REST(idency) Installation: The Dreaming Room

RESTidency: The Dreaming Room

A week-long artist residency providing space for dream incubation, experiments, research, ritual, and respite.

The Dreaming Room

This immersive installation is an invitation for visitors to lie down, read in comfort, learn about sleep research, explore sleep hygiene, talk about your dreams, day dream, draw from your subconscious, be present and breathe.

Inside UW2-021 Performance Studio
Monday, February 24 - Thursday, February 27
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (See full daily schedule below)

Artist Talk

Thursday, February 27 // 3:30-5:00 PM // ARC Overlook
followed by a Closing Procession to UW2-021 and Seeding Ritual (4:45PM-6PM)

MIA IMANI, a UWB alum, is a spiritual technologist and speculative architect focused on collective healing through art, ritual, and science. She uses installation, performance, and writing to explore and design new ways of being and belonging. Her practice maps sleep science/technology, global dream cultures and speculates the future of dreaming.

All Events Free and Open to the UWB Community

Sponsors: Student Engagement and Activities, The Office of the Chancellor, Critical Acts, The Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences.

The Dreaming Room // A Space Designed for Dreaming

How can we dream if our community can’t sleep?
The Dreaming Room is an exploration of healing that treasures being instead of doing. The audience is invited into this space to practice slowing down.

This space is yours.

It is time to use our radical imaginations to dream up a future where every university has dedicated areas for stillness, reflection, dreaming, and curiosity. With the current state of the world, we must dream and visualize the society we want to be a part of, while also giving space to acknowledge the collective nightmares, pain, and loss we have all experienced.

It is time to dream.

DREAMING ROOM HOURS

2/24 Monday – Opening (Moon)
9:00 - 9:30 Meditation
9:30 - 11:00 Ritual
11:00 - 12:30 Listening
*12:30 - 1:00 Restoration (space closed)
1:00 - 3:30 Ritual
3:30 - 5:00 Opening & Gratitude

2/25 Tuesday (Mars)
9:00 - 9:30 Meditation
9:30 - 11:00 Research/Experimentation
*11:00 - 1:00 Visitations and Restoration (space closed)
4:00 - 5:00 Gratitude (Dream Sharing/Readings)

2/26 Wednesday (Mercury)
9:00 - 9:30 Meditation
9:30 - 11:00 Experimentation
11:00 - 1:00 Visitation (space closed)
1:00 - 1:30 Listening
1:30 - 2:00 Restoration (space closed)
2:00 - 2:30 Writing
2:30 - 3:00 Restoration (space closed)
3:00 - 4:30 Conversation/Ritual
4:30 - 5:00 Gratitude (Dream Sharing/Reading)

2/27 Thursday – Closing (Jupiter)
9:00 - 9:30 Meditation
9:30 - 11:00 Experimentation
11:00 - 12:30 Research
1:30 - 2:00 Restoration (space closed)
2:00 - 2:30 Seeing