Hypnopompic

2013

Mohair, alpaca, wool, viscose, 
metallic, polyester, cotton

170 × 243 cm
66⅞ × 95⅝ in.

Hypnopompic is the medical term for the state between sleep and waking — when the dream is still present but consciousness has already returned. It is a moment of confusion, of images that exist without quite belonging to either world.

The eight works in this series draw on that condition. Animals, plants, and geometric structures appear across dense, layered surfaces — recognisable forms caught in a visual system that won't fully resolve. The works were the first in which Saksi used the woven surface as a space for this kind of perceptual instability, a direction that has continued through every series since.