Ghost of a Dream

Biography

Price of Happiness

Based on collages and large scale objects, their strongly visual works revolve around promises of wealth offered by the lottery. Lottery tickets are pasted everywhere in Ghost of a Dream’s work. These scratched tickets carry real dreams that mostly disappear just as quickly as they come. Although they are just discarded bits of paper, they represent fantasies of opulence, which vanish and reappear with each new lottery ticket.

In Price of Happiness, these dreams come alive through artistic compositions of objects, mirrors, photographs and slogans. In a country which is fascinated by the Western way of life and at a time where universal dreams are associated with consumption frenzy, these artists show us faded dreams and the process which is inherent in this fast easy money game: the hope of winning followed by the frustration of losing. In the end, these escapist moments make us lose much more than we win, as they create a bright future that will never exist.

Price of Happiness, 2010

Discarded lottery tickets and afterlife money on panel with UV coat

Dimensions: 430cm x 880cm

Dream Ride 5 6 7, 2010

Wood, Plexiglas, and discarded lottery tickets with UV coat

Dimensions: 110cm x 220cm x 414cm

You're Getting Closer to Your Goals, 2010

Discarded lottery tickets, afterlife money, mirror, florescent lighting, audio, Plexiglas and wood

Dimensions: 235cm x 170cm x 244cm

There's Always an Occasion, 2010

Afterlife money, discarded lottery tickets, glass, wood, and metal

Dimensions: 65cm x 45cm x 45cm (Flowers) / 86cm x 61cm x 50cm (Table)

Sky's The Limit, 2010

Discarded lottery tickets on panel with UV coat

Dimensions: 122cm x 1,562cm (linear)

Dancing With the Devil, 2010

Discarded lottery tickets, glass, metal, lights, electrical components, and mirror

Dimensions variable

Chandelier dimensions: 90cm x 80cm x 80cm