Program
20 Feb — 10 Mar 2025
Bread, Circuses and Home
Thukral and Tagra
Consume the sights, tastes and sounds of Punjab in this vibrant installation and performance series about migration and resilience.
Borrow and Exergie – Butter Dance
Melati Suryodarmo
These lectures provide an insight into the work and process of one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time. They are for all to enjoy, whether you’re an artist, arts curious or looking to get up close and personal with our artists.
Chronotopia
Sim Chi Yin
Chronotopia is a specially-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance One Day We’ll Understand.
FROCK A WHANAUNGATANGA
The Pacific Sisters
An awe-inspiring exhibition and workshop series by legendary Tagata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters.
Frock Enz Limited Edition and FrocktiVAtion
The Pacific Sisters
Zoot suits and ActiVAtions take over Smorgon Family Plaza
Gapu Ŋupan (Chasing the Rainbow)
Rachael Wallis, Banula Marika and Suming Rupi
Gapu Ŋupan is a must-see Asia TOPA performance bringing together tradition with contemporary culture.
Goldfish
Terrapin in association with Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
Goldfish is a ground-breaking collaboration between celebrated Tasmanian puppetry company Terrapin and Japan’s Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, with performers from Australia and Japan.
Home Bound
Luke George and Daniel Kok
In Home Bound, diverse rope materials and practices are woven together to create a massive social tapestry. Members of different communities who do not typically share the same space collaborate to build a giant rope installation.
KAGAMI
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum
An innovative mixed reality concert created by legendary composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Tin Drum.
Middle Of A Moment
Aki Onda
Aki Onda's debut Australian survey exhibition, curated by Lawrence English at The Substation.
One Day We'll Understand
Sim Chi Yin
One Day We’ll Understand is a new multimedia performance exploring memory and inheritance through the compelling family history of visual artist Sim Chi Yin.
SCI-FI: Mythologies Transformed
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.
Sensing Dark Matter
Su Wenchi
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.
Shadows in Twin Cities (쌍둥이 도시의 그림자들)
JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO
Shadows in Twin Cities brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes.
Shadows in Twin Cities: Find My Shadow (그림자 숨바꼭질)
JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO
The shadows of children in Korea have flown across hemispheres. Can you find where they’ve landed?
Shadows in Twin Cities: Watch Me Fly (바람을 만난 그림자)
JESSICA WILSON AND GIJONG YOO
A large-scale video installation takes place simultaneously on the screens of Federation Square and a civic location in Jeonju.
Sonik Ekologies
Liquid Architecture
Step into Sonik Ekologies, an intimate listening room curated by Liquid Architecture.
The Female Pope
Rakini Devi
You are invited to an audience with The Female Pope.
U>N>I>T>E>D
Chunky Move
Enter an exhilarating speculative future on the stage of the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Turn up to UNITED early and join in the pre-show ambience with a curated set list by Gabber Modus Operandi.
Unpacked No. 2: Political
Melati Suryodarmo
These lectures provide an insight into the work and process of one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time. They are for all to enjoy, whether you’re an artist, arts curious or looking to get up close and personal with our artists.
Yayoi Kusama
Experience this ambitious world-premiere exhibition at NGV International, celebrating the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.