If you struggle to sleep after a traumatic experience, you're not alone.

Almost all trauma survivors experience some form of sleep problem, such as insomnia. But for about half to three-quarters of people, it's vivid dreams that hinder deep sleep and open the doors of consciousness to a path to be invented.

Trauma is the greatest fuel for art of all time and dreams are a ploy for escape.

Experiencing a collective trauma like the 2020 pandemic pushes artistic creation into new territory. The impact on the common imagination, through the activation of dreams, delusions, and oneiric experiences, opens doors to escape from a condition imposed on us all.

The sequence of these three words — trauma, dream, and escape — forms the narrative line we are seeking in the artists' works for this Biennial.