Dreams Dyed Blue: A journey Through Dreams in Sound and Color | Collaborative audiovisual

Inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s childhood classic “The Little Prince”, "Dreams Dyed Blue" is an immersive audiovisual hip-hop performance that explores the beauty, fear, adventure, sadness and loneliness of self-discovery, as told through the story of a small child’s journey through the stars. Through a synesthetic relationship of spoken-word lyricism, electroacoustic musicianship and dynamic projected visuals, this introspective performance reconciles the inner-workings of one’s unique imagination and the remembrance of loved ones lost to the universe around us. This performance debuted on April 17, 2025 at UC-San Diego’s Experimental Theater. It was performed using a 32-channel sound system and full back wall projection screen. Real-time audio from vocal, acoustic and electronic elements were used to generate spatial and visual components of the performance. Conversely, visual projections informed performative aspects of the electronic music elements. With the goal of creating a truly dynamic and immersive experience, all multimodal aspects of this performance directly influenced the others in real-time.

--- By Timothy “ill poetic” Gmeiner.

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Served as co-artist, designing live audiovisuals with Touch Designer for Pigment of Imagination and Do You Smile in Your Dream?, driven by real-time audio input.

Recording of the audiovisual:

Do you Smile in your dream? (2025 V2, adapted from the 2022-2023 version)

Pigments of Imagination (2025)

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Full performance Documentation:

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Personnel: Timothy “ill poetic” Gmeiner - vocals, electronics // Ben Guerrette - visual director, visual designer // David Aguila - trumpet, modular synthesizer // Natalia Merlano-Gomez - vocals and vocal effects // Anita Chandavarkar - flute // Mingyong Cheng - visual designer // LUX | LUMN - visual designer // written & directed by Timothy “ill poetic” Gmeiner