Lucid Dreaming: Hallucinations and Alternate Realities from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Throughout history, artists have consistently provoked viewers to look at the world through a different lens. They have inspired a consideration of the difference between how things appear to be and how they could exist in an alternate, future, or augmented version of reality. Drawn from the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Foundation collection, Lucid Dreaming presents works by artists who provoke us to think about the world we live in, the ground we stand on, and to take another look at the physical and psychological world we previously thought of as fixed as something more flexible and capable of change.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Refik Anadol, Jim Campbell, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Olafur Eliasson, Miles Greenberg, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Gary Hill, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Ragnar Kjartansson, Lee Nam Lee, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, Tatsuo Miyajima, Jamie Nares, Iván Navarro, Tony Oursler, Paul Pfeiffer, Quayola, Hiraki Sawa, UVA (United Visual Artists), and Yuge Zhou.
Lee Nam LeeCartoon Folding Screen II
2010
Five-channel digital video with sound, 11:14 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Iván NavarroRed Ladder (Backstage)
2005
Fluorescent lights, red color sleeves, metal fixtures. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Tony OurslerBlue Phased MPD (25 heads)
1999
Single-channel digital video, 25 sculpted ovals (fiberglass, foam, resin) in five panels, 36:08 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Paul PfeifferCaryatid (Stiverne)
2018
Digital video (looped), chromed television, DVD player, Plexiglas case on pedestal. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Rafael Lozano-HemmerRecurrent Lloyd Wright
2024
Custom generative code, computer, display. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Refik AnadolMachine Hallucinations—Study I
2019
AI data painting with sound, custom hardware and software. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Rafael Lozano-HemmerDescending the Parametric Staircase
2018
Generative custom software animation, custom LED screen, computer. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Yuge ZhouUnderground Circuit
2017
Video, media player, monitor embedded in pedestal. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Rafael Lozano-HemmerThermal Drift
2022
Generative custom software animation, thermal camera, computer, monitor. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
QuayolaPointillisme #01
2021
Single-channel digital video with sound, 11:38 min. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Hiraki SawaAbsent
2018
Single-channel digital video with sound and vintage magic-lantern box. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Tatsuo MiyajimaPile Up Life No. 2
2009-2016
Custom electronics, LEDs, electric hardware, fiber-reinforced plastics, transformer. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Teresa Hubbard / Alexander BirchlerSingle Wide
2002
Single-channel video installation with sound, 6:07 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Ragnar KjartanssonBurning House
2015
Single-channel digital video with sound. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Lynn Hershman LeesonSeduction
1988
Gelatin silver print. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Olafur EliassonEye See You
2006
Stainless steel, aluminum, color-effect filter glass, mono-frequency bulb. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Jim CampbellGrand Central No. 3
2009
LEDs, custom electronics, Plexiglas diffusion screen. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Miles GreenbergTRUTH
2024
Three-channel digital video, 15:23 min. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
QuayolaPromenade
2018
Single-channel digital video with sound, 20:36 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
UVA (United Visual Artists)New Dawn
2017
Two-channel digital video, custom electronics, LEDs, glass-inforced resin, brass. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Jamie NaresSTREET
2011
Single-channel digital video with sound. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Gary HillWhy Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia)
1984
Single-channel video, 32 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Jennifer & Kevin McCoyBroker
2016
4K video, 28:02 min. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerConversations with My Mother
2024
Wooden cupboard with shelves, telephones, electronics, audio. Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
Gary HillObjects With Destinations
1979
Single-channel video, 3:40 min. (looped). Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation