Salt Spring Island / Active
Wen,ná,néc Place-Based Residency
A living site for contemplative work, creative collaboration and immersive-media research. Seeded in 2025, with a summer 2026 soft launch.
A bioregional creative network
Many places.
A shared field of possibility.
Studios, labs and gathering places connected through creative exchange, shared agreements and collaborative programming.
2026 Dreaming Node Network Report
Explore the Dreaming
Node Network.
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Drag nodes to explore their relationships. Scroll within the map to zoom. Select a node for its report-page preview and document links. How to Use opens the complete guide. On a phone, choose the Mobile Navigator ↗.
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What is a
dreaming node?
A node is a place where artists, technologists, researchers and communities can make and experience work together. Each is rooted in a particular ecology and cultural context.
The network creates pathways for research, residencies, co-production and presentation. Relationships develop at different speeds; a network connection does not imply that a venue is available for booking.
Places & relationships
Vancouver / Presentation partner
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Host of Indigenomics IMPACT in 2025 and 2026; a setting for dome programming and the Immersive Symposium.
Victoria / Studio relationship
Haus of Owl
The Dream Lounge & Studio brings immersive projection, workshops and performance into a shared creative environment.
Tofino / Developing relationship
IISAAK OLAM Learning Lodge
A developing collaboration around immersive foresight and ecological knowledge-sharing, rooted in Nuu-chah-nulth teachings.
Toronto / Network studio
Inventor’s Nest
A hub for creative technologists and immersive experimentation, connecting urban innovation with bioregional practice.
Bengaluru / Developing relationship
GlobalKulture
A partner in emerging Indo-Pacific cultural exchange and immersive curation with the Indigenomics Institute.
Melbourne / Network relationship
Phoria
An immersive technology studio working across virtual, augmented and mixed reality.
Hawaiʻi & Seattle / Contemplative practice
International Center for Contemplative Inquiry
A relationship connecting creative practice with contemplative inquiry, compassion and collective wisdom.
Wen,ná,néc / Salt Spring Island
Practice grows
from place.
Residency activity includes the Nectar Orchestra gathering and creative development campouts. Forest, studio and outdoor gathering spaces support listening, experimentation and exchange.
Residencies are curated in conversation with MOVE37XR. Share your practice, needs and proposed relationship to place.
Explore a residency or nodeHow we work together
Gather. Exchange. Experiment.
Creator jams & salons
Spaces to share works in progress, exchange skills and explore creative possibilities across disciplines.
Research & development
Artists and technologists collaborate on responsive environments, immersive media and ecological inquiry.
Learning & presentation
Residencies, workshops and exhibitions connect emerging practice with audiences and professional exchange.