"I dreamed I bought a wasp-covered branch online."
Wolfram Lotz’s Träume in Europa is a radical archive of the collective European subconscious. Eschewing traditional authorship, Lotz processes anonymous posts from digital dream forums into a "crowdsourced unconscious."
The narratives explore isolation, absurdity, and fluid identity through incredibly intimate yet universal fragments. A commuter watches a subway car detach while passengers chat obliviously; a weeping woman, suddenly realizing she was once Adolf Hitler, attempts "reparations" in a shopping mall; a stabbed coworker seamlessly transforms into windshield de-froster; and celebrities like Boris Johnson manifest as roommates, fusing pop culture with a profound yearning for connection.
Unearthing a shared psychic language that transcends borders, this compelling "found art" echoes the archival spirit of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities and the disorienting dream logic of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled. Ultimately, Lotz's work is a mesmerizing reflection of our shared night-mind, proving our most chaotic, unscripted dreams are the truest reflection of the modern soul.
"There are mysterious, absurd and bizarre things to discover there" - Sächsische Zeitung, Sebastian Thiele
