Li, Courtney Wirth, Daniel Shaffer, Daria Theodora, Emily Lubanko, Erik Krenz, Felicia Chiao, Gino Pambianchi, Grace Kim, Gracey Zhang, Ingrid Kallick, Isuri Merenchi Hewage, Jessica Roux, Joana Rosa Bragança, Joshua Fetzer, Julia King, Kate O'Hara, Kathleen Jennings, Kendall Quack, Kevin VQ Dam, Kim Salt, Kring Demetrio, Lauren Baldo, Leonardo Santamaria, Liz Pulido, Louisa Gallie, Luisa Rivera, Lydia Guadagnoli, Maggie Ivy, Malisa Suchanya, Maria Nguyen, Marie-Alice Harel, Miranda Meeks, Natalie Dombois, Nate Hillyer, Nechaeva Evgenia, Nicole Xu, Rachel Maves, Rachel Suggs, Sam Guay, Sam Schechter, Sandra Brandstätter, Sara Diesel, Sara Kipin, Shelby Hersleff, Shirley Chan, Sishir Bommakanti, Sophia Zdon, Stephanie Cost, Stephanie Singleton, Steven P Hughes, Susan Bibinski, Tiffany Turrill, Vero Navarro, and Yudi Chen