Day Dream

A Collaborative Exhibition. Photography by Chumin Wu

Whether we’re dozing off on the train, falling asleep while waiting for the bus, or wanting to pass out as we get off work, we always have something else we have to do or somewhere else we have to be. However, despite many dissatisfactions we face in reality, we all have dreams that push us forward.

In our project titled Day Dream, we explore the positive and negative space within photographs (taken by Chumin) and fill them with dream-like subjects (done by Xiao). The combination of black and white photographs depicting the mundane world, which grows more tiring and exhausting with each passing second, behind the colorful graphics on top, an entirely new experience is created. As reality burdens our shoulders, our dreams allow us to express what we love and desire.

We wanted to integrate two different forms of media to achieve unity and harmony, blending the experiences to give people a sense of delight and hope. The photographs were already very interesting alone, but we wanted people to linger longer, to bring a new perspective to these seemingly routine images.