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Radio 4,11 mins

How do dreams become art?

Front Row

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A look at the ways artists have looked into their own unconscious minds to find inspiration. The cultural commentator and film historian Matthew Sweet considers the influence of dreams on films and literature, neuro-scientist Anil Seth gives us a clinical approach, and the artist Liliane Tomasko discusses the power of dreams and how she depicts them in her work. With Samira Ahmed.

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