Dig up some dreams this Saturday in Somerville!

Unearth dreams July 20th in Davis Square in Somerville as part of Artbeat. 

Location: Statue Park Davis Sq. Somerville, MA 

From noon to 6pm. 

http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artbeat/2013

Breaking Ground: Dream harvester

Dreams are naturally fleeting and ephemeral. Like a feeling, they can seize the body and mind to only become a vague and curious memory when we awake or though passing time.  How do we give gravity and mass to something transient as dreams? Cultures create framework for such moments and experiences though iconography, storytelling, and mythmaking. 

“Breaking Ground: Dream harvester” is an installation mimicking an archeological dig that is open to public participation.  The installation will be open July 20th from noon to 6pm located at the sculpture park in Davis Square.

By nurturing, unearthing and digging out such dreams from slumber and aspirations, the infinitely small and unnamable, builds weight and mass, growing into physical entities we see, hold and share.  These physical images and forms then become movements for change.  The micro-movement of excavating, sweeping, and digging out dreams resonates a positive energy that is limitless – inspiring personal and social development. 

“Breaking Ground,” submerges a painting under heaps of dirt to be unearthed by the same gardening tools that previously were only the subjects of the paintings I have been known to create.

Tools for digging and excavating will be provided as well as instructions in English and Spanish and Portuguese. During Artbeat on July 20^th from noon to 6pm, the sandbox structure will be opened with a performance enacted by myself with a rake. I will begin to scratch at the soil, revealing glimpses of paintings inspired by dreams of Somerville residences I collected during Artbeat 2011.  I will be present for the display and community interaction of this project.