Dream Journal 2016–2019
Dream Journal 2016–2019
94 minutes
2019
HD
This single-channel video explores the effects of technology and information overload on the contemporary psyche. Set in a virtual tech-noir urban space populated by strange hybrids of non-humans and augmented people, part of the expansive, fractured narrative focuses on the continued adventures of Xanax Girl and her search for her companion—a hybrid dog/seal with the head of a boy—who has been abducted. The film, which arose from the artist’s daily practice of animating his dreams using hobbyist 3D software, weaves together deep-web imagery with hardboiled detective story tropes and repressed libidinal fantasies to create a nightmarish vision of an internet addict’s unconscious. The film features an original score by Oneohtrix Point Never and James Ferraro.
Genres Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Stars
Directors Jon Rafman, Daniel Lopatin, James Ferraro, Jon Rafman, Jon Rafman
Dream Journal 2016–2019
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