An exhibition that wants to send you to sleep

From sleeping at the Venice Architecture Biennale to sleeping with others is a sculpture park, Matthew Bird alters our perception through artful snoozing.

14 Mar 2017

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Detail of Dormitorium sculptural installation by Matthew Bird; Courtesy the artist, Photography Peter Bennetts

Sleep is a solitary experience – or one shared only with intimates – but artist and architect Matthew Bird is challenging audiences to take a snooze while being part of an exhibition

Bird believes that sleep might even be our truest creative expression. ‘Part of my creative life is my sleep life. I think I am normal. I have pretty colourful dreams,’ he said.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina