Asger Jorn MR: The Disquieting Duckling

“Asger Jorn MR: The Disquieting Duckling” is a part of the series of Mixed Reality experiences “Exploring Dreaming with Mixed Reality” that explores philosophical concepts related to dreams and dreaming in music, literature and science. Dreaming has long been a source of creative inspiration for artists, composers, writers and scientists. Composers like Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Amy Beach and were inspired by dreams; surrealists like Dali, Magritte, de Chirico explored the unconscious through art and dreams. Writers like Hugo, Nodier engaged with dreams in literature; and pioneers in psychoanalysis, like Freud and Jung, approached dreaming academically to begin to understand the human psyche. Today, neuroscientists explore the biology and physicality of the dreaming process, while all humans ask: What is dreaming? What does this subjective experience mean for each of us? What role does it play in our conscious and unconscious experience? “Exploring Dreaming with Mixed Reality” engages with the human experience of dreaming through art, music and consciousness science. Using cutting-edge MR, we approach dreaming like surrealist paintings: experiences that reside halfway between the visible and the invisible. MR is uniquely suited for this purpose, because it positions the audience not within a virtual world (like VR technology does) but in a liminal space that blends the real with the un-real, the conscious with the unconscious, the physical world with the world of dreams.