Elizabeth Di Donna
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Swapna
2013
Video and sound installation projected onto clay


The title refers to a term in Hindu philosophy that speaks about consciousness while in the dream state. The philosophy proclaims that while the sleeper is dreaming, an entire world of their choosing is created, a world that is just as real as any experience while awake.

A portion of the clay used in this installation was excavated from a local creek bed, the same site that the video captured.