Hypnagogia, the transitional state between being awake and being asleep, is a phenomena Alec Soth, a US-based artist and photographer, drew inspiration from for his collection of photographs. As suggested by the title, Hypnagogia, Soth hopes to evoke the feelings of this transient state through his artwork. According to The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Hypnagogia is made up of photographs from several of Soth’s most famous collections such as Songbook, Broken Manual and Sleeping by the Mississippi, and rather than being a collection of individual works, the artist sees them as a form of narrative. The artist, coincidentally, thought of the idea for this project in … Continue reading A Narrative Exhibition Exploring the Liminal Space Between Wakefulness and Sleep: Hypnagogia