Dreams That Wake
Mey Seifan, Basel Naouri, Elizaveta Bogachova, Tala Fasheh
A multidisciplinary exhibition unfolding between waking and sleeping, memory and imagination.
Dreams That Wake was a multidisciplinary exhibition that approached dreaming as a political, poetic, and embodied space — one where displacement, loss, care, and survival are sensed beyond language. It worked through installation, VR, sound, ritual, and collective practices.
Rather than treating dreams as private or abstract experiences, the exhibition understands them as shared territories shaped by migration, exile, interrupted homecomings, and inherited memory. Moving between immersive digital environments and material installations, the works invite visitors to listen, rest, participate, and imagine collectively.
Three works were shown. How am I here?, a transmedia and VR installation by Mey Seifan and Basel Naouri, produced with Tanween Company and slowfuture. Random Waters, a mixed media installation by Elizaveta Bogachova. And Eternal Shadows, a mixed media installation by Tala Fasheh.
Public programme
- 21 February, 13:00–16:00 — Scaling Tatreez (Palestinian Embroidery) Workshop, led by Tala Fasheh
- 21 February, 17:00–20:00 — Vernissage
- 26 February, 17:00 — Talk with Elizaveta Bogachova and Harshini J. Karunaratne
- 7–8 March — Sleeping Journey / Dream Temple, led by Annette Assmy
- 10 March, 20:00 — RADAЯ Experimental Session by Sofía Albanese
- 14 March, 18:00–21:00 — Finissage and listening session, with performances by Basel Naouri and Mohammad Abdallah
Credits
Curatorial team: Harshini J. Karunaratne and Basel Naouri
Artistic direction: Marcela Villanueva
Installation assistant: Keyur Katrodiya, TimeLab
Production and communications: Marta Torres
Mediation: Alejandra Atalah
Gallery assistant: Florencia Freis
Dreams That Wake was a Berlin-based project by Karne Kunst gUG, supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, and presented at Bardo Projektraum, Berlin.