waver / quiver by nat raum

nat raum’s fourth solo monograph waver / quiver is an exploration of the dream state as it pertains to reality.

from the artist: “finding myself increasingly obsessed with documenting the physical manifestations of a state of mind, i began ruminating on the words “waver” and “quiver”. in a manic state, i penned a poem. there is no criteria for the images in this collection other than having been created in the same state of mind in which the poem was written, and as such, the images serve as an extension of that initial feeling. i constantly search for the words to articulate what is happening inside my head during a manic state and have found "chaotic neutral" to be the best descriptor. i seek out the parts of the world around me that feel just odd enough to be true. the images represent a distorted reality not unlike that encountered in a dream. upon closer reflection, the series is a testament to my personal romanticization of the dream state and the strange, ephemeral experience of dreaming. i look at real life as the dream, and i preserve moments of everyday ephemerality. waver / quiver is a documentation of a chaotic neutral reality, or an extended real-life fever dream, if you will.”

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