“The house shelters daydreaming, it protects the dreamer.”— Gaston Bachelard

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Within the universe of home, we nurture plans, projects, and dreams. Reflecting on this relationship between space and imagination, during my residency at ACHO I adopted a series of real estate photographs from the 1970s and 1980s that had been discarded in the trash. All of the images shared a common element: the façade of a street house, captured frontally and with geometric precision. Some carried handwritten notes on their reverse sides, describing the “product” — monetary values and sales attributes.

I selected six of these photographs — the six that, in some way, invited me to step inside — and, through open calls on social media, flyers, and posters displayed in public spaces, I invited people to look at these houses. Through a simple and anonymous questionnaire, participants were asked to choose just one: the house that might once have sheltered an old dream.

In this way, I sought to let these images once again inhabit the realm of dreams — to shelter old, and perhaps new, reveries.

Among dozens and dozens of dreams received, I present in this group exhibition the installation Dream Wall, which gives form to some of them.

 

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