Sleep is a fluid state that differs from the waking state. It is a magical state through which dreams digest and process the experiences of the day and are put in relation to memories and experiences. Without sleep, people get sick. Today, insomnia and memory loss are a growing problem. With Imprint of Sleep, Dupont covers a canvas, which is twice the size of her body, with fabric in the form of color and folds it. After that, Dupont sleeps one night on the back site of the canvas. This way, the top of the canvas takes on color from the bottom. An almost symmetrical image emerges, which testifies to the body’s movements during the night’s sleep. Dupont thus examines basic pictorial principles such as form, content and surface. The colors are chosen differently. In the works 18 to 25 October 2021, Dupont has used the Waldorf’s color system. Each of the days in this system has one color. When the canvas is folded, it is the coincidences of the body’s movements during sleep that determine the final result. Dupont’s material documentation of sleep is reminiscent of Rorschach tests, in which various recognizable formations with the body are more or less visible.
In Imprint of Sleep, Dupont explores ways to transfer the states of being into art. Here, the principle of randomness as well as the perception of color and substance as well as atmosphere play an important role. At the same time, Dupont creates the works effortlessly. Dupont’s Imprint of Sleep works thus counterbalance the neocapitalist society’s continuous demands for high efficiency, including the reduction of sleep. Thus, Dupont’s practice extends to sustainability thinking, where own existence and coexistence constitute the conditions for life.
Imprint of Sleep. Rome 6-12 May 2024
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME 6-7 MAY 2024. NAPLES YELLOW
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 7- 8 MAY 2024. GOLD OCRE
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 8-9 MAY 2024. IRON OXIDE VENETIAN RED
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 9-10 MAY 2024. ROSSO POZZUOLI POMPEIAN RED
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 10-11 MAY 2024. CINNOBER RED VERMILION
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 11-12 MAY 2024. UMBRA
IMPRINT OF SLEEP. ROME. 12-13 MAY 2024. ROMA BLACK
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Imprint of Sleep LA
What does it mean to be productive? In my work I aim to connect into the earth and into being. Realising that being alive, life does all by keeping us alive. When we fall asleep – life does this – we don’t know what is happening. We have to let sleep take us as well as breathing- it happens without our doing. Being connected inside and to the living world is a way to begin a sustainable life. Maybe the most important doing and the most important growth is everything happening in the invisible- in our minds and hearts. Building awareness and expanding our capacity for love compassion and care.
We are all earth angels Full of desires wishes Of past of future of hopes of traumas pain joy and sufferings Its all life We are all that in the form we call human beings We sleep To Wake up Live our lifes To discover again and again Ourselves explaining the forces Bringing space time and matter into being Being life Breathing into matter Breathing into being Being earth angels
Imprint of Sleep. LA ( Santa Monica).Friday 14 – Friday 21 April 2023
14-15 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
15-16 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
16-17 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
17-18 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
18-19 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
19-20 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
21-22 April 2023. Pigment + soil on linen.
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The following paintings from Mexico City (Tlalpan)
IMPRINT OF SLEEP MEXICO CITY MOON IN SCORPIO. 22-23 NOV.2022. 203 x 135 cm.
IMPRINT OF SLEEP MEXICO CITY DREAMING DANCING BODY OF REST AND SLEEP 23-24 NOV 2022. 203 x 135 cm.
IMPRINT OF SLEEP MEXICO CITY (EARTH BODY) 24-25 NOV 2022. 203 x 135 cm
IMPRINT OF SLEEP MEXICO CITY (sleeping pink before going dancing) 25-26 NOV2022. 203 x 135
IMPRINT OF SLEEP MEXICO CITY 26-27 NOV 2022. 203 x 135 cm.
Monday-Friday as solo Saturday and Sunday together as participatory works. Pigments + soil on linen. 200 x 150 cm.
The following paintings from Paris: One week 8-15 November 2021. Pigment on linen. 200 x 150 cm
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1_Imprint of Sleep. 8 till 9 November 2021. Gold and Copper. Paris
2_Imprint of Sleep. 9 till 10 November 2021. Black, Gold, Copper. Paris .JPG
3_Imprint of Sleep. 10 till 11 November 2021. Black, Pink and Gold. Paris .JPG
4_Imprint of Sleep. 11 till 12 November 2021. Orange, Venetian Red and Gold. Paris .JPG
5_Imprint of Sleep. 12 till 13 November 2021. Indian Yellow and Gold. Paris .JPG
6_Imprint of Sleep. 13 till 14 November 2021. Blue and Copper. Paris .JPG
7_Imprint of Sleep. 14 till 15 November 2021. White and Copper. Paris .JPG
The following paintings from Copenhagen:
One week 18 to 25 October 2021. Oil on linen. Ca 200 x 150 cm
1_Imprint of sleep 18 till 19 October 2021. Purple to red: Monday till Tuesday. Days of colour and night of transitions and transformations
2_Imprint of sleep 19 till 20 October 2021. Copenhagen. Full moon & fire sleep – days from red to yellow
3_Imprint of sleep 20 till 21 October 2021. Copenhagen. Travels from yellow to orange and brown – like a fallen autumn leaf swaying in the wind. Breathing life into the night
4_Imprint of Sleep. 21 till 22 October 2021. Copenhagen.
5_Imprint of Sleep. 22 till 23 October 2021. Copenhagen._Swimming into the horizon of new beginnings
6_Imprint of Sleep. (River) 23 till 24 October 2021. Copenhagen.
7_Imprint of Sleep. (Life force) 24 till 25 October 2021. Copenhagen.
Imprint of Sleep 2019-2021
Imprint of Sleep. Berlin 2019
Imprint of Sleep 8-9 Juni 2019. Berlin. Pigment on linen.
Imprint of Sleep 19-20 October 2020. Copenhagen. Oil on linen.
Imprint of Sleep 4-5 November 2020. Copenhagen. Oil on linen.
Imprint of Sleep 3-4 May 2021. Copenhagen. (life/death/life nature) Iron oxide pigment linen. Iron oxide stimulate the connection between the physical and metaphysical plane so that the physical body can manifest the highest spiritual purpose. It balances opposite energies. The true purpose of birth in the physical plane is to manifest our spiritual powers. Every sleep is a rebirth from the night into a new day
Imprint of Sleep. 7 – 8 February 2021. Copenhagen. Pigment and mixed media on linen
Imprint of Sleep 19-20 August 2021. Copenhagen. Oil on Linen.
Imprint of Sleep. (Life force) 24-25 October 2021. Copenhagen. Oil on linen
10-11 October 2019 Imprint of Sleep and Transportation. Brooklyn. NY. Titaniumwhite on linnen. 185 x 132 cm.
