Dream City biennale turns Tunis medina into living work of art

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Dream City biennale turns Tunis medina into living work of art  For its tenth edition, the Dream City biennale brings the medina of Tunis to life. The result of two years of work led by the association L’Art Rue, the festival transforms the alleys, houses, and squares of the old city into open stages for contemporary creation.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/10/dream-city-biennale-turns-tunis-medina-into-living-work-of-art  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The 10th edition of the Dream City Biennale is bringing the Tunis Medina to life.

00:06Led by La Rue Association, the streets, houses and squares of the old city are transformed

00:13as artists and residents look to foster a dialogue between art and everyday life.

00:19Today, Dream City has become an essential platform that highlights creations led by women.

00:26It's essential for Dream City to give space to women.

00:30Indeed, without any stigmatization, we must open creative space for creation itself.

00:36There are so many extraordinary, precious women creators.

00:40The role of women in Tunisian society is in any case a dominant and very important one.

00:46And it continues to gain ground, fortunately.

00:50This vast woven sculpture by artist Sonia Kalel was created in collaboration with Tunisian weavers.

00:57It explores memory and movement, rootedness and reaching outward.

01:03We worked with a lot of the material because in nomadic weaving, the spinning of thread is very important,

01:11especially since we also worked with goat hair.

01:14So we compose with nature and it's a harsh material that carries a certain struggle in its handling.

01:21There's a whole relationship with the thread, we would hold it, walk and return.

01:28That too was meaningful in relation to the idea of displacement and rootedness.

01:36Another highlight of the festival is Aswat, which means Voices in Arabic.

01:41A solo choreography by Cyrine Douce.

01:46It's an immersion into the different dimensions of the feminine, between strength and vulnerability.

01:52I wanted to explore multiple dimensions of the feminine and multiple possible voices.

02:00Memorial voices, ancestral voices, voices that run through us as women, but also those that move around us.

02:15Dream City continues until October 19th in the Tunis Medina.

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