Cecilia Corzo

How to Be in Two Places at the Same Time.
(Part 2) Dream to Tone

2020

Sleeping is about impermanence, being here but not being here, or being in two places at the same time; physically in one place and mentally in a completely different place. I think this is the beautiful part about sleeping.

Sleep comes in a moment and its time is unexpected. All that separates us from being awake and being asleep is one breath.

The dream that I chose for this project is the first dream I had the first night I slept at my new home. In this case, my physical body and my dream body where both in the same place at a different time, meaning that the location of the dream was the same house I was sleeping in. Layer upon layer of time and space.

I chose some relevant elements from the dream. Then I assigned a color and a phrase to each element. From there, I improvised a sequence of sounds, which I then I translated into colors. The tones of each composition were translated into a specific color and drawing. All of the dream’s elements became tones and finally layers of color.