A Childhood Guest
Video, 2023
About the artwork
It is a curious dichotomy that when we dream we are both watcher and watched. Our consciousness watches the unfolding dream narrative as if we are spectators of a surreal play. At the same time, we are active participants within the dream, interacting with its environment and characters. Our thoughts and emotions shape the dream, making us both the observer and the observed, as our subconscious draws from our memories, experiences, desires, and fears to create the dream world. This is an exploration of those dual states coexisting in our subconscious.
Sound Design by X New Worlds, music an excerpt from One Perspective Screaming Into The Void by Soularflair
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.