“The Aura of Dreaming” is a line from Pauline Oliveros’
short book “Quantum Listening,” which encourages a deep
awareness of time and place as a way to tap into the mysteries
of reality itself. Modern advances in quantum mechanics are
proving what spiritualists and traditional practices have known
for centuries; that deep meditation can alter time — that
perception can co-author reality — and that intention can
have rippling effects throughout time and place. Neon, a word
deriving from the greek “neos,” meaning new, contextualizes
this idea by laying embedded into granite rocks sourced
from southern Arizona. The spiral, the oldest symbol known
to humanity, which is strewn across the globe into stone
and surviving artifacts, is a reminder that even with every
new technology and advancement, knowing is a tool that we
have held onto since the
beginning of time: we simply
need to deeply listen. By
leaning on tools practiced in
modern witchcraft, Reeves’
sculptures call into question
the establishment of time
and reality. Using light as
incantation, she projects
the idea that time is crafted,
not linear, and we are able
to author instead of simply
experiencing it.
