TONIGHT THE WORLD

MARCO AND I HAVE JUST MOVED TO LONDON, FROM NEW YORK

I HAVE BEEN TO SEE DARIA MARTIN’S INSTALLATION WHICH IS AT LONDON’S BARBICAN UNTIL APRIL 7

‘TONIGHT THE WORLD’ IS BASED ON THE DREAM DIARIES OF MARTIN’S GRANDMOTHER SUSI STIASSNI

STIASSNI AND MY MOTHER MEDEA WERE CLOSE FRIENDS WHEN THEY BOTH MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, WITH THEIR PARENTS, FROM EUROPE IN 1940

FROM 1970 TO 2005 STIASSNI KEPT A DREAM DIARY AS PART OF JUNGIAN ANALYSIS. RECORDING EACH NIGHT, SHE LEFT BEHIND 20,000 TYPE-WRITTEN SHEETS OF HER DREAMS

THE DREAMS OFTEN TOOK PLACE HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND DEALT WITH THE ESCAPE FROM WAR AND A LIFE JOURNEY FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA

MARTIN’S INSTALLATION INCLUDES A BIG VIDEO-GAME HUNT THROUGH A COMPUTER RECONSTRUCTION OF HER GRANDMOTHER’S HOME

SUSI’S DREAM DIARIES ON DISPLAY AT THE BARBICAN

A NOTE FROM SUSI WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY PROVIDED HER EPITAPH: ‘I REMEBER YOUR MOTHER AS A YOUNG WOMAN: BEAUTIFUL, SPORTY AND FULL OF JOIE DE VIVRE’

MY MOTHER AROUND THE TIME WHEN SHE MOVED FROM EUROPE TO THE STATES IN 1940