Daydream Dialogues: Poetic Sanctuaries

Daydream Dialogues: Poetic Sanctuaries – Artist in residence under the Huskunstnerordning
Daydream Dialogues is a site-responsive art project exploring how we create temporary sanctuaries in the city. During four weekends in October and November 2026, Peter Vadim and Warehouse9 will host workshops across Copenhagen. Participants will build and map sanctuaries, creating encounters that challenge the norms of public spaces.
The project combines Gaston Bachelard’s theories of poetic space with hands-on creative methods, turning the city into a space for daydreams, safety, and community. We invite you to dream out loud and create spaces that reflect us, as Bachelard writes: “we are all poets when we dream ourselves into the secrets of space.”
The process follows 5 phases inspired by Bachelard:

Friction: Explore the landscape: Find places that feel unfriendly or overlooked.
Resonance: Choose a "blind spot" location that feels safe/inviting. Describe it using the senses ("What does it sound like?").
Abjection: Transform the location using onsite materials (branches, stones, atmospheres, the body).
Imagination: Daydream.
Archive: Document the sanctuaries (photos, audio, text, mapping, movement).

Who can join?
18–25-year-olds and their families/friends/close ones. Primarily from rainbow families, but open to everyone.

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