The concept of tradition going beyond our association with the stable, peaceful and cosy home, revealing a subcutaneous tendency to violence, instability and absurdity. The project targets society clinging to lost securities of tradition and nostalgia. Dreamatorium is a project consisting of a series of vernacular photographs from Poland’s Communist period, manipulated to add a sublime, uncanny element, suggestive of an elusive nightmare. The project is a dreamy fictional diary combining the concept of nostalgia for old times with a current fear of impending doom and offers a soothing feeling of familiarity amidst the prevailing ghostly presence- absence.