CLYTIE BAOBAO ‘Do you believe it, can you receive it’ aluminium 15x21cm
CLYTIE BAOBAO ‘Do you believe it, can you receive it’ aluminium 15x21cm
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Hammered’ concrete, beer crate, beer bottles 40x30x26cm
Exhibition view
HENNY VALENTINO ‘The moment’ high gloss fuji flex print 50x70cm
HENNY VALENTINO ‘it was too late’ mild steel, sound 37x28x7cm
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Untitled’ found objects, personal photos 42x33cm
CLYTIE BAOBAO ‘psst’ wax and steel 10x8CM
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Self-defense system #2’ steel faceguard, wood, spirit level 20x24x18cm
GIACOMO LAYET ‘I Once Was’ charcoal on paper, carved wood 58x38cm
Exhibition view
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Riconciliazione’ plastic, nylon variable dimension / ‘Doomscroller’ tv stand, steel, glass, hair 85x130cm
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Dissipating From The Depths’ acrylic on canvas 50x40cm
HENNY VALENTINO ‘nothing feels like it’ stainless steel wire mesh 110x70cm
HENNY VALENTINO ‘is supposed to’ wood, acrylic paint, stainless steel wire mesh 65x25x6cm
HENNY VALENTINO ‘be.’ stainless steel wire mesh 58x30x25cm / ‘is supposed to’ wood, acrylic paint, stainless steel wire mesh 65x25x6cm / ‘nothing feels like it’ stainless steel wire mesh 110x70cm
GIACOMO LAYET ‘Reality Check’ steel door handles, steel wire 20x20x15cm
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.
Drawing on memories from childhood, Clytie Baobao’s soft sculpture and spikey illustrations live on the border of fantasy and reality. Clytie creates artificial beings which both project and shelter the personal, hopes and longings from the outside world.
Giacomo Layet’s combination of hand carved sculptures, murky drawings and found objects bring into being mythical mysteries inspired by his discoveries in dreamworlds, personal narratives and his own backyard.
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.
