the moment when I realised it was too late nothing feels like it is supposed
to be



Sculpture, Sound, Print, Installation

Materials: Glass, wood, plastic, toys, plastic chain, steel hook.

London, United Kingdom
2022

An installation exhibited at SET, London as part of the groupshow ‘Unconsciously Yours’ in May 2022.

In sleep, fantasy takes the form of dreams. But in waking life, too, we continue to dream beneath the threshold of consciousness. ‘Unconsciously yours’ taps into the continuity of consciousness between dreaming and waking. Drifting in thought or into sleep, the artists in this exhibition bring to the surface narratives of real events that happened in daydreams, sleep, deep thought or during time travel. 

With ‘The moment it was too late nothing feels like it is supposed to be.’ Henny Valentino drifts into a daydream, leaving traces of a collision in the form of metal sculptures, mesh, and textures. Through automatic writing and automotive references, Valentino renders a cataclysmic vision he had in a dream that ended in the long sleep. 

Jung believed that dreams conveyed what was really going on with the dreamer. Like a headworm digging through lost memories and secret desires, ‘Unconsciously yours’ unearths personal inescapable truths, illusions, wild fantasies, plans and anticipations, irrational experiences, even telepathic visions. They may feel outlandish but they’re all yours.



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