i dreamed i was a house

Ulla von Brandenburg, Anna Hulačová, Julie Favreau, Aurora Sander, Markus Selg, Alvaro Urbano

casino Luxemburg
07.06–08.09.2019

If your brain were a house, what would it look like?

»I dreamed I was a house« is an immersive exhibition curated by insitu collective that unlocks the psychological potential of the domestic home. In psychoanalysis, dreaming of a house is considered to be a reflection of one's self, whereby the individual spaces relate to different facets of our personality. In a similar direction, this exhibition overlays two types of 'interior spaces' - the mind and the home - so that the architecture of the home evokes the hidden depths of the human psyche: from the vortex of the hallway, to the social façade of the dining room, to the intimacy of the bedroom, and down to the shadowy subconscious, hidden in the basement.

Working within the historical building of Casino Luxembourg, selected contemporary artists presented individual domestic environments or 'rooms'. These rooms formed a metaphorical collage of a house that brings to life the emotional resonance of our most private spaces. The unique spatial and multi-sensorial experience that is at once familiar and surreal aims to trigger personal associations, memories and emotions that are held deep within ourselves.

07.06.–08.09.2019
OPENING Thursday 06.06.2019, 6.00–9.00pm

Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain
41, rue Notre-Dame, 2240 Luxembourg

www.casino-luxembourg.lu

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Corporate Design for »I Dreamed I Was A House« by Keep it, Love it, Call it George.

Ulla von Brandenburg »C, Ü, I, T, H, E, A, K, O, G, N, B, D, F, R, M, P, L, II« 2019. Dyed fabrics, ropes, wooden bench, super 16 mm film, colour, sound (10´). Courtesy the artist, Art : Concept, Paris, Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London and Produzentengalerie Hamburg. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Aurora Sander »À la carte« 2015-2019. Mixed media. Courtesy the artists. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Aurora Sander »À la carte« (detail view) 2015-2019. Mixed media. Courtesy the artists. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Aurora Sander »À la carte« (detail view) 2015-2019. Mixed media. Courtesy the artists. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Julie Favreau »Delicious Dive« (detail view) 2019. Video, installation, sculptures and photograph. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Julie Favreau »Delicious Dive« (detail view) 2019. Video, installation, sculptures and photograph. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Anna Hulačová »Sunshine heritage for sons and daughters« 2019. Mixed media installation. Courtesy the artist and Hunt Kastner. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Anna Hulačová »Sunshine heritage for sons and daughters« (detail view) 2019. Mixed media installation. Courtesy the artist and Hunt Kastner. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Anna Hulačová »Sunshine heritage for sons and daughters« (detail view) 2019. Mixed media installation. Courtesy the artist and Hunt Kastner. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Alvaro Urbano »Hands as Drawers« 2019. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Courtesy the artist and ChertLüdde. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Alvaro Urbano »Hands as Drawers« (detail view) 2019. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Courtesy the artist and ChertLüdde. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Markus Selg »Child Unleashed« 2019. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Guido W. Baudach. Photo: Andrés Lejona

Markus Selg »Child Unleashed« (detail view) 2019. Mixed media, variable dimensions. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Guido W. Baudach. Photo: Andrés Lejona