Passing train (2017)Ink drawing
by Andromachi Giannopoulou

When I was about 22 years old, I had this hypnagogic hallucination, where a train would pass under my duvet and I actually lifted my feet to let it pass.

Part of the collection “hypnagogia”

Hypnagogia is the transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. During hypnagogia, it's common to experience involuntary and imagined experiences.

Actual body senses, sounds, conversations, images that appear (rush), just when I fall sleep. I had it since I was a child, I noticed it at the age of 23, and I recently found that there is a term for that experience. I perceive it as a third state of existence (after dreaming), extremely unique, and with a strong sense of delicate equilibrium.

Materials used:

ballpoint pen, colored pencil

Details:

• Ink drawing on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 22.5 x 16.5 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 22.5 x 16.5cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Unspecified
• Subject: People and portraits

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