# le travail des rêves — Bright Moments - Title: le travail des rêves — Bright Moments - Content type: Exhibition - Language: en - Canonical URL: https://aurecevettier.com/en/exhibitions/le-travail-des-reves - Published: 2026-08-19T14:41:12+00:00 - Updated: 2026-08-19T14:41:12+00:00 ## Details - Type: Solo exhibition - Location: Paris France - Dates: 21 February 2024 - Curator: Curated by Stina Gustafsson ## Main content “*At night, I do the dream work. And then I try to reconstruct some fragments of them using an artificial intelligence model trained on my photos and obsessions, spanning my childhood right up to the present day. The limited resolution of the images invites the audience to interpret, interpolate and relate them to their own experience. Technology makes it possible to pursue a catharthic work, and in the tides of pixels appears a light we couldn't see before.*” - aurèce vettier For one night only, the collaborative efforts of Bright Moments, Galerie Bigaignon, and Darmo Art, unveiled *le travail des rêves*: a series of 100 oil paintings and digital works, derived from images generated by a bespoke text-to-image artificial intelligence, trained on the artist’s archival photographs, and used to represent dreams. As part of the AI Collection of Bright Moments in Paris. *The world is large, but in us it is deep as the sea.* Rainer Maria Rilke Depicting dreams has long been a practice that borders on something almost absurd. They are intricate, abstract, fragmented and mostly fleeting visuals manifested only in one person, and when shared with others they seem to take a step toward a more grounded existence. Perhaps this grounding of the ephemeral emphasises the intimacy of sharing dreams and, of course, makes them somewhat more real. In *le travail des rêves,* aurèce vettier does exactly this. He invites the viewer to participate in his personal dreamscape, encouraging us to submerge ourselves in his memories, from childhood until current times. Though with an indication in the prompt used for its creation and in the title of each piece, the viewer is still left with space for interpretation. Furthermore, with the low resolution of the pieces, the viewer is forced to search their own memories and dreamscape and, perhaps, also reflect upon what dreams might symbolise. In *The Poetics of Space*, Bachelard suggests that “*[...] works of art are the by-products of this existentialism of the imagining being.*” (1) This quote seems relevant in the case of this series, as the depiction seems to allude to questions about the connection between life and dreams. Though by-products might have a negative connotation, it is in the case of *le travail des rêves*, meant with all well-meaning. The art created in this somewhat existentialist quest is poetic visuals that reflect on joyous as well as troubled and dark memories, and perhaps also what it means to be human. This idea, of art as a by-product produced by ”*existentialism of the imagining being*” (2) is also relevant when reflecting on the use of AI in the creation process. aurèce vettier’s use of it might seem like a simple approach to translating dreams into something materialistic. Still, the process behind it is much more intimate than what might first be considered. His work is based upon full control of it, built on not being reliant on the technology, but rather being able to steer it in whatever way he might wish. The technology works for him, and by sharing intimate memories and dreams with a custom text-to-image algorithm that he has trained, the project is fully personal - from start to finish. And as a result, aurèce vettier invites the viewer into a dreamscape that only he can create. The sheer level of intimacy in this project and aurèce vettier unselfish sharing of the private sphere of his dreams creates a poetic result that, paradoxically, echoes the viewers' dreamscape and memories, blurring the lines of what belongs to him and what belongs to the viewer. (1) Gaston Bachelard, *The Poetics of Space* (Boston, Beacon Press, 2013) p. 18 (2) Ibid. Stina Gustafsson February 2024 ## Relationships ### Exhibited artworks - [a family gathered in a field watching a massive shooting star and its trail of dust above them (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-family-gathered-in-a-field.md) - [love beyond death (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/love-beyond-death-attempt.md) - [a mountain so massive it deflects the rays of the sun at nighttime (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-mountain-so-massive-it-deflects-the-rays-of-the-sun-at-nighttime-attempt.md) - [a bearded man searching for his imagined son in the circular ruins (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-bearded-man-searching-for-his-imagined-son-in-the-circular-ruins-attempt.md) - [a multitude of moons appearing in the night sky (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-multitude-of-moons-appearing-in-the-night-sky-attempt.md) - [an impromptu encounter in a hemp field (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/an-impromptu-encounter-in-a-hemp-field-attempt.md) - [an entity slowly moving in a vast field (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/an-entity-slowly-moving-in-a-vast-field-attempt.md) - [Notre Dame en feu (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/notre-dame-en-feu-attempt.md) - [a sublime icon excavated on a cycladic island (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-sublime-icon-excavated-on-a-cycladic-island-attempt.md) - [a flamboyant borzoi in a grass field in the heart of the night (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-flamboyant-borzoi-in-a-grass-field-in-the-heart-of-the-night-attempt.md) - [an elegant and powerful woman walking on the water in Cabourg (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/an-elegant-and-powerful-woman-walking-on-the-water-in-cabourg-attempt.md) - [a bewildering creature found in the desert (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-bewildering-creature-found-in-the-desert-attempt.md) - [a view of the garden of the earthly delights (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-view-of-the-garden-of-the-earthly-delights-attempt.md) - [a raging fire beginning to engulf Notre Dame (attempt)](https://aurecevettier.com/en/works/sur-reality/a-raging-fire-beginning-to-engulf-notre-dame-attempt.md) ## Official references - [Official page](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/le-travail-des-reves-by-aurece-vettier)