The 9th edition of the Dream City festival, held from September 22nd to October 8th, 2023, delivered more than 130 presentations of 43 different artworks, 13 of which are new creations. Out of the 43 artworks included in the festival program, 13 were new creations developed by Tunisian, Arab, and international artists as part of L’Art Rue’s artistic residency program.
The first edition in three years, Dream City made a powerful return in 2022. For ten days in the Medina and downtown Tunis, 12 projects of creation by Tunisian artists, artists from the MENA region and international ones, transformed the city, engaging hundreds of artists and collaborators, and almost 20,000 audiences in a common gesture of imagination, hope and a common future
I work carefully and imperceptibly below the surface when it comes to freedom of artistic expression. Deep down I stand by those who want to break it but remind them of realities above the surface. At the same time, the water becomes shallower. This is my duty as a producer.
(Faisal Kiwewa, Bayimba, Uganda.)
Poster A3 for uploading
Poster A3 for uploading
The short version
Mimetas vision is to give GIVE PEOPLE THEIR RIGHT TO FREE CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS, created on free terms and presented by independent institutions.
Our mission is to support and protect those who want to enhance a culture by aesthetic or intellectual means.
By both our vision and mission Mimeta highlight the impact arts have on developing open societies, including the culture itself and the political spfere.
On the strategic level Mimeta is acheiving results by supporting organisations and individuals who work on behalf of the arts, to improve the sectors´ position on rights issues, in political and legal matters, on professionalism and skills, the distribution of the arts and - in the end - the sustainability of the sector.
We call them the service providers to the arts.
For more information on our priorities and strategic initiatives
Nadia Cherif was given the task of evaluating Mimeta's program for cultural sector development (2020-22. It was finalized in november 2023, and gave good input for next stage. Read here
