Radio show made for NTS by Cairo Residency
Dream Palace Athens
20-30 October 2023
In October 2023, Dream Palace’s Athens 10 day artistic residency culminated in a defining weekend of original performances created by residency participants that blurred ritual, technology, and sonic exploration.
The legendary IASOS performed his homecoming Swan song .
It was not only his last concert of his long and trailblazing career but a rare opportunity to hear his signature inter‑dimensional soundscapes.
Highlights included: American inventor‑musician Quintron showcased, at sunset, the Weather Warlock, an analog synthesizer and meteorological instrument.
Khan of Finland, the Berlin-based music pioneer and performance artist, gave a playful high energy performance alongside Mexican video artist Taco Urquiza.
Highlights included: American inventor‑musician Quintron showcased, at sunset, the Weather Warlock, an analog synthesizer and meteorological instrument.
Khan of Finland, the Berlin-based music pioneer and performance artist, gave a playful high energy performance alongside Mexican video artist Taco Urquiza.
Experimental Italian/French sound duo Zohastre delivered an immersive audiovisual ritual merging analog electronics with mythic storytelling
Jussi Brightmore’s Dreamshare, a participatory dream recall installation inviting collective memory-making and subconscious exchange
Keynote talks were given by experts in the field such as Theatre Director Daisy Iris Campbell and Writer & Researcher Katrin Vallis deepened the experience, alongside daily guidance from members of the Oneironotics Department.
Jussi Brightmore’s Dreamshare, a participatory dream recall installation inviting collective memory-making and subconscious exchange
Keynote talks were given by experts in the field such as Theatre Director Daisy Iris Campbell and Writer & Researcher Katrin Vallis deepened the experience, alongside daily guidance from members of the Oneironotics Department.
Dream Palace Cairo
29 December – 14 January 2024
Dream Palace’s Cairo residency was the next chapter following Athens. It offered one- and two-week programs of radical dreamwork and symbolic immersion.
Core elements included a showing of work in progress at the art centre Darb1718, designed to charge and share our collective dream research. Collaborating artists also developed a radio performance for NTS Radio born out of the residency.
Participants engaged in dream-sharing circles and communal dreaming practices with returning residents such as Evan Root, Daisy Campbell & Jussi Brightmore.
Participants engaged in dream-sharing circles and communal dreaming practices with returning residents such as Evan Root, Daisy Campbell & Jussi Brightmore.
As well as inviting new residents such as Irish/Egyptian artist and creative director Kamelia Mckayed & Iraqi/British writer Wassim Alsindi. The Cairo Residency deepened our understanding of the architecture of Dream Palace with a concentrated residency in another site of significant cultural memory, Dreaming with the land and connecting through deep listening, local culture, and intention.
