Workshop: Divergent Dreams

In the grip of regimes and their eugenic dreams, lives are constrained in what they can dare to demand. Yet, is it even appropriate to dream under such constraints? The impossibility of dreaming morphs into a complete absence of dreams. How, then, can we uncover a hope amidst the backdrop of ongoing wars, genocides, ecocides, climate change, and the rise of fascisms? Who possesses the right to dream? What are the subjects of these dreams? Which dreams continue eugenic ideologies?

Regimes exert control over the dreaming. However, dissident human and non-human lives veer away from this imposed reality. Their bodies and minds diverge and resist.

During the workshop, we will share our practices of divergences and research around it. You are kindly invited to share your practices in a way that feels comfortable for you as well. Together, we will observe how they transform and influence our dreams. We will explore and share gaps in our personal and collective remembrance. 

To register for the workshop, please fill in the Workshop Form until May 6th.

If you have any questions, please contact us at: divergent_dreams@proton.me  

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Credits:

Kira Shmyreva: accessibility concept, workshop concept and run.
 

Jeanna Kolesova: workshop concept and run. 

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Spoken languages: Spoken English with whisper translation in German or Russian (if needed).

Accessibility:

Triggers: regimes, thematization of discriminations, grief, trauma, premises may be noisy due to proximity to the S-Bahn.

Accessibility information:

• The workshop space is accessible without steps. 

• The accessible bathroom is currently under construction. An update on its availability will be provided a week before the workshop. 

• Relaxed event with breaks. Different sitting options are available: beanbags, pillows, chairs. There are stim/fidget toys and a resting room in the space. 

We kindly ask to do a Covid self-test and wear a mask if it is accessible for you.

Image description: This is a 3D graphic of a swamp and a hilly landscape behind it. The hills are shrouded in fog. It is unclear when this swamp originated and how deep it is. In some places, there is clear gray-green lake water. In other, there is green-brown silt that has been here for a long time.

A large rock on the right seems to be half-submerged in the water. It is covered with moss. The stone on the left appears as if it recently landed on the surface of the swamp. Another stone falls from above into the swamp. 

On the right side, there is a part of a tree trunk. It is unclear whether it is a stump or the upper part of the trunk. In some places, there are tree branches without leaves. Behind a long branch on the left, white flowers are blooming. In some places there are green plants. Some of them look like shrubs. 

Jeanna shares: “For me, swamp and stones are about constant change. The swamp is soft but wet, which I don't like, but the stones are dry. Combination of soft and dry provides a sense of comfort.”

Kira shares: “Swamps and stones, and their formations are about slowness for me. Their natural time is not controlled by the ideology of industrialisation.”