The Sancturay of Dreams is an installation by Pierre‑Christophe Gam presented as part of Onassis Stegi’s Plásmata 3: We’ve met before, haven’t we?is an immersive, multi-sensory installation that blends film, experimental animation, sound, and collage into a poetic exploration of possible futures. At its core is the Future-Dreaming ritual—a participatory act of collective imagination that invites audiences to envision new worlds through shared reflection.Visitors are provoked to explore the question ‘What future does Africa dream of?’
Visitors enter a vividly coloured nomadic tent-like temple, remove their shoes, and settle into a tranquil space where a 44‑minute looped film unfolds across multiple screens. Guided by the artist’s own avatar, the piece leads participants through five elemental questions—eat, play, dream, pray, love—asking them to reimagine an ideal future and relay their insights in the ‘Future‑Dreaming Ritual’ Participants are invited to pen their dreams on paper—either keeping them or leaving them behind—as part of a communal meditation on the power of hope. The responses are documented as part of ‘The Global Mapping of Dreams’ a research initiative spanning the Africa and the diaspora.
