Hypnagogic

Hypnagogic is a series of curated outputs exploring the theme of Hypnagogia; the state between being awake and asleep. This dream state, where the mind translates real world input into abstract perception, is the inspiration behind each selected output.

Hypnagogic

Part of the Magical Realism show by Verse

Vulcan

Swamp

Mud

Noir

Midnight

The series is inspired by Hypnagogia; the transition between wakefulness and sleep. In this state people can experience hallucinations and artists have been known to induce hypnagogia to stimulate their creativity. This state has always interested me, since in this state the brain gets ready to process the day. The series plays around this at different levels; up-close the piece is built out of a large grid of small doodles, each representing a small time frame within a day with its own emotions and events, while adding up to the larger picture. Some moments are denser, more chaotic, while other moments have been forgotten or have a minimal impact upon reflecting.

"Scribbles, doodles and scrawling represents a beautiful combination of disorder and order to me. While the scribbles itself are not a direct representation of something, the underlying complexity of a scribble can show a lot about the process itself. Each scribble is a pure translation of emotion from the creator and a more pure representation of someone’s mind state to me. Playing around with these subtle nuances can make a huge difference to the final output of a piece and I think it’s a very interesting subject to play with."