A sleepy industrial lot on Madison Street, in downtown Rockford, IL is about to be transformed into the center of an immersive and unforgettable multi-media exploration of new frontiers in public art. <br/><br/>SOMNIUM: The book of Dreams and Nightmares, the psychedelic invention of Domincan-based visual artist, Eddaviel Montero, and Rockford-based artist, Emily Klonicki, combines traditional public mural art with new media, music, animation, and dance into a three-dimensional performative production that transforms the way the public interacts with and experiences community and public arts. <br/><br/>Presented by the publisher Mentes Extremófilas and sponsored by The Rockford Area Arts Council, SOMNIUM combines an unprecedented cadre of talent and collaboration from across the globe: Jason Judd and Iga Puchalska (Rockford, IL–Projection and Animation), Raymond Jaquez (Santo Domingo, DR–Music and Voice Narration), Bill Houtkamp (Rockford, IL–Sound and Pr