Per Huttner is using our EEG technology in order to create performances for sleeping audiences. The new project is called “Delta” and many members of the EEGsynth team are part of developing it. We are interested how art can become a part of enriching the third of our lives that we spend asleep.
We start with the fact that some people have very rich nocturnal lives, while others only experience sleep as a necessity without any intrinsic value. Those who can recall the events that take place in their minds at night, dream of magical and fantastic places and develop inspiring narratives. Others find sleep a profoundly sensual experience where bodily pleasures take another form than in their waking states. We ask ourselves where this difference comes from. Can a changed outlook on sleep enrich our nocturnal lives? If so, how can art actively be a part of positively influencing such a perspective?
December 11-13, 2020, Vision Forum is organising a workshop outside Bologna together with Italian artist Emilio Fantin. He has over the last decade developed wonderful artworks and creative working processes where he investigates how people can collectively develop a deeper understanding of their sleeping lives. Together with the Vision Forum team, we will merge his ideas with our budding research on performances for sleeping people practically. Artists from Sweden, Italy and Switzerland will work together for three days to experiment with the overlaps between the two projects.
Delta is supported by Kulturbryggan in Stockholm.