Helen Ferry

Cryptomnesia
Flash Work

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As an imaginary space, Cryptomnesia is a metaphor for a state of mind where cultural beliefs about the unconscious being a mere repository of repression and unresolved fears are dispelled.

This digital space seeks to redress the cultural imbalance between inner and outer experience, depicting the realm of the imagination as a land of wonder and creation where all things are possible. It reflects both microcosm and macrocosm, giving form and voice to rarely seen aspects of the interior landscape of the mind.

The unique imagery in Cryptomnesia was sourced from a series of automatic pen drawings produced over the past nine years. Drawing while in a relaxed state of mind enabled archetypal imagery from the unconscious to rise to the surface of consciousness and synthesize with emotive and rational impressions of exterior reality. Cryptomnesia’s interface seeks to depict this intersection as a landscape in constant flux, where interactions between internal and external realities combine holistically, eliciting a response of recognition in the viewer of their own connection to this collective repository.
 
Animated using Macromedia Flash, Cryptomnesia is alive with the potentialities inherent in the mysterious and seemingly inaccessible realms of the psyche. The music, which was composed using Koan X and edited in SoundForge, adds greater depth to the many mysterious creatures that inhabit this imaginary space.