In Other Words (2012)
Annie Vought
I saw much decayed dirty material caming out of my ear. "Wear your biggest smile." (detail), 2012
Hand cut paper
“This collection of writing is from an online forum where people write down their dreams. Carl Jung suggested in regards to documenting dreams:
“I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully as you can — in some beautifully bound book. It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do that — then you are freed from the power of them… Then when these things are in some precious book you can go to the book & turn over the pages & for you it will be your church — your cathedral — the silent places of your spirit where you will find renewal."
Mimicking the calligraphy of Jung's own dream book, I have transcribed these online dreams, and intricately dissected the negative spaces with an Exact-o knife. Are these dreams an example of our collective anxieties? A reflection of all of the negative messages we are bombarded with on a daily basis? Or just an inconclusive window into the unconscious. This re-creation is an extended investigation into people's inner lives and the ways they express their thoughts through writing.” – Annie Vought
In Other Words
February 1 - March 24, 2012
Intersection for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
Photo credit: Scott Chernis