Sarah Cohen

My work explores dreams and the concept of derealization. I used photography, and mixed media to visualize the state in a dream where you are part awake and part asleep, and trying to piece things together. In pieces 1, 2, and 4, all are different types of collages using my photography where the pieces feel like they are falling together. Pieces 3 and 5 use different forms of photography and media to show the dream state where your surroundings seem real, but something seems off. Aside from experimenting with different types of media, I also learned how to work with film for piece 7. I thought the effect that a film camera gives the photos a fuzzy and dreamlike quality.