In front of the uncanny, abandoned, and frozen real-life stage a spooky and insecure – humanlike or anthropomorphic – entity shows up as a hologram, and down-to-earth reality is mixed with dreamlike elements. Somehow, we may feel comfortable here – just as much as in your usual nightmare. Neither inside nor outside – somewhere in-between.

 

Somewhat repulsive or shabby but this landscape is the reality – and the disturbing, surreal figure of a body part occupies it insidiously.

 

Intruders, immigrants, half-deads, zombies – they are all stuck in a transitional state without legitimation to exist, without acceptance. If it’s a dream, there should always be an interpretation too: nightmares with zombies can symbolize the pressure surrounding the dreamer, the expectations of the society on a newcomer, an outsider to change, participate, and then finally blend in.

 

The video collage tries to deal with this struggle. The dreamer stands in a transit zone neither inside nor outside and becomes an observer. We are not really able to decide, we should turn(run) away or keep gaze and stay – and laugh – and the deeply rooted fear as a grotesque scene intrudes into the brain – with a manicured gif.