Dream Orientation   (2023)
Shamica Ruddock

32mins 55secs

Shamica Ruddock is an artist often found working between sound and moving image. Shamica’s current research concerns sound cultures and Black Sonic Modalities. Maroon histories, fugitivity and Black temporal entanglements have also proved resonant departure points. Shamica has presented work at the South London Gallery (UK), Treasure Hill Artists Village (TW), the Barbican Art Gallery (UK) and Canal Projects (NY) in collaboration with artist Emilija Škarnulytė. Additional presentations include Aesthetica, Encounters and Timehri Film Festivals. Shamica has an ongoing project with artist Hannan Jones. Together they have held residencies with CCA Glasgow, and Akademie Schloss Solitude. Performances include Glasgow based contemporary music festival Counterflows, Silent Green (DE), Savvy Contemporary (DE) and Madeira Dig (PT).

Shamica Ruddock’s website

Dream Scape  (2023)
Emily Slime

60 mins 13 secs

Tracklist:
∝ Ffion – Kindle Burning
∝ The Thawing of the Mountain Pass – Berghof
∝ To Kentish Town – Tullis Rennie
∝ She Moved Through The Fair – Loreena McKennitt
∝ The horror of being alive – Mchy i porosity
∝ A Hair, A Heap – Fia Fiell
∝ Honeysuckle On A Turnip Shore – Slowfoam
∝ I AM AWAKE – BLUEBUNNY
∝ Grief  (E+E Remix) – FaltyDL
∝ Echoes of Lalia – Damsel Elysium
∝ The Moonlight – Night Walkers – Nocturnal Effigy
∝ Text Me When You Get Home – December
∝ Dreaming at my doorstep – CRYSTALLMESS
∝ I Can’t Remember What I Just Did – JQ
∝ Last Days: Non Voglio Mai Vedere II Sole Tramontare – Oliver Leith
∝ Targala – Emmanuelle Parrenin
∝ Sacrifice I – Nikolaienko
∝ Katie’s Visions – Seconds
∝ Arisen My Senses – Björk
∝ After a Feast – Wojciech Rusin

Emily Slime is a non-binary interdisciplinary artist from Margate, Kent. Their work investigates the realms of occult and nature. They play with a multi-medium of food, typography, illustration, rug making, sound and video art; exploring how those can intertwine within Wicca and sanctuary.

Associated with Margate Radio, City Wall Radio and a frequent DJ; their sets range from ambient / soundscape to dance / electronic, tactically frolicking with the genres in between.

https://linktr.ee/emilyslime

Sceapig Dream Transmission    (2023)
Benedict Drew

82mins 54 secs

Benedict Drew works across video, sculpture, drawing, painting, and music. He creates large-scale installations, often concerned with ecstatic responses to socio-political anxiety. Solo exhibitions include The Trickle-Down Syndrome, Whitechapel Gallery, London; KAPUT, QUAD, Derby; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and THE ANTI ECSTATIC MACHINES and Heads May Roll, Matt’s Gallery, London. Drew’s work has been exhibited internationally including at Adelaide Festival, Australia; Lofoten International Arts Festival, Norway; and in Hayward Touring exhibitions British Art Show 8 and Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. He has been commissioned to create videoworks for public spaces including Art on the Underground, London and Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea. The installation KAPUT (2015) was acquired by the Arts Council Collection. Since the 1990s Benedict Drew has performed in improvising ensembles, programmed concerts and club nights, and was a producer at the cultural charity London Musicians Collective. Drew has released several records on labels including Mana Records and Kaleidoscope, and often collaborates with other artists and musicians. He launched his own label, Thanet Tape Centre, in May 2020 and regularly makes work for radio. Benedict Drew is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London.

Benedict Drew’s Website

Yoga Nidra for dreaming on the Isle of Sheppey    (2023)
Ellen Mara De Wachter

15 mins 37 secs

This yoga nidra was inspired by the idea that there are parallels between the landscapes of the body and those of the external world, specifically the Isle of Sheppey. Over a 15-minute relaxing guided meditation, you are invited to let your imagination orient you on the island and in your body by becoming more aware of your sensations as you journey into sleep and dreaming. Yoga nidra is an ancient practice for cultivating a state between waking and sleep in the body. This helps the mind to let go of its conditioning and restrictive patterns of thought, and get closer to the pure awareness and innate wisdom we all possess.

A downloadable .pdf of the script:
Yoga Nidra for Dreaming on the Isle of Sheppey – by Ellen Mara De Wachter

Ellen Mara De Wachter is a writer based in London. She is the author of ‘More Than The Eyes: Art, Food and the Senses’ (2024) and ‘Co-Art: Artists on Creative Collaboration’ (2017). Her writing and video essays have featured in numerous books and publications, including frieze, Art Monthly, Art Quarterly, The World of Interiors and The White Review. She has taught artists, curators and arts writers widely, including at Central Saint Martins, the Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths College, Brighton University and Newcastle University, and has worked at arts organisations in London, including the Barbican Art Gallery, The British Museum, and the Contemporary Art Society, where she curated contemporary art acquisitions for museums across the UK. De Wachter is a mentor and Relational Dynamics coach who works with artists, writers and creative professionals, and a yoga and meditation teacher. In 2020 she developed a yoga course to help people access and cultivate their creativity, and she has written and delivered yoga nidra meditations in a range of arts and cultural settings.

Ellen Mara De Wachter’s website