Dreamcatcher Beginnings

 

Cilla Vee Life Arts

 

The Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher

 

a Motion Sculpture Movement Installation

durational performance and evolving sculpture

 


 

 

DREAMCATCHER BEGINNINGS

 

Creation of prototype Dreamcatcher sculpture

 

Debut public performance at Black Mountain College Museum’s

12th {Re}Happening on Lake Eden

April 2024

 

 

 


 

 

I decided to use a flexible vacuum cleaner hose as a base, so it can easily be folded and transported.

 


 

The sculptural form creates only the top arch, rather than a full circle. From this a network of supporting threads is woven, from which to attach the materials.

 


 

I cut an assortment of white fabrics into long strips using spiral and wavey or zigzag shapes. These were then woven through the net structure.

 




 

Once in situ at Lake Eden, the Dreamcatcher was hoisted up into a tree on the island and attached to branches about 15 feet high.

 


 

Throughout the day I added onto the sculpture as a performative action and invited audience members to participate.

 




There were a number of large rocks on the island to which the ends of some fabric strips were attached to hold their form in place, while others were free to blow in the wind.

 

 

 

Once the sun set, I used floodlights to illuminate the island and performed a Motion Sculpture Movement Installation based on Archetypal Gestures.

This could be viewed from across the lake.

 


 (video by Beth Starling)

 

 

Links:

 

Dreamcatcher Beginnings Flickr album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/114531261@N02/albums/72177720316559903/

 

 

Rhizomatic Collective Unconscious Dreamcatcher project description:

https://collective-unconscious-dreamcatcher.blogspot.com/2024/04/dreamcatcher-project-description.html

 

 

 

 


 

 



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