DREAM TECH

Music

poetry

textiles

eco-arts workshops

and desserts from the garden

DREAM TECH is a series of interdisciplinary performances and workshops inspired by Kanyen’kehà:ka dream technology, unfolding on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

Guided by our understanding of dreaming as ancestral and living technology, DREAM TECH explores dreaming as creative practice, as story, as connection, and as a way of building futures together.

Dreams encountered in sleep and through creative practices allow us to respond to the aliveness of non-humans, including the land, plants, animals, and even the digital and analogue tools we use in our artistic practices. In our conversations, we have discovered parallels between dreams, the hidden labour of creative practice, and the unseen networks of fungal systems that share resources and information across species, becoming visible as mushrooms.

DREAM TECH foregrounds Indigenous wisdom to remind us that the inspiration for climate art is supported by a complex web of people, plants, insects, animals and ancestors.

ARTISTS

Toni-Leah C. Yake

Jessica Silvey

Rita and Zoe Kompst

Barbara Adler

Isabelle Kirouac

Willoughby Arévalo

Julie Úlehla

anata laylay

Malcolm Jack

Erin Leigh

PROGRAM

Friday, July 24: Evening

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm: Mushrooms at Twilight with The Art & Fungi Project (WALK)

Meet fungi through an embodied walk as the sun goes down, guided by artists and mycologists Isabelle Kirouac and Willoughby Arévalo.

Saturday, July 25: All Day

10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Natural Dye with Rita & Zoe Kompst (WORKSHOP)

Learn to dye yarns using mushrooms and plants with xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Elder Rita Kompst and her daughter Zoe Kompst (Sliding scale $110, $135, $160). Limited Capacity. Pre-registration required.

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Jessica Silvey (WORKSHOP)

Weaving and storytelling with Coast Salish weaver Jessica Silvey.

7:30 pm: Desserts by Erin Leigh (FOOD)

Foraged and flower-forward desserts for purchase by local foodie and artist Erin Leigh. Vegan and GF options.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm: Live Music and Public Dreaming (PERFORMANCE)

Hear your dreams set to live music by Toni-Leah C. Yake, Malcolm Jack and Julia Úlehla.

Sunday, July 26: Afternoon

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Dream Sigils (WORKSHOP)

Use botanical elements to create a dream ‘sigil’: a personal symbol to invite and honour your dreams. With Toni-Leah C. Yake and Barbara Adler.

TICKETS

Available at the door and online.

FULL WEEKEND PASS excluding Rita and Zoe Kompst Workshop: $15, $25, $40

FULL WEEKEND PASS including Rita and Zoe Kompst Workshop: $110, $135, $160

Single event tickets: Pay What You Decide, $5, $10, $15

Limited accessible tickets available for Indigenous community and others. E-mail info@theonlyanimal.com.