Cradle
The baby heralds the birth of the world. As a prologue to the series, it is also the beginning of my dream world. When I fall asleep it is like falling into the ocean, from the first layer of this world into the second layer of the dream land.
Disillusion
This work expresses the negative emotions caused by disillusionment. The little demon suffers from hunger and sickness. He is a symbol of dashed wishes. Grail represents illusory quest that never achieved.
Gluttony
I usually gorging on food because of anxiety. My inspiration is come from The Seven Sins “Gluttony”. The Babirusa splurged on expensive food. Those animals’ teeth can grow indefinitely until they puncture their skulls. Suicidal gluttony is a consequence of anxiety and greed.
Conceive
Anxiety makes me produce strange ideas, perhaps that is what inspired me to create this series. These ideas are like embryos, bred by nerves that resemble twigs. I would often wake up suddenly in the middle of the night with my consciousness still lingering in the dream. At that moment, I am just like a fish skeleton resting in this dream, calm but unable to swim.
Hotbed
Zhuang Zhou, an ancient Chinese philosopher, dreamed that he turned into a butterfly. He began to wonder: did I become a butterfly in my own dream, or did the butterfly become me in its dream? This is the final layer of the dream world. My subconscious is like a hotbed in which the embryo of ideas grows. This work represents my doubts about reality and the dream world. Sometimes I can't tell which is real.
Edge
This work focuses on the demon head, representing the fear in my mind. He lurks in the last layer, when I am completely lost in the dream and fear may be like a demon and plunge me into the darkness.
Verfallen
The final work is a turning point in the series. I am not always in a nightmare, sometimes I fall into the embrace of a beautiful dream. As with the work “Gluttony”, there is a numerous food in here, but the difference is that the containers in which the food is served are also extremely expensive. This is a feast to entertain the precious guests of my dream.