This 2015 archival gallery preserves Klimczak’s first-person account of how a theatre performance sparked the surreal work. Two original images no longer load and are omitted pending restoration.

Theatre of Dreams by Dariusz Klimczak

Theatre of Dreams by Dariusz Klimczak

The idea to create this surreal series was born during the outdoor presentation of Polish avant-garde Theatre of Dreams.

During the show, I thought: what if snatch them out of context and put in a new, unreal reality?The quicksand immediately came to mind.

When shooting, I lived near the Baltic Sea and the great sand dunes, which for me has always been a great source of inspiration.

Surreal figure carrying a long ladder across sandSaveFigure standing in an arched stone doorwaySaveWhite-clad figure beside a bare tree in a desertSaveFigure balancing suitcases on a rooftopSaveWhite-clad figure beside a tall pole in cloudsSaveFigures crossing rippled sand dunesSaveWhite figure beneath a mushroom-shaped treeSaveLone figure walking on a sandy ridgeSaveWhite figure and a chair in a barren landscapeSaveFigure climbing a ladder by an old wallSaveWhite figure floating above a windswept coastSaveTwo figures on stilts beneath dramatic cloudsSaveTwo pale figures beneath a clustered skySaveDark figure standing on a sand duneSaveTwo white figures beside dunes and cloudsSaveDark stilt walker above a rocky desertSaveWhite figure alone in a wide sandy landscapeSaveWhite figures in a surreal desert sceneSavePortrait of a pale figure holding a small objectSaveStilt walker in a patterned sandy landscapeSaveDark figure walking among scattered rocksSaveFigure standing on rocks beneath a bright skySave