Elusive Dreams is the result of the research I did during the minor What Is Fashion? I dream the weirdest dreams and I wanted to see if I could find a pattern. During the minor they encouraged to experiment with different materials. Eventually I discovered that what I was making and what I was dreaming were both like collages; a mix of different things that I saw, found, did.
The installation invites you to step in, feel the textures and enter your own dreamworld. I didn't create a story myself but let everything come together naturally and leave room for own interpretation. That way all kinds of different stories are created. After all, we all dream different dreams.
For the projection that is seen in the installation I also used the collage technique. Since the minor is called What Is Fashion? I wanted to see what would happen when the objects are combined with the body and when they're not. When the objects are given a body, does that automatically make it fashion?
Elusive Dreams was shown during the exhibition Sincerely Yours (2023) at the Academy Gallery, Utrecht