WE SHOULD ALL BE DREAMING – a participatory dinner for dreamers. A space for dreaming together via moving, discussing, listening and tasting from the future. ”The possible has been tried and failed. Now it’s time to try the impossible!” -Sun Ra
We Should All Be Dreaming is a series of sessions that focus on the radical potential of dreaming as a restorative and subversive practice. It comes with a straightforward suggestion: we should all be dreaming radical utopian dreams of common futures. Situating itself somewhere between a choreographed gathering, a performance and a lecture the sessions gently invite the participants to spend time together, listen together and dream together.
WSABD is a collaboration between choreographer Sonya Lindfors and writer and activist Maryan Abdulkarim who both are interested in radical utopian and decolonial practices. In a world plagued by fear, anger and hate of the unknown WSABD makes a strategic deviation – it does not only fight against, react to or reveal the grim realities but instead works as a platform of soft resistance by making space for communal coexistence.
At the Xulu202x symposium WSABD takes the form of a performative dinner at Ravintola Puistola on Wednesday 1.10.2025 7-9.30PM.
Information and ticket sale to be found at: https://www.xulu202x.com/symposiumi
Sonya Lindfors is a Helsinki-based choreographer and artistic director. In all her work Lindfors pursues to shake and challenge existing power structures, penetrate the society and empower the community. Maryan Abdulkarim is a Helsinki-based writer and activist. She’s interested in themes relating to freedom.
The three-course dinner served during the evening is created by Pedro Fernandez, the Head Chef of Puistola.
Xulu202x is a multi-year project that combines community art practices originating from hip-hop culture with methods of futures studies. The project includes workshops, performing arts works, and an artistic-academic symposium. It explores shared dreams of the future Oulu. Xulu202x is part of the Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture program and culminates in a work to be presented in 2026.
