I visited “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel.
The Dream Hangover is an installation by Suzen Juel (Juel Resistance) showcased at Second Life Endowment for The Arts – SLEA, Region 1.
It’s hard to describe what you see, my pictures tell more than I could write. The Dream Hangover is a collection of dream snippets, scenes that you might remember after an intense dream, reflections of what you experienced during the day, exaggerated, surreal, unconnected.
The Dream Hangover is (of course) in a dark environment. Don’t forget to check “Use shared environment”, so that you get the right experience. It is built on an “island”, the ground is blueish with stars and other elements embedded. Nonetheless the installation is quite colourful.
Impressions of “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel at SLEA, Region 1 (1)
There are quite some statues, at least one is from Mistero Hifeng, others are from Suzen Juel herself. And quite many have a television instead of an head. The whole scenery is surreal, as are the single art objects.
Impressions of “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel at SLEA, Region 1 (2)
I saw some of the elements and objects before, like the elefants with the long legs, that I saw in installations of Archtype11 Nova, or the levitating whale. And as you would expect of dream snippets, there are at least 2 clocks and some text snippets hidden.
Impressions of “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel at SLEA, Region 1 (3)
Suzen has also added her 2D art, spread over the installation, showcased on big boards. And there is more…. a cat space ship, a colourful glowing framework, a landed space-capsule, butterflies, a windmill…
As I wrote before, it is hard to describe, you have to see it yourself and who knows, maybe some of the snippets appear in your next dream.
Impressions of “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel at SLEA, Region 1 (4)
I came across Suzen Juel (Juel Resistance) the first time this year when I visited the Artists’ Village at Campbell Coast (read here). Suzen is in Second Life since 2005. Suzen has her own website with an event calendar and more examples of her art and her music. I was quite impressed. In the accompanying notecard, that you get at the central landing of SLEA at the TP point to The Dream Hangover, Suzen writes that she grew up in an artists family and was connected to art and music since her early youth. She has tried almost every technique. And she illustrates children books in RL.
Impressions of “The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel at SLEA, Region 1 (5)
Thank you Suzen for this installation, thank you Tansee for your hard work enabling SLEA.
“The Dream Hangover” by Suzen Juel will stay available for a visit until June 30th. Enjoy your “dream hangover” when you visit yourself.
Second Life Endowment for The Arts – SLEA
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLEA7/23/26/55
Direct landmark to The Dream Hangover. Suzen JueL Resistance. Region1
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLEA1/250/6/21
Suzen Juel’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/suzenjuel/
Suzen Juel’s website
http://www.suzenjuel.com
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