Nelli Wilhelm
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A surreal alley: a blonde woman in a dark blue blazer holds a glowing golden origami pyramid while translucent figures reach out around her. At the centre a tree has become a clock tower with several faces, a spiral galaxy turning above it. Red cinema seats with eyes on their backs stand at the left and paper boats hang from a line; at the right an octopus fills a window, ammonites rest on a bench, and there is a goldfish bowl, a bird and nesting dolls holding globes.

The Architecture of Dreams

This work gathers seemingly unconnected elements into a single complex world. A woman holds a luminous form while a tree turns into a tower full of clocks. Eyes, paper boats, animals, figures and cosmic spaces exist side by side as a matter of course. This is exactly how the dreaming mind works: it joins memories, fears, encounters and symbols without regard for the logic of waking life. Every detail could be the starting point of a story of its own. “The Architecture of Dreams” shows the dream as a space built to different laws than our waking world.