Exhibit Opening | Friday, May 15, 2009, 6-8PM
When we dream, we are released from everyday logic, the laws of physics, and the expectations of coherent storytelling. “Dreamland” explores this phenomenon by presenting a pastiche of dream sequences from multiple storytellers. The absence of a conventional storyline and structure does not produce chaos. Instead, the dream structure itself provides the logic that draws the stories into a coherent, stimulating, and entertaining experience.
This installation encompasses a single channel video projected from the ceiling onto a mattress on the floor.
David Hodge and Hi-Jin Hodge have created video installations for artistic exhibitions around the world. Their pieces typically blend editorial materials and innovative uses of technology to explore complex human and social questions. Above all, they create aesthetically appealing work that identifies foundational principles and expands on them through multiple viewpoints.
Their work encompasses both new and traditional types of media. They've shown ocean views on the side of a 40-story office building in downtown Seoul and were the first to use video iPods in an artistic installation. Currently they are at work creating new installations for their first solo exhibition: Closer by the Minute, which will begin its journey at the Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago in the spring of 2010.
