Canal Dream Art Festival 2024
Where Art, Nature, Community and Heritage Converge
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Dream overview
Canal Dream Art Festival (CDAF) is a non-profit, multi-arts festival that takes place on the water, where art, nature, community, and heritage come together. Through cross-sector collaboration, Canal Dream brings emerging arts to the historic canals, fostering opportunities for creative expression, community well-being, and canal regeneration.
CDAF is made possible through the collective efforts of the creative and canal communities. Our Dream Makers include talented individuals from renowned institutions such as the Royal College of Art, the Royal College of Music, and the University of the Arts London, spanning diverse disciplines such as visual arts, performing arts, music, film, poetry, and design. Our Dream Partners range from arts and cultural organisations to local charities, businesses, private boat owners, and more. This year, the festival features six Dream Stations: five unique dream boats and one canalside venue.
Additional Resources:
Media coverage:
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16th August 2024 "Canal’s floating arts festival makes a splash" - Islington Tribune
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15th August 2024 "Sammy & Chuntian Hu, Canal Dream Art Festival" - Voices Radio, Caustic Sounds
Dream Time
09-16 August 2024
Dream Location
Kings Cross, London
Regent’s Canal
Organised by
Canal Dream CIC
Dream Partners
Global Generation
Word on the Water
Slash Arts
gowithYamo
RedKite Floating Gallery & Art Space
Gomez Boat Studio
The Walker City
Dream Supporters
3 RAY Productions
Neverland Space Theatre
YFS Creative
Dream map & Dream station I-VI
Dream Station I The Walker City
Dream Station II Gomez Boat Studio
Dream Station III RedKite Floating Gallery & Art Space
Dream Station IV Word on the Water The London Bookbarge
Dream Station V Slash Arts
Dream Station VI The Floating Garden
Awakening Party at the Story Garden
Dream impact
Artwork & Artist
Opening Night
Directors:
Chuntian Hu, Jiarong Yu
Dream Station I The Walker City
Co-create Workshop: Reda Urbonaite
Performance | Rain Helders: Juliana Ruiz Torres, Paolo Zaccuri-Pérez, Mariana Habeych Castro, Yiding Zhang
Dream Station II Gomez Boat Studio
Performance | The Vermilion Bird: Shuqin Huang
Dream Station III RedKite Floating Gallery & Art Space
Performance | Fallen Woman: A Creation Story: Sarah Duffin
Dream Station IV Word on the Water The London Bookbarge
Poetry & music | Little Estuaries + softshadow: Daniel Kramb, June Kuhn
Dream Station V Slash Arts
Performance | Just a Tuesday: William Cummings
Dream Station VI The Floating Garden
Performance | Beautiful Root Dance: Coop Dance( Théïa Maldoom, Annie Edwards and Alejandra Gissler)
Music | Samuel Batstone, Emory Vaughan
Dream Navigators ( Global Generation‘s Generators):
Roshni Nagaria
Anaiyah Williams
Ryden O'Brien-kingston
Thomas Brown
Dream Station I The Walker City
Exhibition: Waterborne: Boater Art
Artists:
Lorraine Fox
Chris Tidy
Juan Gomez
Anna Kroeger
Hayley Harrison
Sarah Warner
Janine Leslie
Curators:
Chuntian Hu, Yobe Wei
Event: Dream night I (Music & Performance)
Performance: Sarah Duffin
Music: Samuel Batstone, Emory Vaughan
Music: Eden Zhang
Performance: Jiarong Yu + Yuqiu Wang
Performance: William Cummings
Music: Charles Lambert, Stefano, Geoff
Event: Dream night II (film)
London Boaters - David Latto
Seventh Day - Tingning Wen
I Need Several Chairs in My Private Area - Tianyu Ren
Things Happen Where You Don't Look - Holli Xue / lshi
Flatland Falling into the Great Void - Dove Che Artless and Chill - Yichun Yao
Towers - Asha Lyons Sumroy
The Ruin of Sounds - Koji Kashiwa
When the Moon Rises - Jiaging Chen
Voice of the Water - Global Generation
Homan Yousofi
Curators:
Zhiwu(Adam) Zhu, Yuxuan Wu
Special Guest:
Jorge Jobim (Haobin Wang), Cameron Durdy
Dream Station III RedKite Floating Gallery & Art Space
Exhibition: Hidden Rivers
Artists:
Cas Campbell
Curators:
Nathalie Brough,
Lewis Swan
Event:
Pigment Making Workshop: Cas Campbell Performance: Jiarong Yu + Yuqiu Wang performance: Mai Muraguchi
Nature & The Elements Writing Workshop: Kate Griffin
Write Collective Open Mic: Kate Griffin
Dream Station IV Word on the Water The London Bookbarge
Event:
Poetry reading: David Rushmer
Poetry reading: Bang Wang
Poetry reading: Shona Floate
Poetry reading: Kate Griffin
Poetry reading: Ruth Virgo
Dream Station V Slash Arts
Exhibition: Window on Lindow
Artist:
Phil Barton
Curator:
Simon Hodgkinson
Event:
Performance: Sarah Duffin 5:30-6:00
Performance: William Cummings
Performance: Juliana Ruiz Torres, Paolo Zaccuri-Pérez, Mariana Habeych Castro
Performance: Jorge Jobim (Haobin Wang), Fabiola Retamozo, Rowan ibbeken
Performance: Jiarong Yu + Yuqiu Wang
Dream Station VI The Floating Garden
Exhibition: Voice of the Water
by Global Generation
Event:
Music: Sxcha + Deep Theory
Music: 小熊空气 Bel Air
Music: Samuel Batstone, Emory Vaughan
Poetry Workshop & Performance: two mouths, break flows: Katy Lewis Hood & Jac Common
Performance: Jiarong Yu + Yuqiu Wang
Story Walk: Laura Price
Festival Team
Organization
Organised by
Canal Dream CIC
Dream Partners
Global Generation
Word on the Water
Slash Arts
gowithYamo
RedKite Floating Gallery & Art Space
Gomez Boat Studio
The Walker City
Dream Supporters
3 RAY Productions
Neverland Space Theatre
YFS Creative
Director & Producer
Chuntian Hu
Venue Managers & Coordinators
John
Juan Gomez
Chris Tidy
Paddy Screech
Simon Hodgkinson
Laura Price
Marketing Team
gowithYamo Team
Nathalie Brough, Head of Marketing and Partnerships
Lewis Swan, Multimedia Designer & Artist Liaison
YFS Creative
Yefei Shi
Yobe Wei
Collaborating Illustrator
Ke Ren
Photography/Videography Team
3 RAY Productions
Director of Photography:
Zhiwu(Adam) Zhu, Yuxuan Wu
Photographer:
Zoe Knowles
Jiaqing(Donna) Chen
Anna-Sue Lin
Xintong Tian
Xiaolin
Videographer:
Zhiwu(Adam) Zhu,
Yuxuan Wu
Teodosi Milev
Zijing Chen
Koji Kashiwa
Zilin(Lynn) Chen
Technician
Emory Vaughan
Volunteer Team
Jack Harrison
Xiaoyu Hua(Tracy)
Yanting SHEN (Stefanie)
James
Ziyue She
Aidar
Jiazhen Lu
Humi Amin
Jantae Miller
Tiana
Spacial Thanks
Yobe Wei
Jack Harrison
Roshni Nagaria
Kings Cross Marketing Team
Voices Radio, Caustic Sounds
Sammy Brough
Islington Triburne
Daisy Clague
Yuchen Lin
Min