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Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether (2023 – present)
ONEIRIC SPACE ⊹writing ⊹gathering
'Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether,' (2023) for 'Curating Advance Practices: Beyond Literature' at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen. Photo by Camilo Pachón.
'Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether,' (2023) for 'Curating Advance Practices: Beyond Literature' at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen. Photo by Camilo Pachón.
'Dipping into Dreams,' (2023) at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen. Photo by Camilo Pachón.
Artwork for ‘Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether’ with Siestaria at kwia x Vorspiel Berlin
Documentation of ‘Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether’ with Siestaria at kwia x Vorspiel Berlin by participant Anja Zhao
'Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether' at ACUD Galerie, as part of the exhibition ‘There has to be smth in the room’. Video by curator Alžběta Čermáková
Wading Thru Dreams, 2gether is a participatory reading that reflects on how nightly visions are enmeshed with our inner and outer worlds. Through a series of readings and guided activities, the session invites participants to consider dreams as both personal and collective phenomena by engaging the body and senses. Drawing from personal dream experiences and ONEIRIC SPACE research, the texts read aloud offer variouss perspectives and approaches to engaging with dream life. 

Set to a soft backdrop of sound and scent, the format questions the conventions of traditional public readings — often directed at the brain while ignoring the body in space. It also examines how visual, auditory, olfactory, and spatial elements might influence encounters with memory, language, and knowledge. 

Sound by Alexis Chan

Held at: ACUD Galerie (Berlin, 2024), kwia x Vorspiel (Berlin, 2024), Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature’s Denkfabrik program (Münster, 2023), Künstlerdorf Schöppingen’s CAP Program: Beyond Literature (Schöppingen, 2023)

This project started as an experiment in collective dream reflection during a residency at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.

 
𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌?