INFO
oneiric
[ oh-nahy-rik ]of, relating to, or characteristic of dreams1
originFirst recorded in 1855–60; from Greek óneir(os) “dream” + -ic
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Initiator & custodian
Charmaine Li
Seen on
Are.na Editorial
032c
AIGA Eye on Design
Clot Magazine
Metal Magazine
It’s Nice That
Grateful for the support from
Canada Council for the Arts grant, 2024
Est-Nord-Est résidence d’artistes, 2024
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, 2023
Muzeum Susch/Temporars Susch, 2021
ONEIRIC SPACE reflects on the porous boundaries between nightly dreams and waking life at an individual and collective level. Through research, publishing experiments, and gatherings, the project examines dreams as a site for gesturing towards new patterns of being, feeling, and imagining together.
In 2019, ONEIRIC SPACE was launched as an online interview publication by Charmaine Li in collaboration with Effie Efthymiadi and Studio Push. The intention was to spark dialogue about the multiplicity of perspectives and approaches to engaging with dreams. Since then, the project has evolved into an ongoing act of “gathering” in the sense that designer and educator Mindy Seu describes in an article first shared with us by our friend Meg Miller.
After years of publishing conversations with artists, researchers, and practitioners through the website and newsletter, ONEIRIC SPACE started developing and assembling gatherings for collective dream reflection. These gatherings have been held at ACUD Galerie, kwia, Callie’s, Trust, Haus am Lützowplatz, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Museum of Architecture and Design Ljubjlana, Insola, and Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature.
ONEIRIC SPACE’s activities are slow and sporadic.
Effie Efthymiadi
Oana Tudoran
Fariba Bogzaran
Synchrodogs
Jakob Lusensky
Studio Brasch
Anna Nowicka
Studio Push (Emilie Vizcano & Pierre Monge)
Misa Tsuruta
Edna Bonhomme
Charmaine de Heij
Ana Šantl
Meg Miller
Bongsu Park
Kemi Fatoba (DADDY Magazine)
Rico Lützner
Jeannette Pang
Kitchen Table Writing Group
Manisha Anjali (Neptune)
Goitseone Montsho
Mina Heydari-Waite
Sharon Sliwinski (Museum of Dreams)
Daniel Godínez Nivón
Alexis Chan
Tatiana Heuman (Siestaria)
0ct0p0s (Nick Koppenhagen & Carina Erdmann)
Claudia de la Torre (Artists’ Book Workshop)
Dream Spiral
Laurel Schwulst
Daryn Roongrawewan