Lenz Geerk
The exhibition Sleep! at the Kunsthal KAdE takes you on an exploration into the deep landscape of sleeping and dreams, through the eyes of some fifty visual artists and designers. Here, for a moment, another time reigns. The viewer experiences the four sleep stages from slumber and light rest, deep sleep and (sleep) walking through the dream to the great hall where the bed is central.
“Did you sleep well?” is a question that is often asked to each other. A basic question in which the response of the person questioned immediately provides insight into the alertness, mood and ability to put things into perspective of the person in question. Sleeping is, just like eating and drinking, a basic necessity of life. Magazines are full of tips & tricks for a good night's sleep every week: with the golden rule of rest, cleanliness and regularity recurring as an ideal form of sleep hygiene. Humans spend a third of their time asleep: a situation in which we have a lowering of consciousness, which means that contact with the outside world is missing. Our body and mind come to rest. We surrender to it, vulnerable and thrown back on ourselves. Why we sleep is still an unsolved mystery. The recovery process of cells, energy conservation, learning and recording memories are three important pillars in current theories.
“Did you sleep well?” is a question that is often asked to each other. A basic question in which the response of the person questioned immediately provides insight into the alertness, mood and ability to put things into perspective of the person in question. Sleeping is, just like eating and drinking, a basic necessity of life. Magazines are full of tips & tricks for a good night's sleep every week: with the golden rule of rest, cleanliness and regularity recurring as an ideal form of sleep hygiene. Humans spend a third of their time asleep: a situation in which we have a lowering of consciousness, which means that contact with the outside world is missing. Our body and mind come to rest. We surrender to it, vulnerable and thrown back on ourselves. Why we sleep is still an unsolved mystery. The recovery process of cells, energy conservation, learning and recording memories are three important pillars in current theories.