City of Dreams is a live art work about place, memory and identity. The central image of the work is a map of the city made from hundreds of found objects which are slowly and methodically assembled over the period of about one hour. This is mirrored by a soundtrack of sampled and archive audio material, from the sounds of the streets to snatches of song or oral testimony. The result is a panoramic vision of the history of the city, a moving and poetic representation of its evolution.

First created in 1994 in a tiny classroom in a London college as a means of engaging students in a reflection on their relationship to the city around them, City of Dreams has since been performed in various London venues (including the South London Gallery and the National Theatre Studio) and has been presented in Germany, Singapore and Australia. City of Dreams was shown at Bremer Weltspiel in Bremen, Germany, November 2005.

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‘.... I feel that it is unlikely that anyone could experience this beautiful event without being moved in some way. City of Dreams is not something that you can just watch and walk away from. It will, and must, effect you in some way.’

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Nigel Munro-Wallis / ABC Radio, Brisbane

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