Controlled Dream Machine è un sistema che funziona come una mente umana in stato di sogno. Il corpo, due gambe-robot, è il sognatore. Il sogno, ossia l'animazione grafica, è l'espressione dell'inconscio della gambe artificiali, mentre i dati neuronali generano lo sviluppo dei sogni e il comportamento del sistema. Controlled Dream Machine è la piattaforma a partire dal quale si sviluppa la inusuale performance messa in opera per Netmage 08.

Controlled Dream Machine is a system that works as a complete dreaming human mind. The body, consisting of robotic legs, is dreaming. The dreams, which are the animations, express the unconscious of the robot legs, and the neurons' data are generating the way of the dreams and the behaviors of the system. The robot body and the dreams are sending feedback-symptoms to each other, as defense mechanisms and R.E.M (rapid eyes movements). The robot legs are dreaming with memories, traumas, nightmares, sensations and a collective unconscious. All of these areas are rhizomaly-connected through a phenomenon called “transpassages”. The film appears as a unique, surreal construction of delirious appearances, deconstructions and illusions, achieving the sense of unreality, impossibility, by manipulating the perceptions of space, geometry, architecture. The music was composed by the artist Theo Firmo, who created the sound and sound design for the animations.