dreams without riders
an exploration of control, featuring zero control
Brigette Hoffman
september 6 – october 4, 2025
7338 nw miami ct, miami fl
Brigette Hoffman’s solo exhibition, ‘dreams without riders : an exploration of control, featuring zero control,’ reflects on the fragile boundary between steering and being steered. Riderless bicycles and circus imagery speak of systems that move without our consent, cycles that repeat regardless of intent. The wheel turns because the wheel turns. We are carried forward, both passengers and participants, often without seeing who built the road.
Carl Jung’s theory of the unconscious sees these movements as arising from a deeper source, the Self, which shapes our path through dreams, symbols, and archetypes. Dolores Cannon extends this vision, suggesting that we are not only shaped by hidden currents but also their architects, capable of altering the design. Yet in the public realm this creative power collides with Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle, where reality is replaced by its image and the machinery of culture, politics, and economy writes the scripts we perform.
The circus in dreams without riders is more than metaphor. It is a mirror of a world where leaders fall away, institutions drift, and events move under the momentum of systems long set in motion. The spectacle delights and distracts, but also contains, making us believe we are steering when in truth the route was charted elsewhere.
And still, beneath the stage lights and the masks, there is the Self, the divine spark that watches, waits, and moves in its own rhythm. Recognizing it is an act of resistance, a way of reclaiming authorship from the spectacle.
This work asks us to see the tension clearly: we are riders and bicycles, actors and authors, creators and creations, caught in the uneasy beauty of surrendering to forces larger than ourselves while daring to reshape the world that carries us. The bicycles circle. The patterns repeat. And within the turning, we may find the courage to take the road back into our own hands.
-curated by homework
Brigette Hoffman is a German-Nicaraguan artist based in Miami. She earned her BFA from The Academy of Fine Arts (HFBK) Hamburg, Germany, in 2020. Hoffman’s artistic practice spans painting, sculpture, installation, and physical animation. Her work draws from various inspirations, weaving together elements of her personal journey, emotions, and character portrayals.
Believing strongly in art’s ability to communicate independently, Hoffman’s creations serve as silent storytellers, inviting viewers to engage with their narratives. Her art explores themes of childhood imagination, the artist’s exploration, and spirituality. Using a diverse range of materials and techniques, her installations offer surreal representations filled with raw symbolism.
In her creative process, Hoffman instinctively brings characters to life as sculptures or animated figures, each embodying a unique muse. This process feels akin to tapping into a divine source, as her sculptures inhabit worlds filled with vibrant colors and ethereal light, providing a break from the mundane aspects of everyday life. Through her paintings, Hoffman reveals the landscapes from which these sculptures emerge, capturing realms where colors dance freely and gravity seems to have less weight.
