Sleeping and Dreaming, which accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Wellcome Collection and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, takes a fresh look at the apparently simple questions of why humans need to sleep and dream, and what happens to our brain and body during sleep. << These fascinating lines of enquiry are explored by international experts from backgrounds as varied as neuroscience, linguistics, psychoanalysis, philosophy and fiction writing; and from organisations including the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Regensburg, the Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt, and the Royal School of Medicine in London. Illustrated by a stunning variety of visual material, from Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou, to sculpture by Ron Mueck and Katharina Fritsch, to photographs documenting US DJ Peter Tripp's 1959 no-sleep marathon, these essays cover subjects such as the relationship between dream frequency and memory, the interpretation of dreams, and the causes and effects of sleep deprivation. 170 colour & b/w illustrations

Author Biography

Oliver Elser, author and architectural theoretician. Tamara Fischmann, psychologist and psychoanalyst at the Sigmund Freud Institut, Frankfurt. Manfred Geier, author of several books and linguist and philosopher at the Leibniz University, Hannover. Alison Kennedy, author of Original Bliss and Everything You Need (Virago) and columnist for The Guardian. Daniel Pick, psychoanalyst and Professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London. Ullrich Wagner, neurophysiologist at the University of Lubeck. Jurgen Zulley, head of the Centre for Sleep at the University of Regensburg.