Jasmine PattersonVisual Artist · Designer · Educator

Art series · Photography · Spring 2015 · Senior Show Exhibition

3 AM

A self-portrait series recreating a recurring dream: waking to a raspy voice yelling “Blind,” negative entities pulling at every limb, unable to scream. Without props, the work relies on body language and handwritten text from my dream writings, with the black surroundings standing for the daily pressures pulling me into darkness. Influenced by Rimma and Valeriy Gerlovina’s Perhappiness.

8 pieces · personal work

3 AM, 1 of 8 — “Sometimes, I feel like I am losing control of my life.”
3 AM, 2 of 8 — “Sometimes, I feel like I am losing myself.”
3 AM, 3 of 8 — “In my dreams, I wake to a voice yelling “Blind”.”
3 AM, 4 of 8 — “And negative entities pulling me at every limb.”
3 AM, 5 of 8 — “I am never able to scream.”
3 AM, 6 of 8 — “It was as if they were trying to carry me away.”
3 AM, 7 of 8 — “Then, the darkness consumes me.”
3 AM, 8 of 8 — “And I awake.”

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