dreams and nightmares - no. 75

the attempted annihilation of id - hanging

Should cremation fail then more drastic action may be required. The next step to the destruction of id is hanging,

dreams and nightmares - no. 74

multi-annihilation

Of course, when threatened the id may fight back. It may therefore be necessary to undertake several iterations of its annihilation.

dreams and nightmares - no. 73

the attempted annihilation of id - cremation

Whilst the theories of Freud are no longer in fashion, I remember as a young boy reading a fascinating primer on the id, ego and super-ego.

This series of photographs focuses on the id, the primitive and instinctual part of the mind which contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories. In it we find the eternal conflict between two competing instincts - eros (sex/life) and thanatos (aggression/death).

In the struggle to overcome these disturbing possibilities we may find many ways to attempt the annihilation of id. This is the first, cremation.