Dreams
NEWS FROM DEEP LISTENING INSTITUTE
Deep Listening Institute is proud to announce Ione's 12th annual Dream Festival. The Dream Festival is a celebration of dreams and dreamers curated by Kingston based author and dream facilitator Ione.
As always the Dream Festival will take place through the month of October, which the City of Kingston has dubbed Dream Festival Month for the past 10 years. This year's festival will feature 15 artists, performers, dancers and musicians. Events include concerts, a kids' dream art workshop, gallery openings, puppet performances, the marathon of dreamers (day long mini presentations by the community), a procession of masks and giant puppets in West Strand Park and spontaneous dream theater in the streets. Below you'll see a list of some of the upcoming events.
All performances are based and inspired by the dreams of the artists participating. Ione, artistic director of Deep Listening Institute, describes the festival as a community event that includes artwork and performances by world-class artists, everyday dreamers and inspired beings throughout Kingston , the Hudson Valley, Capitol Region, NYC and beyond.
Along with concerts and events, the Dream Festival will have Dream Box Exhibits around the Hudson Valley, Capitol Region and NYC. Dream Boxes are placed at local "Dream Depots" for dreamers to deposit their dreams to share with the community. Dream Depots are participating businesses, galleries, museums, libraries and individuals' homes. On September 18, Deep Listening Institute will host a dream box making potluck party in the Rondout.
The Festival has an international presence via Ione's Dream Sack on the internet, http://www.deeplistening.org, a site which constantly receives dreams from participants throughout the world.
New for this year , the Dream Festival will have another virtual presence on Second Life which will feature "Virtual Dreaming, music and exhibits." Second Life is a 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents.
Stay tuned for more information on this exciting event!!
Ione's 12th Annual Dream Festival – October 1-31, 2007
October 6, 6-9 pm - Opening Reception for Artists in Dreamland at The Gallery at Artemis, 33 Broadway on the Rondout, Kingston. Artists in Dreamland explores various realities of one of the major aspects that connects us all...dreams. An exhibition that gives perspective on the dream worlds of the art makers. What does art look like when it's heavily influenced by dreams? Or when it's created in a dream state? Perhaps it offers delicious blends of the conscious and unconscious. Exhibiting from October 6-28.
October 14 at 3 pm - "In Parallel: Dreaming Into Alternate Universes" with Norman Lowery. The longest running performance of the Dream Festival. This performance began October 14, 2000 Dream Festival and has been ongoing for the past seven years! Alternative Books, 35 North Front St, Uptown Kingston
October 18, 7 pm & 9 pm - NYC Premiere of Dreams of the Jungfrau, a new experimental narrative film written and directed by Ione with music and sound design by Pauline Oliveros. Wine and hors d'oeuvres Reception. 2 showings. Emily Harvey Gallery, 587 Broadway (corner of Spring & Broadway) NYC. By Donation.
October 19, 7-10 pm - Marathon of Dreamers - Dream-related presentations and performances by the Dream Community at large. 82 Prince Street, Midtown Kingston NY (off Broadway near the Muddy Cup & Planet wings)
October 19 7-9 pm- SECOND LIFE DREAM FESTIVAL Concurrent with Marathon of Dreamers and Weave Concert ( Streaming into Second Life)
October 19 at 9 pm - Dreamwaker, Concert with Weave. A piece for sounding ensemble across states of dream reality, led by Sarah Weaver. 82 Prince Street, Midtown Kingston NY (off Broadway near the Muddy Cup & Planet wings) $10/$8
October 19 at 10pm-Midnight SECOND SPACE DREAM FESTIVAL (Projected) Culminating in Virtual Overnight Dreaming
October 20 at 11 am - Free Kid's Dream Art Workshop followed by a kids' procession at the Kingston Urban Park with big puppets from the Center for Symbolic Studies in Tillson. Kingston Heritage Visitor's Center, 20 Broadway on the Rondout, Kingston.
October 20 at 7 pm - Opening and Performance of Quaque nocte (meaning every night), a tapestry of dreams comes to life in a kinetic sculptural installation; a dreamscape world of puppets, masked performers, video and sound. Designed by Nathan Gresham-Lancaster and Maggie Cornell. Installation opens at 4 pm, performances throughout the course of the evening. 82 Prince Street, Midtown Kingston NY (off Broadway near the Muddy Cup & Planet Wings) $7/$5
Radio 103point9 Coverage of events of Sunday, October 21, 2007 from 82 Prince Street, Kingston, NY
October 21 5PM SECOND LIFE Projected Dreams and Creations of Avatars
October 21 at 5 pm - A Lucid Tea Party - a sonic wonderland event hosted by composer Zevin Polzin with a garnish of Dream Action Theater happenings. 82 Prince Street, Midtown Kingston NY (off Broadway near the Muddy Cup & Planet Wings) $7/$5
October 21 at 8 pm - A Rumi Night - A concert with Steve Gorn - flute, John de Kadt - percussion & Peter Rogen performing the luminous words of Rumi. Ranging from ecstatic love poems to piercing observations of the human condition, all revealed in incomparable and unforgettable images, humor, and wit. A Rumi Night is often a deeply moving experience. $10/$8
