OVERCOMING YESTERDAY, TODAY - VISUALIZING COMPLEX EMOTIONS FROM RECURRING DREAM EXPERIENCE

• Main Author: Syakira, Ken
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/62613
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Repression is one form of the body’s coping mechanism that aims to reduce desire and self-will. Excessive acts of repression can lead to negative ef ects on the self, and that it can reappear as images in our subconscious in our dreams. When dreams occur with intense frequency, they then could af ect emotional states that are interesting to express in the form of art. “Overcoming Yesterday, Today” aims to express the complex emotions felt by the author as a reaction to experiencing recurring dreams. Drawing is used as a media to illustrate the author’s repressed emotions, dreams, thoughts, and spontaneity. The complexity of this accumulated emotions is expressed through the use of lines and layers of colors which directs the eye to the transparency of abstract forms in drawing. The methods and techniques from using water based mediums, crayons, and colored pencils has the ability to represent the emotional expression experienced by the author. Through this work, author hopes it will help the author arouse a deeper awareness around their personal response towards the dream world experience by the author and it’s audience