University of Dreams

Tuesday 3rd May, 6 - 8pm

6 - 6.30pm drinks reception and opportunity to browse the exhibition.

6.30 - 8pm Iain Sinclair and Marina Warner will give talks and be in conversation about dream oracles, creative processes and the Essex unconscious (chair, Matt Ffytche); Will Montgomery - composition made from field recordings of the campus at night during the dream-recording fortnight; readings by Jeremy Reed and Ralph Hawkins.

The University of Dreams is a creative project, born out of the Essex Futures programme, that called upon all members of the University of Essex, from each campus, and from every area of work, study and play, to share their dreams. More information on the project can be found at http://www.essex.ac.uk/dreams/

We now invite you to attend the opening of an exhibition which offers a window onto the dream-life of the University. Excerpts from the submitted dreams will be displayed alongside photographs, CCTV footage and sound recordings of the Colchester Campus at night-time.

Lecture Theatre Building Foyer and LTB2, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Elmstead Rd, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ

Attendance is free but places are limited. Please e-mail dreams@essex.ac.uk to reserve your place.

Openned Zine #4

Now available to view in Online > ePubs, featuring:

• Mackenzie Carignan & Marthe Reed on The Dusie Kollektiv
• Tony Trehy exploring the possibilities for Text Festival 2011
• Will Montgomery describing POLYply
• Posie Rider's guide to poetry in Edinburgh
• Arabella Currie & Thomas Graham explaining halfcircle
• Sara Wintz outlining poetry in New York
• Tom Jenks telling us what zimZalla is
• Steven Fowler describing the Maintenant series and outlining The Workshop, a new new project on Writers Forum in conjunction with Openned
• Edmund Hardy reading four lines of poetry
• Simon Howard describing Department
• Part 2 of Lara Buckerton's essay on The eBook Nova

Plus regular features:

• Bird Puke
• Bookface
• Logbay
• @sinclairinruins* (new)
• Photography: in this issue, Georgie M'Glug, Nat Raha and Sharon Borthwick

Available in full-colour PDF or an easy-to-print black and white version.

*contributed anonymously - thank you to the contributor

Update on Wednesday 19 January, 2011 by Openned

We forgot to mention: the front cover image is by Emily Critchley and was taken at the Sporadic Reading Group, organised by Emily and Jennifer Cooke. Contact Emily or Jennifer to be added to the mailing list.

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