False Awakening
Video, 2023
About the artwork
Have you ever experienced the sensation of being trapped in a dream, unable to awaken, or found yourself questioning whether you're navigating a dream world or reality itself? This phenomenon is known as a ‘false awakening’ and is what I wanted to explore in this piece. Through both the audio and visual elements, I've endeavored to encapsulate the sensation of being caught in a liminal space, a realm between waking and dreaming. The narrative unfolds in a series of scenes where the characters are consistently confined, with no doors or evident escape in the rooms they occupy.
AI generated music from FullJourney and Sound Design by X New Worlds
Audio explanation
Listen to X New Worlds discuss this work.
X New Worlds is a London-based artist and designer who examines the nature of consciousness and the ephemeral. Drawing inspiration from her experiences with sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, she weaves surreal and absurd worlds that explore the precipice between conscious and unconscious realities.
Her work has been showcased globally in spaces such as the Saatchi Gallery, ArtSpace55, Times Square New York, Nou Museum, Canal180 and more. She has been published and featured in Telescope Magazine Volume II, Prompt Magazine, Forbes Australia, and Nasty Magazine.