104659/Z/14/Z: Fiction

Project Summary:Fiction is a new project which I am developing with director David Rosenberg and producers Fuel. The audience, wearing headphones in complete darkness, will understand themselves to have fallen asleep and the world they are traversing is that of a dream. We are applying for funding to support a period of research into the scientific study of dreams, and a programme of public engagement to support the show on tour. There are three aspects to the research: 1.The connection of dreams to the cons cious mind We want to seed ideas in the audiences minds that then reappear in their dream. We're keen to investigate the neurological processes that link these two states. 2.The connection of dreams to the unconscious mind We are interested in tracing the study of dreams back to the psychoanalytical work of Freud and Jung, and exploring the difference between our popular interpretation of dreams and the more recent scientific interpretation of the purpose of dreaming. 3. Enquiry into h ow humans perceive sound during dreaming We will investigate whether aural or visual perception leads the narrative of a dream, and how we distinguish between sound within and outside the dream world. We will work with Cambridge Neuroscience on this research, a virtual body that brings together researchers from different fields of neurology. The show will be performed as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas and as part of Fuel's New Theatre in Your Neighbourhood project.

Grant Holder:Mr Glen Andrew Neath

Organisation:Miscellaneous London

Financial Year:2013/2014