Empty Dreams

With themes ranging from nostalgia, melancholy, and otherworldly cityscapes, to fast paced hip-hop and trap, these relics capture a moment of time that would otherwise be lost in the void. The selected pieces never found a home, archived in hard-drives and hidden servers, forgotten projects. Visions fit to a screen that never really had a purpose, in an attempt to capture a fleeting moment that is otherwise forgotten, like a dream. The title reflects the idea that a dream may be nothing more than a hollow shell, but its beauty can unravel before you to show you new perspectives, most of which are forgotten, lost in time. Many of the pieces included in the compilation were highly influenced by certain dreams or visions, in an attempt to archive them on a digital screen.

As part of the Fubar exhibition, during Wednesday October 16, this work will be shown as a 42-minute loop. Starting at 6pm, the organizers will make an introduction into the work and restart the work for the visiting audience.

VAL1S is a visual artist born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He first started making videos about 10 years ago, raised with a passion to put visions in the mind onto a screen. Completing a degree in Electromechanical engineering and a focus on automation programming, this influence can be seen in his style of digital glitch art. The search for something new, creations out of nothing, have always been at the forefront for VAL1S. What is unseen, hidden pathways, these are the things that make life curious and guide him along his journey not only in art, but in life as well. Moving to Croatia in 2024, he has begun the search for a new essence, an inspiration for newer ideas. Travelling through Europe and meeting new people who collaborate to create a mix of real and online shows has been a new adventure, blurring the lines that we call borders and uniting over authentic expressions of art.