A year of dreams

A Year of Dreams Jane Teresa Anderson

Every morning for a year, Seattle conceptual performance artist Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger recorded her dreams to video. Bleary eyed, yawning, and honouring her commitment for arts sake not to look in the mirror before recording, she notched up over 170 dreams across 52 weekly videos. She titled her project, Sharing My Subconscious, and asked me to review and analyse the dreams and make a response video to complete the work. Here’s Amy Ellen, followed by my response:

Here’s Amy-Ellen at Week 21:

You can see all 52 of Amy Ellen’s videos at www.flatchestedmama.com or on the Sharing My Subconscious playlist.

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A conversation starter Jane Teresa Anderson
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A conversation starter

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