The encounter between Selma & Sofiane Ouissi and Jan Goossens in 2015 did not invent Dream City — it carried its breath further, giving it new scope. Since 2007, the Ouissi had already forged a singular path in Tunisia and the region: taking art out of traditional venues, reclaiming public space, weaving works into the city, and opening dialogue between artists, residents, and their socio-political realities. Their practice, rooted in artistic and civic interventions, had already shaped a unique space where art became both a tool for transformation and a site of encounter and resistance.

Jan’s arrival marked a new step. Not a rupture, but a convergence: an artistic direction carried by three voices, widening the horizon, giving Dream City an international breath, and connecting Tunis with other artistic and political geographies. Together, Selma & Sofiane Ouissi and Jan Goossens hold a shared vision: to imagine art as a porous, sensitive, political space, where singularities are affirmed while opening to the Other.

From this complicity, a unique platform was born, where South–South circulations and transcontinental dialogues meet. Dream City has become a place where works are woven into reality, inventing new ways of shaping society — from Tunis and beyond.