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.
ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER II
Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT!
Dive into a surreal nightclub experience where cabaret collides with chaos!
Chronotopia
Sim Chi Yin
Chronotopia is a specially-curated exhibition accompanying Sim Chi Yin’s Asia TOPA performance One Day We’ll Understand.
Fire Drill Scenario
Geumhyung Jeong
Expect the unexpected in this wry, somehow ridiculous but useful performance that challenges the safety zones of art and life.
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
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.
Lapse
Melati Suryodarmo
Descend into disorder at the Australian premiere of acclaimed Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo’s new work
Middle Of A Moment
Aki Onda
Aki Onda's debut Australian survey exhibition, curated by Lawrence English at The Substation.
Oblation
Vijay Thillaimuthu, featuring Hari Sivanesan ensemble
Encounter the infinite in this new audiovisual experience, created by Tamil-Australian electronic composer, Vijay Thillaimuthu.
SAUNIGA
FAFSWAG
Join us for this work-in-progress sharing by the internationally acclaimed Queer Indigenous arts collective FAFSWAG.
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.
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.
The Robot Dog
Roshelle Yee Pui Fong and Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan
Sink your teeth into this cheeky new theatre show posing some of the most provocative and challenging questions of our time.
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.
Water Song
Sunny Kim's Ensemble Ochaye
Sunny Kim's Ensemble Ochaye creates extraordinary sound worlds through deep cultural collaborations, storytelling and adventurous music making.
Yayoi Kusama
Experience this ambitious world-premiere exhibition at NGV International, celebrating the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.