The first major event in Melbourne’s RISING winter festival has been announced.

Euphoria, a festival exclusive by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt, is a large-scale multi-channel, 360-degree film installation featuring an original score by Canadian composer Samy Moussa and British saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi.

In what amounts to a complete takeover of Melbourne’s Town Hall, audiences will be encircled by a life-sized choir of singers from Brooklyn Youth Chorus on 24 gigantic screens positioned at ground level.

Meanwhile, high above, five jazz drummers – including Terri Lyne Carrington, Peter Erskine (of Weather Report) and Grammy Award-winning drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez (Birdman, 2014) – will be projected in the round.

Julian Rosefeldt’s Euphoria. Photo supplied.

Across each of the uppermost screens, five theatrical vignettes will loop, with acclaimed actors including Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) and Virginia Newcomb delivering musings from some of history’s most influential economists, writers and thinkers – from Snoop Dogg to Warren Buffett, from Ayn Rand to Angela Davis.

It also stars Cate Blanchett, who continues her long-time collaboration with Rosefeldt, this time appearing as an anthropomorphic tiger stalking supermarket aisles.