WHAT ARE DREAMS
Bottega Veneta presents "What are Dreams”, a short film and photo series by Duane Michals with Jacob Elordi. Shot in black and white at Michals’ New York home, the collaboration draws on his long-standing engagement with Surrealism to explore the unconscious, imaginary, and uncanny. The series stages Elordi with poetic props and motifs, depicting the mysterious and enigmatic situations that have distinguished Michals’ work since the 1960s.
In the short film, Elordi reads from Michals’ poem What are Dreams, originally published in his 2001 photo book Questions without Answers. The poem, which also lends the project its title, evokes the “midnight movies of the mind… where things look familiar, but not at all the same”. Michals has often incorporated text as a key component in his works, and excerpts of the poem are also featured across some of the images, in Michals’ own handwriting.
What Are Dreams
Jacob Elordi
Photographed by Duane Michals
Josiah Cuneo: Cinematography
Tim Soter: Assistant Director
Christine Shevlin: Digital Technician
WHAT ARE DREAMS
Bottega Veneta presents "What are Dreams”, a short film and photo series by Duane Michals with Jacob Elordi. Shot in black and white at Michals’ New York home, the collaboration draws on his long-standing engagement with Surrealism to explore the unconscious, imaginary, and uncanny. The series stages Elordi with poetic props and motifs, depicting the mysterious and enigmatic situations that have distinguished Michals’ work since the 1960s
In the short film, Elordi reads from Michals’ poem What are Dreams, originally published in his 2001 photo book Questions without Answers. The poem, which also lends the project its title, evokes the “midnight movies of the mind… where things look familiar, but not at all the same”. Michals has often incorporated text as a key component in his works, and excerpts of the poem are also featured across some of the images, in Michals’ own handwriting.
What Are Dreams
Jacob Elordi
Photographed by Duane Michals
Josiah Cuneo: Cinematography
Tim Soter: Assistant Director
Christine Shevlin: Digital Technician