DREAM TECH
An evening of music and improvised performance with dream-sourced projection, sound and live weaving
An evening of music and improvised performance with dream-sourced projection, sound and live weaving
The Only Animal presents
DREAM TECH At Zameen Art House Sunday, December 6, 2026 An evening of dream projection, improvised sound and live weaving Featuring Toni-Leah C. Yake, Anju Singh, Julia Úlehla, Barbara Adler and pop-up exhibition with new works by Noor Ghazal, anata laylay, Stevan Oostenbrug
Doors open at 6:30 pm Show 7:00 pm PWYD: $15 - $30 Zameen Art House 1515 Anderson St, Vancouver (Next to the Improv Centre on Granville Island) Come DREAM with us!
What to Expect DREAM TECH begins with a screening of Toni-Leah C. Yake’s new media composition, layered with Barbara Adler’s indigo-dyed fabrics. Improvised music, sound and noise by Julia Ulehla, Anju Singh, and Toni-Leah C. Yake sets the sonic environment for Noor Ghazal’s live tapestry weaving and a public, co-created dream.
We welcome you to dream with us! You’re invited to participate by writing your dreams in a plant-printed dream journal created by Stevan Oostenburg, which you will keep after the show. Offer your writings for the musicians to sonify, share your dreams in your own voice, or hold them as your secret. The choice is entirely up to you.
About the Project: The DREAM TECH project is a series of interdisciplinary performances and workshops inspired by Kanyen’kehà:ka dream technology, co-curated and co-created with multi-media artist Toni-Leah C. Yake (Euro-settler; Kanyen’kehà:ka, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Turtle Clan). Dreams encountered in sleep and through creative practices allow us to respond to the aliveness of the world, reminding us that we are connected to a complex web of people, plants, insects, animals and ancestors. Guided by our understanding of dreaming as ancestral and living technology, DREAM TECH explores dreaming as creative practice, as story, as connection, and as a way of building futures together. Learn more here: https://theonlyanimal.com/shows-dreamtech.html
The Musicians: Julia Ulehla Julia Ulehla is an interarts performer, improviser, and scholar who lives on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. Her performance practice, research, and writing explore song as a living being, vis-à-vis an ancestral song tradition carried by generations of her family members. Since 2013, Julia has been vocalist and bandleader of the avant-folk ensemble Dálava, with whom she regularly performs throughout North America and Europe. Other upcoming/recent projects include The Tempest Project with Music on Main, The Dardanellas at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, and Nadir Zenith at the Monheim Triennale.
Anju Singh Anju Singh is a composer, musician, and media artist based in Vancouver, BC who works with traditional instruments, electronics, found sounds, custom-built instruments, photography, video, serigraphy, and film to create works that explore tension and conflict. Anju's practice is an exploration…