Author Description

A secret continues to lie hidden in the subconscious of our dreaming minds. Currently, the longing to decipher the fleeting images of sleep is inspiring neuroscientists and artists alike. Among them is the Turkish-German artist Viron Erol Vert (born 1975, lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul), who set up a kind of dream laboratory in the Galerie Wedding. Inside the room, Vert enables visitors to reconnect with their inner world, their dreams and fears, in order to analyze current events and to break down obsolete concepts and static structures. In view of the speechlessness and political helplessness worldwide in response to the chaotic conditions of our time, Vert pits various mythologies and traditions of the past against today's aesthetic and moral values.