Immersive Assembly vol 4: Dreams & Echoes Showcase 

When T-Rex Dreams of Mangoes and Figs

by artists Chris Tegho and Jazmin Morris with sound by Louis Jack

A digital dreamscape that transforms digital application loading time into portals for dreams; where transitions and waiting opens new worlds of imagination. Inspired by the Google Chrome Dino game that appears only when internet connection is interrupted, this installation explores where consciousness wanders when the machine is in ‘load state’. By reimagining waiting and anticipation in digital spaces, this work reflects on how we process uncertainty, meaning and our relationship with machines. It creates an opportunity for dreams, imagination and creativity in a subtle protest against technology’s grasp on our experiences. Here, in a blend of physical, digital, and subconscious, waiting transforms into art.

Jazmin and Chris are a duo of artists and researchers based in the UK. Their work spans

ethical, emotional, and relational aspects of technology, exploring systems of power and community facilitation. Jazmin’s practice interrogates the historical trajectories of modern technology and critically addresses the nuanced process of simulating culture and identity. Chris’ work examines how emerging technologies influence our experiences and self-perception. Together, they are dedicated to reimagining traditional narratives in their disciplines, through an open-source, queer BIPOC lens.

To Lie Within Another

by artists Vicky Clarke, Michelle Collier

Have you ever felt a dream slip into your day, like a shadow you just can’t shake? Tune into this feeling and push at the fragile borders of consciousness. To Lie Within Another is a multisensory installation, harnessing physical touch, visual projection and sound: immersing you in an interactive, multi-layered ‘reality’. Inspired by the contradictory, often surreal juxtaposition of different states of mind, To Lie Within Another collapses the distance between these layers of perception, where the boundaries between past and present, waking and dreaming, become permeable. Journey through the surrealscape of consciousness, push your perception and discover the alchemy of mind.

Vicky Clarke is a sound and electronic media artist whose work explores materiality, electrical phenomena and ritual. Working with sound sculpture, DIY electronics and human-machine systems, she creates electronic artworks and live performances that venture through techno-emotional states. Michelle Collier is a writer, artist and narrative designer whose work explores the stories we tell, from ancient myth to imagined futures. Often playful and speculative in nature, her work spans multiple platforms, including experimental fiction, games and XR.

Collective Dreamscape

by artists Chipo Mapondera and Alysha Nelson

An immersive dreamscape of sound and vision, convening global indigenous stories that challenge colonial constructs of time, and create a space for imagining multiple futures. A space for collective dreaming and reimagining, in response to the After The End project, which explored post trauma and post crisis echoes in marginalised global communities. The installation of sensory layers is created through projection mapping and a soundscape blending oral histories, music, and natural sounds from global indigenous communities: Krio (Sierra Leone), Sarawakian (Borneo), Diné/ White Mountain Apache (USA), Zezuru (Zimbabwe). By erasing conventional notions of definitive starting and endings, we highlight non-linear cultural conceptions of time and memory.

Chipo creates Afrofuturistic XR (VR, sound, film), winning an Innovate UK Award and nominated for AIXR and STARTS Africa awards. Exhibited internationally at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Fakugesi, and Hypha Studios, Chipo has presented at the Leverhulme Centre (CFI) and Sussex Digital Humanities Lab, and is selected for CPH:LAB 2024/25. Alysha is a multidisciplinary creative exploring perception, consciousness, and marginalised histories. Exhibited internationally, her work has earned an Emmy nomination, Cannes Lion, and SXSW innovation award & more for use of digital, storytelling, and unique engagement with history.