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Clocked Out: Peak Plastique – Clocked Out

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Ordinary plastic objects transformed into extraordinary soundscapes through 11 exquisite musical compositions accompanied by evocative animations, that explore our complex relationship with plastics. Drawing on decades of sonic curiosity across the fields of classical, jazz and experimental music traditions, pianist Erik Griswold, violinist Anna McMichael, percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson and video…

Clocked Out: Peak Plastique – Clocked Out

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Ordinary plastic objects transformed into extraordinary soundscapes through 11 exquisite musical compositions accompanied by evocative animations, that explore our complex relationship with plastics. Drawing on decades of sonic curiosity across the fields of classical, jazz and experimental music traditions, pianist Erik Griswold, violinist Anna McMichael, percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson and video…

Lumen Machine

Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Lumen Machine will take you to the bleeding edge of musical technology. In a thrilling collaboration with London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga, we’ve commissioned four new chamber concertos that combine musical analogues with a microtonal keyboard, motion-sensor ring, voice-controlled electronics and an old-school synthesizer. This virtuoso dance with the…
Lumen Machine

Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine

Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
Lumen Machine will take you to the bleeding edge of musical technology. In a thrilling collaboration with London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga, we’ve commissioned four new chamber concertos that combine musical analogues with a microtonal keyboard, motion-sensor ring, voice-controlled electronics and an old-school synthesizer. This virtuoso dance with the…

City Recital Hall: Allison Russell

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Known for her emotionally charged music and powerful storytelling, Russell has redefined what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. A self-taught singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist, she has captivated audiences worldwide with her unique ability to weave personal and universal narratives into her music. Russell's…
Shock Lines

Canberra International Music Festival: Shock Lines

Canberra Glassworks 11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston, ACT, Australia
Shock Lines is an interdisciplinary collaboration between glass artist Caitlin Dubler, Canberra-born percussionist Niki Johnson, and sound designer Natasha Dubler that works across installation, performance and musical composition. Their self-titled work features suspended glass-sandstone sculptures, live percussive performance, and immersive surround sound. Shock Lines is a site-specific journey through Canberra’s Glassworks and a deep dive…

Shock Lines

Canberra International Music Festival: Shock Lines

Canberra Glassworks 11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston, ACT, Australia
Shock Lines is an interdisciplinary collaboration between glass artist Caitlin Dubler, Canberra-born percussionist Niki Johnson, and sound designer Natasha Dubler that works across installation, performance and musical composition. Their self-titled work features suspended glass-sandstone sculptures, live percussive performance, and immersive surround sound. Shock Lines is a site-specific journey through Canberra’s Glassworks and a deep dive…
Shock Lines

Canberra International Music Festival: Shock Lines

Canberra Glassworks 11 Wentworth Ave, Kingston, ACT, Australia
Shock Lines is an interdisciplinary collaboration between glass artist Caitlin Dubler, Canberra-born percussionist Niki Johnson, and sound designer Natasha Dubler that works across installation, performance and musical composition. Their self-titled work features suspended glass-sandstone sculptures, live percussive performance, and immersive surround sound. Shock Lines is a site-specific journey through Canberra’s Glassworks and a deep dive…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Luke Howard x Simon Burgin

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
In an unmissable, immersive experience, award-winning composer Luke Howard and acclaimed digital artist Simon Burgin come together to present a mesmerising live audio-visual experience. Having first joined forces at Dark Mofo, Howard’s evocative neo-classical compositions seamlessly intertwine with Burgin’s stunning immersive art, where real-time animation, artificial intelligence and projection transform…

Arts Centre Melbourne: Monster In The Cyborg Body

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A journey from sun-up-to-sundown across two seminal solo works within the canon of First Nations performance art. When Monster premiered as part of the first YIRRAMBOI Festival in 2017, the work became an urban legend in the arts industry. An enigma that left a lasting impression for those lucky enough…

Canberra International Music Festival: Duet for One

National Film and Sound Archive Acton, ACT, Australia
Incorporating live music performance, film, projections, ritual theatre, sculpture and sound design, this time-and-space-bending ‘live cinematic concert’ explores changing emotions, sometimes sad, sometimes surreal or exhilarating, around the vexed question of our modern-day relationship with the Australian naturallandscape… What is this “estranged” relationship? What is holding us back? What happens…
Living Poems of the Sea

Canberra International Music Festival: Living Poems of the Sea

National Film and Sound Archive Acton, ACT, Australia
Acclaimed flautist Sally Walker was inspired to create Living Poems  through her experiences of playing her flute to enraptured dolphins and her friendship with dolphin researcher Dr Olivia De Bergerac.  Sally plays music accompanying videos and images of human-dolphin interactions over decades, and narrates a story illustrating the importance of dolphins, whales…

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