UNDER THE DREAM

UNDER THE DREAM is a set of research and creative media projects about the emerging field and industry of dream tech: neurotechnologies that interface directly with the dreaming mind.

A new wave of entrepreneurs and technologists are pushing past the boundary of consciousness with technologies that aim to influence and even control dreams. Is the most mysterious human frontier now fair game for technological intervention? If dreaming is the “gateway to infinity,” then profound questions arise when technology grafts directly onto the dream interface. 

Our current efforts are focused on producing creative media about dream tech, mapping the dream tech ecosystem, and elevating public awareness about the emergence of this technology in relation to the broad-ranging roles of dreaming in our lives. 

Everybody’s future is anybody’s dream.

SAELYX FINNA

Saelyx Finna has over a decade of experience as a film nonprofit CEO, producer, story and distribution consultant, film programmer, impact producer, and dream tech researcher.

Saelyx has presented on the neuroethics of dream tech at the Interaction Design Association, the Dream Engineering Seminar, and the International Association for the Study of Dreams. She produced the narrative feature MUGRI (post-production), and is a creator and host of the podcast Under the Dream.

Previously known as Courtney Sheehan, Saelyx is the former artistic and executive director for Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), the most comprehensive nonprofit film center and art house theater in the Pacific Northwest. While at NWFF, she organized a national film series in response to the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban, which was featured in The New York Times. She is the co-founder of Alliance for Action, a national network of film exhibitors and distributors working to make the film industry more equitable.

Laurie Polisky

Laurie Polisky is a neuroscience researcher turned filmmaker/podcast producer. She’s had a lifelong interest in the dreams, the brain and its inner workings, and our perception of film and moving image. Previously she’s held positions at Nielsen Neurofocus and the Cognitive Affective Laboratory.

She is the director/producer of the documentary PAIN BRAIN, which follows a mind-body study on chronic pain study on which Laurie was a co-author; the results were published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Fascinated by the way that audio and visual media can be used to translate scientific ideas to the general public, she is also the producer of the mental health podcast Tell Me about your Pain, ranked in the top one percent of most listened-to podcasts about mental health. She is also a creator and host of the podcast Under the Dream.

See more of her work here: www.lauriepolisky.com

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