Journey of a Dream

An Ongoing Project
from Visual Echo with Irina Kruzhilina


A virtual, global, ongoing performance which connects UN representatives and audiences to the aspirations of youth - by asking children from all around the world to express their dreams and obstacles via digital and photographic storytelling. 

A virtual exhibition currently on view through his site. Watch the video above, and click the button below for more.

more about the project

A virtual, global, ongoing performance which connects UN representatives and audiences to the aspirations of youth - by asking children from all around the world to express their dreams and obstacles via digital and photographic storytelling. The collective image of their dreams formed a postcard which was delivered to the UN representatives at the UN75 WHAT NEXT FOR THE UN Festival in October 2020. Journey of a Dream is an ongoing intergenerational project which aims to connect youth to policy makers, rendering them accountable for making the young people's dreams come true.

details for participation

This ongoing project is currently available as a virtual exhibit on this site, which includes the video above featuring the 22 children who worked on this project and an archive of their photos and letters (accessible by clicking “watch the dream unfold” below). 


If you belong to a civic, governmental or municipal organization that would like to participate by responding to the global aspirations of children, please send an email to irina_kruzhilina@usa.net 

 
lead artist 
/creator
Irina is a Russian-born, New York-based visual devisor, scenographer, dramaturg, and teaching artist. As a scenographer Irina designed sets and costumes for dozens of theatre, dance, opera, puppetry and installation performances. Her work has been shown worldwide from Times Square to Tokyo Disney, from Prague National Theatre to BAM, the NY Philharmonic and the Barbican. Irina is committed to exploring collaborative interactions between artists from different backgrounds, investigating new paradigms in visual storytelling and design-driven performance. As an educator Irina teaches visual directing and visual dramaturgy, helping performers, playwrights and directors think beyond words and explore visual tools as a basis for creating performance. Irina is the founder of Visual Echo, a New York-based performance organization dedicated to facilitating generative dialogues among people from diverse backgrounds. Irina is a faculty member at the New School of Drama, a NEA/TCG Career Development Program recipient, a Target Margin Theatre Institute Fellow, and a Chashama resident.

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