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, a gathering organized by Kristoffer Tjalve. It was held at the Museum of Architecture and Design Ljubljana. I spoke 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. The texts read aloud wove together personal dream journal fragments, research gathered through ONEIRIC SPACE and anonymous responses from previous participatory readings.

Sound: Alexis Chan with the Ljubljanica River
Leaflet design: Daryn Roongrawewan
Sources & Inspirations: on Are.na

More on the ideas circling around this participatory reading on
Are.na Editorial, where I adapted the texts into a meandering essay.

This project was initiated at Est-Nord-Est & supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌?