The visualisation of the creative unconscious : a visual exploration of unfamiliar dream experiences through photographic animation and sound

Abstract

This dissertation explores the reaction and remembrance towards our subconscious dreams, to further examine and recall these experiences from the dream world, into the real world. This study aims to successfully collect and conceptualise these dream experiences through the use of photographic animation and sound. In-depth questionnaires and surveys, as well as the dream journal method were conveyed as part of the research methodology in order to gain a wider and much vaster perspective as to how the public reacts to their dream experiences. A select few participants were also chosen as part of this study, to document their dream experiences through the use of dream journals. The collected results, as well as the collected dream scripts, were studied deeply in conjunction to each other, to be further translated and captured through the use of photographic animation. The final project consists of 10 dissimilar photographic animations, that depict and conjure up the dream experiences of these participants, as well as my own, as a form of personal memorabilia. This study therefore provides a visual rendition of personal dream experiences, displaying key moments in the dream, as well as the emotions felt throughout the occurrence itself. It is also a complete reflection of the uniqueness of each dreamer, as well as how these experiences are influenced by the sensitive aspects of their personal life. Therefore these dreams, as well as the many others that are experienced, become a visual and mental identity of the dreamers themselves.