Program

20 Feb — 10 Mar 2025

Ane Ta Abia

Aaron Choulai, Australian Art Orchestra and the Tatana Village Choir

Experience a stunning choral concert bringing together musicians and singers from Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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

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.

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.