a space to dream inside a city
WELCOME TO THE URBAN DREAM CAPSULE.
This web site is created in
conjunction with a live event.
An installation of four 'performers'
living in shop windows.
Feel free, very free, to participate... .....
What
is the UDC?
The Urban dream Capsule is a performance art installation that was first created for the Melbourne International Festival of the arts in the Myer Melbourne windows.
Five actors
lived inside the windows and installed a complete home with bathroom, kitchen
,living room and bedroom..
For over two
weeks, 24 hours a day the 5 "arts-tronauts lived their lives under
the constant regard of the public. This encapsulated living completed captured
the imaginations and fantasies of the public. Every day the public grew
larger as the public became a part of the dream capsule....
The questions
on everyone's lips, 'would they make the distance? Would they go mad?
Would they fight with each other?'
Every day the circles of communications grew larger and larger.
The dream
capsule is an interactive experience for all involved. The thoughts, opinions,
images and beliefs of the public became the happy property of the ever-growing
public. A public space is created where people become comfortable with
sharing their dreams.
The Urban Dream
Capsule in Melbourne was an enormous public and critical success. it recieved
several awards including the best show of the festival
The creator Neil Thomas, and his co-performers....
have created something both marvelous and disturbing, hat has an impact
on everyone who sees it.”
“ ...the true hit of the Melbourne International
Arts Festival will undoubtedly be the Urban Dream Capsule in Myer’s windows
in Bourke Street. Any qualms about the relevance or importance of street
theatre are utterly blown away by this superb and challenging piece of
performance art.”
| With assistance from Arts Victoria the show was again created for the Gent street theatre festival in Belgium 1998. |
Four of the original cast created the capsule in a dis-used shopping complex in the centre of town, the Bourdon arcade.
The event transcended
the barriers of language and created if anything an even larger emotional
and lasting impact. The people of Belgium truly took the experience to
their hearts.
This year for le Festival de Théâtre des Amériques, in Montréal , Québec, the dream capsule was recreated in La Baie ,a large department store in the centre of town.
A new home, a new culture from the 21 may to 4 june
The event was an enormous success and the
web site generated during the event is still very up and alive.
http://www.fta.qc.ca/udc
