Ananda Serné is a writer and visual artist based in Bergen. Being a troubled sleeper, she enjoys watching slow films. They make her feel drowsy, and on several occasions, her body gave in to the desire to fall asleep. Film scholar Jean Ma argues that this is a part of spectatorship we should value. A sleepy experience while watching a film as a respite from the constant productivity of a 24/7 capitalist society.

Serné is currently filming footage that captures the liminal space between waking and sleeping, using 16 mm film and a night vision camera. At the Live Studio, she will work with performers to add sound to the images with their voices—somewhat like the live sound in early cinema.

This project is possible thanks to support from the Arts Council Norway, Bergen Kommune and the Mondriaan Fund.

Part of it was filmed with sleep researchers working on ways of monitoring sleep and dreams at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.