Backseat Dreamer
Proyecto REME•Sep 20, 2025 — Nov 14, 2025
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“Every once in a while I dream of driving a car but I’m confined to the backseat. I try to reach the steering wheel and pedals, but to no avail. I haven’t driven a car for over twenty years and it shows. I wake up and switch on my computer. In live streaming a back seat gamer is someone who keeps interrupting the player, the one who’s at the controls, by giving hints or telling them what to do. I feel similarly about myself. Who’s in control? Me? My subconscious mind? Isn’t that the same? Am I my own back seat dreamer?”
– Daniel Ferstl
Exhibition Description
Back Seat Dreamer unfolds an ambiguous universe where conscious desires intertwine with subconscious forces: a space of conflicting signals that drive us to act while also casting us as spectators of our own lives. Through the allegory of the “back seat driver,” Ferstl explores the desire to steer the course without having full control, an enduring wrestle with autonomy that runs through his work.
His silky pieces speak of luxury and…
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Backseat Dreamer
Proyecto REME•Sep 20, 2025 — Nov 14, 2025
Press Release
“Every once in a while I dream of driving a car but I’m confined to the backseat. I try to reach the steering wheel and pedals, but to no avail. I haven’t driven a car for over twenty years and it shows. I wake up and switch on my computer. In live streaming a back seat gamer is someone who keeps interrupting the player, the one who’s at the controls, by giving hints or telling them what to do. I feel similarly about myself. Who’s in control? Me? My subconscious mind? Isn’t that the same? Am I my own back seat dreamer?”
– Daniel Ferstl
Exhibition Description
Back Seat Dreamer unfolds an ambiguous universe where conscious desires intertwine with subconscious forces: a space of conflicting signals that drive us to act while also casting us as spectators of our own lives. Through the allegory of the “back seat driver,” Ferstl explores the desire to steer the course without having full control, an enduring wrestle with autonomy that runs through his work.
His silky pieces speak of luxury and…
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