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The Juicy Times presents

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Dreams & Obstacles: An Evening Of Collective Intelligence

An evening of collective intelligence

Tuesday, October 27Doors 6:30 · 7–9 PM

El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109

215 E 99th St · East Harlem · New York, NY

The room at Farm.One, Brooklyn, August 10.
Photo: Carlos David

Say your dream out loud

then name the obstacles

and the hands go up.

Someone has done it. Someone found the shortcut. Someone knows a guy.

A collective problem-solving practice

Dreamers say a dream out loud, and name what stands in its way, then the whole room takes the obstacles apart: introductions, practical solutions, and breakthrough ideas.

A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
A dreamer from Dreams & Obstacles, August 10, holding their sign
From the last room · August 10 · BrooklynPhoto: Carlos David

Join the room

Tickets are limited

The Juicy Times presents

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Dreams & Obstacles

Date

Tue 27 Oct

Time

Doors 6:30 · 7–9 PM

Venue

El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109

Price

Ticket holder

Admits one

What to expect

The magic of the room

Say your dream out loud

You stand up, name the dream, and say what is standing in the way. Then the hands go up: an introduction, a shortcut, the name of someone who has already done it.

Become someone's guide

Then someone names an obstacle you can solve. A number to call, a warning, a thing you learned the hard way and stopped thinking about. One idea from you can unlock someone's dream.

Get your picture taken with your dream

Write your dream on a card and hold it up. It is time we owned our dreams and said them beautifully. The photograph is yours to keep and to share with the world.

Find your people

It takes nerve to stand up and say what you want in front of strangers. The room does it anyway. Vulnerable, beautiful, and the ones you meet that way stay in touch.

It doesn't stop at the door

Your dream and your obstacles go into the Dreams & Obstacles portal, where dreamers and guides from around the world keep working on them.

From our last room · August 10 · Brooklyn

What dreamstorming looks like

Photographs by Carlos David

Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room
Dreams & Obstacles, August 10 — the room

A juicy venue

Meet the venue

El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109 from its courtyard: a Collegiate Gothic school building in pale brick, its green copper spire against a blue sky.
Photo: Noel Sutherland

El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109

215 E 99th StEast HarlemNew York, NY

An 1899 school building in East Harlem, reopened in 2015 as eighty-nine live-work homes for artists and their families.

Its ground floor holds ten thousand square feet for arts organizations and a gallery for the artists who live there.

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  • Tuesday, October 27
  • Doors 6:30 · 7–9 PM
  • El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109
  • New York, NY