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May 08, 2006

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Do You Dream in Electronics?

ELECTRIC SHEEP is a blog dedicated to the infiltration of our sleep by the presence of electronic media. Have you had dreams (in the literal sense, while sleeping) that featured electronic media: internet, television, computer games, radio, mobile phones, etc? Maybe you were smooching Jerry Seinfeld or maybe you found yourself confronted with a dysfuntional Powerpoint presentation during a dream. Was it creepy? Is it comforting? Send your stories to: sleep.electric[at]gmail.com

ELECTRIC SHEEP is a project by Fereshteh Toosi. From her statement: "...By seizing the pleasure of mythology and using it proactively, I hope to resist the oversimplification of ideas that such fantasies have come to represent. I have performed as a quack doctor and impersonated a private investigator as a way to ask strangers to share their stories and idiosyncrasies with me. I inhabit characters inspired by existing stereotypes such as the fortune teller/mystic or the romantic image of the early American colonist. Creating an absurd interactive scenario for the audience through these personas is a tactic I use to investigate what people know and how they've come to feel comfortable with their own versions of the truth."

Posted by jo at May 8, 2006 11:14 AM

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