Program

An innovative mixed reality concert created by legendary composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Tin Drum.

Chronotopia is a specially-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance One Day We’ll Understand.

This exciting exhibition offers fresh insights on science fiction. The lines connecting science fiction with ancient philosophy and mythologies are brought to light through the work of Asian and First Nations women artists and collectives.

Experience this ambitious world-premiere exhibition at NGV International, celebrating the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.

Aki Onda's debut Australian survey exhibition, curated by Lawrence English at The Substation.

An awe-inspiring exhibition and workshop series by legendary Tagata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters.

A large-scale video installation takes place simultaneously on the screens of Federation Square and a civic location in Jeonju.

The shadows of children in Korea have flown across hemispheres. Can you find where they’ve landed?

Shadows in Twin Cities brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes.

Shapeshifters is Asia TOPA’s sacred arena for performers and musicians who fluidly morph between bodies, cultures, space and time.

Join artist Aki Onda and Curator Lawrence English in conversation as they discuss the inspirations behind Middle of a Moment – Onda’s first survey of his installation work in

In the first part of this 2-hour workshop, the choreographers and dancers of Gapu Ngupan (Chasing the Rainbow) will explain the background of the traditional movements and gestures and give an experience of traditional movement from Yolngu and Paiwan cultures.

Dive into the relationship between visual art and contemporary dance in this conversation between celebrated choreographer Melanie Lane, Jeff Khan (Creative Director, Asia TOPA) and Amita Kirpalani (Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria).

This workshop will empower participants to creatively explore electronic instruments for idea generation, be that musical or otherwise.

Pulau (Island) is a site-specific response to Yayoi Kusama’s iconic body of work.

A live performance exploring the long-underestimated complexity of the human-animal emotional experience of "cuteness".

A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death.

Dance, body percussion, and stunning visuals, Bunyi Bunyi Bumi unites Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Indonesian artists in a groundbreaking world premiere.

Join our motley crew as they venture out into the ether where flight attendant Angel must face off with the greatest man of all time in a battle for the ultimate prize.

Sensing Dark Matter is a VR experience merging art and physics, inviting viewers to explore a speculative universe where dark matter and its gravitational effects become perceptible.