breath of water and wind

the breath of water and wind (2024) ONEIRIC SPACE

⊹writing ⊹gathering

The breath of water and wind, 2024. Photos by Ana Šantl and Tatjana Kotnik

Participants received a leaflet designed by Daryn Roongrawewan, providing space for notes and guiding the reflective prompts.

the breath of water and wind was a participatory reading presented by ONEIRIC SPACE as part of Naive Yearly 2024, a gathering organized by Kristoffer Tjalve held at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana.

I contributed to the day-long event alongside Nathalie Lawhead, Agnes Cameron, Kim Kleinert, Daniel Murray, Reuben Son, Tiger Dingsun, and Kaloyan Kolev. During an outdoor session, I invited attendees to contemplate the more-than-human beings—both in dreams and in our immediate surroundings—through a grounding exercise, readings, and reflective prompts. Read more

Text: Charmaine Li with Dream Journal Fragments & Anonymous Participant Responses gathered from ‘Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether’ (ACUD Galerie, 2024)
Sound: Alexis Chan with the Ljubljanica River
Leaflet design: Daryn Roongrawewan

This project was initiated during my time at Est-Nord-Est Author’s Residency & supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌?